Wisconsin SAF recently joined the Wisconsin Young Forest Partnership (WYFP), a statewide effort to increase the amount of young forest to benefit wildlife, people and forest health and diversity in the Badger State.  The concept guiding the WYFP is to create fresh habitat for woodcock and golden-winged warblers, and more than 60 species of wildlife […]

Watch your local PBS listings in April for a television special titled “America’s First Forester: Carl Schenck and the Ashville Experiment.” This one-hour documentary looks at the role Carl Schenck, the German forester who began the first forestry school in the US and managed the Biltmore estate forests, played in American conservation history. The Forest […]

The document “Oak Harvesting Guidelines to Reduce the Risk of Introduction and Spread of Oak Wilt” was recently reviewed, revised, and approved for use. Please begin using the revised guidelines which were implemented January 1, 2016 and can be found on the Forest Health Program’s oak wilt page under “Oak wilt guides.” A document with […]

The Michigan SAF Chapter has announced plans for their spring conference, with the theme of “People in the Forest”. The meeting will be held March 17-18, 2016, in Houghton. Registration, Vendor and Sponsor information is here… Register asAttendee Register asVendor/Sponsor   MI SAF has provided the following meeting synopsis: “Forestry is more than just good […]

Nomination information has been sent out to the 10 member organizations for 2016 nominations to the Wisconsin Forestry Hall of Fame. Nominations are due April 1, 2016. As reported in the September 30, 2015 news post, the 2015 Forestry Hall of Fame inductees were Alvin Barden and Rachel Jordan. Those inductions were done on September […]