The evening will begin at 4:30 pm with registration and social hour, followed by the Bluebonnet's famous buffet dinner at 5:30 pm. The meeting will begin at 6:15 pm.
We've lined up a great set of speakers:
- Laura Marx, The Nature Conservancy, on a new climate forestry grant program
- William Hill, Mass DCR, on forestry on state lands
- Jennifer Fish, Mass DCR, on DCR's service forestry and a climate forestry program from DCR, Mass Audubon, and New England Forestry Foundation
- Chris Egan, MFA Executive Director, with a legislative update
- A discussion of legal issues around harvesting and some challenges encountered recently
Plus, Market Updates on various types of wood including:
- Hull Forest Products on the hardwood sawtimber market
- Larry Lashway, Lashway Lumber, on the softwood sawtimber market
- Charlie Niebling, New England Wood Pellet, on the pellet market
- Chris Goodnow, Goodnow Trucking, on the pulpwood market
- Jamie Dammann, Pinetree Power, on biomass markets
- Grant Richards, Cook Forest Products on the mulch market
Timber Harvester and Forester continuing education credits have been assigned as follows:
- 2.5 MA Timber Harvester credits
- 2.5 MA Forester credits in Category 1
- 1.0 CT Forester CEUs
- SAF credits are still pending - waiting for approval
Thanks to CJ Logging Equipment for sponsoring the meeting.
We hope to see you there!
