News from the Forest Stewards Guild

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A note from our Executive Director

It is snowing as I write this, but we’re thinking of summer! I’m excited about a Guild Gathering planned for Unity, New Hampshire this June. If you’re looking for a chance to connect with other Guild members, consider traveling to join us at Stone Fence Farm.

Another inspiring gathering just wrapped up here in Santa Fe: the annual Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition (RVCC) meeting. The Guild helped host nearly 100 inspiring partners from across the country to focus on the importance of rural economies and ecology. Len Lankford shares a more specific example of supporting forest dependent communities in Colorado. Also in this issue we pay tribute to a founding member of the Guild, Clint Trammel, who’s work continues to be a beacon for anyone trying to support economically and ecologically productive forests. Clint served on the Guild’s MPC and he would be happy to see their continuing efforts to serve members, craft policy, and engage students.

Don’t miss the other news in this issue: job openings, news from other Guild members, new research, upcoming events and more!

I hope all of you can enjoy the rest of winter and relish the coming signs of spring,

NEWS FROM THE FOREST

Clint Trammel inducted to Missouri Conservation Hall of Fame

Written by Al Sample. The Missouri Conservation Commission recently voted to induct Clint Trammel, a member of the Forest Stewards Guild founding board, into the Missouri Conservation Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place on April 25 at Clint’s beloved Pioneer Forest in the heart of the Missouri Ozarks. This is a recognition well earned, and an honor that will be a lasting legacy to Clint’s contributions to the science and practice of sustainable forestry.

A Guild Inspired Business Offers Opportunities

Written by Len Lankford. Transfer to new leadership is occurring each year, as many business owners near retirement. This includes privately-owned forest-based businesses inspired by the goals and values of the Forest Stewards Guild. It is critical to protect the spectrum of values that many small businesses offer to forests, and that these businesses continue and prosper. They require especially hard-working and motivated people. This article announces a leadership transfer opportunity with Greenleaf Forest and Wood Products in Colorado.

Rural Voices for Conservation

Written by Zander Evans. At the end of January, the Forest Stewards Guild helped host the Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition (RVCC) national meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Guild has long been a member of RVCC because it gives us a stronger voice in national policy and connects us with innovative organizations who share our vision for vibrant human and ecological communities.

Upcoming Events

Want Forest Stewards Guild members to know about an event? Have a 2 019 Guild Gathering site or project idea? Let us know! Email colleen@forestguild.org.

February 15	Application deadline	Oregon TREX in Bend and in Ashland this spring
February 28	Webinar	The role of forest disturbance in habitat relationships, population ecology of Spruce Grouse
March 5	Webinar	Expect the Unexpected: Fire Management Challenges, Opportunities in a Changing Climate
March 16	Berea, KY	Learn and Burn event for landowners and property managers. Back up date March 23!
March 20	Charlestown, RI	NAFSE Field Trip - Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge
April 1 - 3	Denver, CO	After the Flames workshop and conference
April 6	Sewanee, TN	Learn and Burn event for landowners and property managers. Back up date April 13!
May 11	Grand Valley, PA	Loving the Land Through Working Forests conference
June 7-8	Unity, NH	Stone Fence Farm Guild Gathering - come one, come all, from any region!
June 24-27	Corvallis, OR	Agroforestry for Sustainable Production and Resilient Landscapes conference
Autumn TBD	LaCrosse, WI	Restoration Forestry: Bottomlands, Bluffs, and Birds Guild Gathering

Welcome New Members

Professional members

Tara Bal, Michigan Technological University

Houghton, MI

Affiliate members

Meghan Mullee

San Diego, CA

Student members

Josh Fix, Oregon State University	Corvallis, OR
Madison Heeter, Allegheny College	Erie, PA
Eli Juhl, Oregon State University	Corvallis, OR
Jenna Leichner, Oregon State University	Albany, OR
Emily Leung, Duke University	Durham, NC
Jessica Lloyd, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies	New Haven, CT
Ariel Montgomery, Oregon State University	Corvallis, OR
Richard Occhiuto, Oregon State University	Newberg, OR
Michael Redante, University of Maine	Bangor, ME
Karam Sheban, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies	New Haven, CT
Lorelle Sherman, Oregon State University	Corvallis, OR
Rachel Villarreal, Oregon State University	Keizer, OR

Stewards Circle Donors

Thank you to all of our Stewards Circle donors for supporting the Guild's work!

