SAF ForestEd
Deciphering Ethical Dilemmas: Session 1
Includes a Live Web Event on 05/12/2026 at 12:00 PM (EDT)
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Webinar information
Deciphering dilemmas may be a daily occurrence, and some dilemmas may challenge your ethical and moral value systems. Exercise your dilemma dissecting muscle during the interactive webinar facilitated by SAF’s Ethics Committee. Together you will evaluate if a situation may be an ethical, moral, legal, or practical dilemma. Identifying a dilemma is only part of the equation. What you do with its discovery will equip you to more comfortably handle the next dilemma you encounter. This live-only webinar is part 1 of a 2-part webinar series.
Is this webinar for you?
This webinar is designed for foresters and natural resource professionals seeking an expanded exploration of professional ethics with forestry and natural resources relevant applications.
Open registration
Registration remains open through May 12, 2027, 11:59 pm ET.
Pricing
$10 for SAF Members
$15 for Non-members
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Webinar access
The 60-minute webinar will be live on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 12:00 pm ET.
The webinar will not be recorded, and is only available live.
The webinar is accessible within the Contents tab (to the right of the Overview information).
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will be able to:
1. Identify which situations may be ethical dilemmas.
2. Differentiate how a dilemma may be ethical, moral, legal, and/or practical.
3. Analyze a dilemma to inform a reasonable and appropriate decision or action.
4. Describe your role in handling dilemmas you witness.
5. Consider how the SAF Code of Ethics relates to the webinar’s analyzed dilemma.
Rubric
Successful completion of the webinar is measured by viewing the entire webinar and completing the evaluation.
Evaluation
Participant feedback is appreciated to help the SAF Ethics Committee and presenters continually improve webinars for future programming.
CFEs
Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will earn 1.0 CFEs in Category 1. CFEs will automatically be added to your CFE record located on www.eforester.org.
Certificate
Upon successful completion of this webinar and webinar evaluation, participants may download and print a certificate verifying completion of the webinar and earning CFEs. CFEs will be uploaded to participant CFE records by the end of the day (11:59 pm ET) upon completion.
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Marianne Patinelli-Dubay
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
My work at the Huntington Wildlife Forest, SUNY-ESF’s 15,000-acre research and demonstration forest, is dedicated to the design and delivery of a curriculum in ethics applied directly to forestry and natural resource management. I authored Practical Ethics: A Field Guide for Resource Managers, which is the result of a rich collaboration with field foresters and serves as a primary text for many of the courses I teach.
I currently serve as Chair of New York SAF, an elected member of the Forest Stewards Guild Membership and Policy Committee, and Chair of SAF’s Ethics Committee. My husband and I own the prettiest working farm and forest in the Champlain Valley, along the border between Vermont and New York. Every aspect of my work-life is in service to an optimistic future for woodlands and the communities that they sustain.
Gary Ellingson (Moderator)
Retired
Montana Department of Natural Resources
Gary has an Associate of Applied Science in Forest Technology from the NY State Ranger School (SUNY ESF) and a Bachelor of Science in Forest Resource Management from The University of Montana.
Gary spent nearly ten years with the Kootenai National Forest and Champion Timberlands. He dedicated approximately a decade to the Montana State University Extension Forestry program. Gary subsequently managed a forestry consulting office for roughly twenty years. This work took him across Montana and into nearby states and Canadian provinces. In the later stages of his career, Gary worked with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.
Gary is recognized as a Fellow of the Society of American Foresters (SAF) and has received the Field Forester of the Year Award for SAF District 4. He serves on the SAF National Ethics Committee and is a past board member of the Montana Wood Products Association. Currently, Gary holds the position of chairperson for the Montana Forest Stewardship Foundation. Gary lives in Helena, MT with his wife Em, where he enjoys the outdoor lifestyle skiing, fishing and hunting as often as possible.
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