Workshop 3: Woodscaping Your Woodlands & Firewise Management
| When &
Where:
Wednesday,
August 15th, 2012 from 9am - 4:30pm at Bent Creek Experimental Forest
in Asheville, NC Thursday, August 16th, 2012 from 9am - 12pm at Bent Creek Experimental Forest in Asheville, NC
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Description:
This workshop is a
general overview of
managing your forest land, including forest management methods and how
elevation and soil affect the forest type. Basic information on forest
insects
and diseases, pasture management, prescribed burning, and growing
non-timber
forest products will be presented. Instructors will also teach
landowners how
they can protect their structures using Firewise landscaping,
construction
techniques and incentive programs that are available to help them
achieve their
goals.
**Agenda
is Tentative**
| Wednesday
August 15th- Bent Creek 9am-4:30pm |
Workshop
3
Woodscaping Your Woodlands & Firewise Management |
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| Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 9:00 | Welcome | Susan
Moore - Program Coordinator, Woodland Steward Series |
| 9:10 | Native Woodland Non-Timber Products | Eric N. Caldwell - Transylvania County Extension Director, Cooperative Extension Service, NC State University |
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 10:45 | Topography, Soil & Trees: How the Land Affects the Forest Type | James Jeuck - Extension Associate, Forestry & Environmental Resources, NC State University |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:00 | Invasive Pests Threatening North Carolina | Paul Merten - Entomologist, USDA Forest Service |
| 2:00 | Silviculture Treatments Tour: Tour of Bent Creek Experimental Forest | Julia Murphy - Technology Transfer Specialist, US Forest Service, Bent Creek Experimental Forest |
| 3:30 | Break | |
| 3:45 | Open Space Management | Eric N. Caldwell |
| 4:30 | Wrap-up and evaluations | |
| Thursday August 16th- Bent Creek9am-12pm | Workshop
3
Woodscaping Your Woodlands & Firewise Management |
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| Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 9:00 | Welcome | Susan
Moore |
| 9:05 | Firewise | |
| 10:20 | Break | |
| 10:30 | Prescribed Burning in Your Forest | |
| 11:15 | Services and Materials Available from the North Carolina Forest Service |