Job Creation and Forest Stewardship in Fragmented Landscapes

Landcare and Forest Cooperatives as Mechanisms
for Getting the Work Done and Putting People to Work

Friday, March 20th

9:30 to 3:30, Wayne National Forest’s headquarters near Nelsonville

Topics will include:

• Forest stewardship challenges in fragmented landscapes
• Forest-based job creation opportunities
• Landcare, woodland owner networks and cross-boundary coordination
• Reaching new landowners – how WI co-ops are bringing more land into management
• Doing more with less – making federal investments more effective

Speakers will include:

• Pete Woyar, Consulting Forester and member of the Ohio Forestry Cooperative
• Eli Sagor, University of Minnesota Extension
• Harry Groot, General Manager of the Blue Ridge Forest Cooperative in southwest Virginia
• Kent Makela, Board President of the Living Forest Cooperative in northern Wisconsin
• Jonathan Sowash, attorney, local landowner, and entrepreneur
  

Lunch included, so please RSVP to Scott Bagley (scott at nnfp dot us or 740-593-8733) by noon on March 19th.

Organized by the Appalachian Forest Resource Center, in partnership with Rural Action and the Ohio Forestry Cooperative.