Alliant Insurance Services	San Diego, CA
French Foundation	Kingston, NH

Organizational Sponsors

Thank you to our organizational sponsors! Your support is essential to fulfilling our mission of putting the forest first.

How to help

There are many ways to support the work of the Forest Stewards Guild. Become an organizational sponsor or join our Stewards Circle! We also welcome professional and affiliate members who advance the stewardship of forests across the landscape.

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New! From your Membership and Policy Council

This month's MPC update is simple, and exciting: Your Membership and Policy Council continues to build opportunities to engage students in forest stewardship. If you are a student interested in attending the June 7-8 Guild Gathering at Stone Fence Farm in New Hampshire, your registration is free, and some travel assistance is available! Also, keep an eye out very soon for a student manual for starting a student chapter at your university!

Notes

Are you ready to join the Guild community as a member? Or share membership opportunities with others? To join, renew your membership, or donate, please consider doing so online. If you need assistance, we are happy to help. Just email membership@forestguild.org or leave a voice mail message at 608-807-4151.

Helping landowners learn from their peers about harvest options. Northwest Natural Resource Group (NNRG) and Oregon State University (OSU) are reaching out to forest owners for a voluntary study about timber harvesting methods to understand how they affect financial returns from the forest as well as its post-harvest condition. Learn more about the study and how to get involved.

Guild member Sarah Deumling shares her excitement after reading about ProSilva in January's ATL: "It was with great interest and pleasure that I just read about the Guild's connection to Pro Silva.... our Zena Forest has been managed under the Pro Silva "Naturgemaese Waldwirtschaft" (Close to Nature Forestry) principles since the former German owners' management. Their forest in Germany is listed as one of the three exemplary forests in that country (Crottorf - Schoenstein) and pro Silva was instrumental in their rethinking their forest management in the late 1980s. We continue to operate under these principles and look forward to whatever comes of the Guild's association with Pro Silva. Thanks for all the good work."

Congratulations to our friends and partners at Wallowa Resources in Enterprise, Oregon on the creation of a new community forest! Read the details and press release.

The Guild celebrates Women's History Month. In March, watch for features on our website and Facebook page that highlight women in forest stewardship. Also, be sure to catch the Spring 2019 Forest Steward issue, coming to member mailboxes in the second half of March, where we speak to the history, challenges, inspirations, contributions, and future of women forest stewards. March offers a collective time to reflect, though the Guild values diversity at all times and we are honored to have a growing diversity of individuals joining our cause toward ecological, economical, and socially responsible forestry!

Have notes you'd like to share with fellow Guild members? Contact Colleen Robinson, (608) 807-4151.

Publications and Research

Changing Wildfire, Changing Forests. How climate change is affecting fire regimes and vegetation in the Pacific Northwest. Check out this impressive online compilation of science synthesis, maps, and tables - concluding with management implications.

Water, not temperature, limits global forest growth as climate warms, according to Flurin Babst et al, "Twentieth century redistribution in climatic drivers of global tree growth", in Science Advances.

Climate modeling shows significant shifts in 21st century Pacific Northwest coastal forests, according to Tim Sheehan, Dominique Bachelet, and Ken Ferschweiler's "Fire, CO2, and climate effects on modeled vegetation and carbon dynamics in western Oregon and Washington."

Jobs

There are so many current job and internship opportunities in forest stewardship on the Forest Stewards Guild webpage right now! Check it out...the following is only a sample: a Headwater Forests Program Director with the Tuolumne River Trust, a Leopold Writing Program residency in NM, an Assistant Professor in Silviculture and Applied Forest Ecology in MA, a Forest Health Specialist in Nashville, a Working Lands Engagement Coordinator in OR, several internships and Americorps positions with the Northwoods Stewardship Center in VT and NH, and more!

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