Williamsburg Forest: Forestry, Climate & Research Webinar & Field Tour

Session 4: Women’s Approach to Climate Adaptation
May 8, 2024 Webinar, Noon-1pm
May 10, 2024 Field Tour, 9:30am – 1:30pm

Registration

Location: Williamsburg Forest (nr Brownville), owned and operated by Piscataquis County Soil & Water District (PCSWD). Williamsburg Forest, formally Demonstration Forest, is located on 180 acres in Williamsburg Township. The forest offers hiking, bird watching, hunting, snow shoeing and cross-country ski trails for year round enjoyment.

Discussion leaders: PCSWD Executive Director Sarah Robinson will lead a discussion on forestry, climate and research from the perspective of women practitioners (landowners, consulting foresters, logging contractors, researchers, and policy experts) with Molly London, licensed professional forester; Jessica Leahy, Henry W. Saunders Distinguished Professor of Forestry in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine; Julie Davenport, Maine Forest Service District Forester working with loggers and landowners in western Maine.

• Discussion Topics:
  Overview of PCSWCD and History of Williams Forest
  Forest Management Planning: Soils, trees, climate impacts
  Rehab management to help address climate change at the landscape level v. property level
  Maine Forest Service: Outreach and engaging with women landowners
  Engaging Women in Landowner Stewardship & Climate Change
  Legacy planning to ensure future forests

Resources

Forest managed by women has little known trail network near Brownville – Piscataquis Observer (observer-me.com)

Community/agency trust and public involvement in resource planning