Educational Calendar
For more information and to register, click on an event or contact MSU Extension Forestry (406) 243-2773 or extensionforestry@montana.edu
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Forest Stewardship Planning Workshops |
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For LoggersMLA in Kalispell |
April 13-15, 2021 |
MLA_Contact Register through MLA |
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For LandownersInformational Brochure(20 ownerships per class)Is Your Preferred Workshop Full?? Get on a Waitlist and check out the 2022 Forest Stewardship Workshop location interest. State and local COVID-19 mandates: updates will be given as they are recieved from the Governor and/or counties and in turn from MSU. As each workshop dates approach, participants will be given updates relating date/location changes and given options for attendance and alternatives. If the number of participants is cut, those who register and pay earliest will have preference for attendance. |
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2021 Forest Stewardship Workshop LocationsAll workshops are Thurday-Friday and the following Friday Frenchtown May 6-7 & 14 (This workshop is full. Please consider another location and/or Get on the Waitlist)Bozeman June 3-4 & 11 (This workshop is full. Please consider another location and/or Get on the Waitlist)Kalispell July 15-16 & 23 (This workshop is full. Please consider another location and/or Get on the Waitlist)Helena August 5-6 & 13 (This workshop is full. Please consider another location and/or Get on the Waitlist)Billings September 9-10 & 17 (9 spots remaining) Registration |
2021 Informational Brochure - please read If registering by mail please call to preregister as classes fill quickly through on-line registrations. Workshop Full? Please consider another location or: 2022 Forest Stewardship location interest
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2022 Forest Stewardship Workshop SurveyInterested in a Forest Stewardship workshop? Help us plan for 2022 and into the future 1. Those on the survey will have an oppurtunity for early registration in 2022. 2. Help us determine 2022 and future workshop locations and and be one of the first to receive registration information. Complete a quick survey of locations you might like to attend a workshop. Survey 3. If you have 10 or more landowners in an area who would like to attend a workshop, contact Cindy Peterson and we will consider having a workshop there in an upcoming year. Contract us by phone: Cindy 406-243-4706 or Christina 406-243-2773 Contact by email: extensionforestry@montana.edu |
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Forest Tree Selection and Fire Hazard Reduction This workshop will focus on identifying individual tree characteristics for selection harvesting and thinning for ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir and western larch. Tree crown characteristics, growth rates, insects and diseases and site preferences will be discussed and shown in field settings. In addition, different slash treatments will be discussed and shown. Class includes about 2 hours in a class room setting and multiple field site visits on Lubrecht Experimental Forest and a visit to the thinning and prescribed burning demonstration site at Bandy Ranch near Ovando. Expect to walk up to ½ mile through forest and meadow settings. |
Septmeber 30, 2021 Deadline: Sept. 24th |
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Forest Soils and Ecology This workshop will cover basic soils characteristics and concerns with regard to tree growth, harvesting, slash disposal and grazing. We will spend about 2-3 hours in a class setting and the rest of the day examining soils, plant communities and management impacts on soils. Expect to walk about ½ mile at a time in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest. |
October 1, 2021 Deadline: Sept. 24th |
Lubrecht Experimental Forest | |
Forestry MiniCollege |
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Interested in attended the 2022 Mini College? Please fill out our interest list. |
March 12, 2022 |
University of Montana Campus
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Montana Natural Resources Youth Camp (Youth ages from 14-18 and 13 if graduted from 8th grade)Camp Director: Christina Oppegard, christina.oppegard@montana.edu or 406-243-2773
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July 10-15, 2022 |
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Montana Project Learning Tree® (PLT) |
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Workshops requests: If you have a group of 10 or more and desire to request a workshop for your group, school in-service, or conference contact Cindy Peterson at 406-243-4706 or cindy.peterson@umontana.edu We can offer OPI units as well as Early Childhood Program credits for our workshops. |
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PLT Facilitator Training (This traing will be live, date will be announced when it can be scheduled let us know if you are interested in attending) For those interested in becoming a resource for professional development, providing teacher trainings, and have a passion for environmental education. Learn to host a Walk in the Forest on a Family Forest. Become a PLT facilitator. |
1.5 day training Date: TBA Friday evening and Saturday
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Columbia Falls & Kalispell Area
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Other Events/Conferences/Workshops |
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2021 Montana Tree Farm Annual Meeting More information about the conference here |
October 2, 2021 |
Clancy, MT |
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Study Tours |
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Germany Forest, Culture and History Study Tour
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May 15-29, 2022 Deadline: Septmeber 12, 2021 |
Bavaria and Thuringia, Germany
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Windbreaks and Shelterbelts |
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Forest Stewardship Workshops 
Montana Natural Resources Youth Camp
MLA Workshops