Illinois Forest Landowner Webinar Series

Introducing a new 4-day Illinois Forest Landowner Webinar Series on June 22-25, 2020 starting at 2pm each day.  This series of free 1-hour webinars is hosted by the Illinois Forestry Association and the University of Illinois Extension Forestry Program, with funds from the Illinois Forestry Development Council.  This four-day series of webinars is designed to cover some of the major aspects of forest management on private lands in Illinois.

Register for all webinars HERE.

These webinars are free and open to the public.

Daily webinars from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Central June 22-25, 2020

June 22nd - Forest management practices and wildlife considerations (Registration)

• Mike Woolery, Timber sales and the timber marketing process
• Phil Cox, Forest management for wildlife

June 23rd - Prescribed fire as a forest management tool (Registration)

• Dr. Charles Ruffner, Fire in oak-hickory management
• Jesse Riechman, Putting fire on the ground in private forests

June 24th - Invasive species identification and management (Registration)

• Chris Evans, Identification of common forest invaders
• Kevin Rohling, Control techniques for managing invasive plants

June 25th - Forestry assistance programs (Registration)

• Ben Snyder, The Manual for your Forest: Stewardship Plans

If you need reasonable accommodation to participate in programming, contact cwevans@illinois.edu. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time for meeting your needs.