This event is for folks who are interested in learning how to conserve ash species through seed collection and other practices. No prior experience is required, but these skills will be most valuable to people who are in the position to collect seed multiple times this fall and throughout the coming years. If you think this workshop is for you, you are right! We just ask that folks who attend be serious about taking action.

Kerry Wood and Aaron Wood will provide instruction in pounding black ash to process splints for basket making.

Experience the concepts from our silviculture webinar—and more—brought to life in the Maine woods. During our SAP-Ne Demonstration Site Field Tour, you’ll explore on-the-ground management, monitoring, and decision-making within a pre-invasion forest at the Bud Leavitt Wildlife Management Area. SAP-Ne is proud to support the thoughtful ash management at Bud Leavitt and a growing network of demonstration sites, designed to showcase effective, hands-on techniques for stewarding ash trees and preserving future generations of ash in the face of emerald ash borer. Learn more by visiting the Sap-Ne website.  

Our Field Tour Will: 

• Introduce the approaches to preserving ash and promoting ash regeneration implemented by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (Maine IF&W)  

• Explore the ash silvicultural practices, insecticide treatments, and monitoring efforts at Budd Leavitt   

• Discuss decision-making for ash preservation practices at a site slated for future management  

• Create a casual atmosphere to network with your community over a provided lunch and casual conversation in the woods  

Speakers from Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife:  

• Jack Chappen, Land Management Forester II  

• Kate Locke, Land Management Forester  

Tune into part one of our Cultivating Ash Resilience Across the Landscape series, where we’ll dive into practical silvicultural approaches to steward healthy ash trees and forests amid the growing threat of emerald ash borer (EAB).  

You’ll Learn:  

• Strategies for managing ash trees and forests through the stages of EAB invasion  

• How you can incorporate these tools into your management planning  

• Practical forest management approaches through case studies in New Hampshire’s White Mountain National Forest    

Featuring Speakers:  

• Dr. Tony D’Amato, Professor & Director of Forestry Program, University of Vermont

• Ben Farina, Forest Silviculturist, U.S. Forest Service – White Mountain National Forest (WMNF)

The Maine Invasive Species Network (MISN) meeting is where Maine’s invasive species professionals come to learn and collaborate. MISN’s goal isto ensure a strong, well-connected cadre of practitioners, researchers, and educators. This benefits everyone with a stake in our state’s natural resources. Join us for the latest updates and discussion on the invasive pests threatening Maine.

Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Common Ground Education Center in Unity, ME

Stop by and learn about brown ash seed collection!

Come enjoy a warm drink, see old friends, meet new friends and bring home some scionwood for grafting and seeds for planting.

Full series:
Thursdays 4:00 – 5:30
5/1 Ash Identification at Intervale Preserve, New Gloucester
6/5 Ash Inventory at Mill Brook Preserve, Westbrook
9/11 Ash Seed Collection, Location TBD
10/16 Ash Seed Sowing & Planting at Black Brook Preserve, Windham

Join the Forest Stewards Guild’s Sustaining Ash Partners Network, the Monitoring and Managing Ash (MaMA) program, and partners for our upcoming webinar focused on strategies to monitor and manage for lingering ash (trees with resistance to EAB) at all stages of the EAB infestation. Discover how lingering ash trees play a critical role in the future of our forests for ash stewardship and EAB resistance breeding!

During May and June, Maine Audubon and partners will host a four-part series of evening webinars, each of which will focus on a specific aspect of the looming EAB crisis.  Leaders from government, research, and cultural organizations will educate and inspire us about ash trees and what can be done to conserve them. The webinars will take place at 6 pm on select Thursdays.

During May and June, Maine Audubon and partners will host a four-part series of evening webinars, each of which will focus on a specific aspect of the looming EAB crisis.  Leaders from government, research, and cultural organizations will educate and inspire us about ash trees and what can be done to conserve them. The webinars will take place at 6 pm on select Thursdays.

Join us for an informative woods walk with Vermont Land Trust foresters to see various strategies they are using to manage for ash into the future.

Join us for an informative woods walk with Vermont Land Trust foresters to see various strategies they are using to manage for ash into the future.

During May and June, Maine Audubon and partners will host a four-part series of evening webinars, each of which will focus on a specific aspect of the looming EAB crisis.  Leaders from government, research, and cultural organizations will educate and inspire us about ash trees and what can be done to conserve them. The webinars will take place at 6 pm on select Thursdays.

During May and June, Maine Audubon and partners will host a four-part series of evening webinars, each of which will focus on a specific aspect of the looming EAB crisis.  Leaders from government, research, and cultural organizations will educate and inspire us about ash trees and what can be done to conserve them. The webinars will take place at 6 pm on select Thursdays.

Are you interested in learning more about stewarding ash across the landscape and getting involved in seed collection efforts? Then join the Forest Stewards Guild and partners for event one of our three-part series Pathways to Sustain Ash.

Are you interested in learning more about stewarding ash across the landscape and getting involved in seed collection efforts? Then join the Forest Stewards Guild and partners for event one of our three-part series Pathways to Sustain Ash.

Are you interested in learning more about stewarding ash across the landscape and getting involved in seed collection efforts? Then join the Forest Stewards Guild and partners for event one of our three-part series Pathways to Sustain Ash.

Join the launch of our network to promote a collaborative approach to ash preservation in the Northeast, with a morning of learning and dialogue with experts across Tribal Nations, academic, governmental, and private organizations.