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  • Tuesday, February 28, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm Eastern – Community Tree Conference: Community Forestry in Changing Times, Climate, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice, Online

    The University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment will host a one day webinar on Community Forestry in Changing Times: Climate, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice. The event takes place February 28 from 8:30 – 3:30. Speakers include Yoni Glogower of the City of Holyoke on the Pioneer Valley Healthy Air Initiative, Liza Meyer, Chief Landscape Architect with Boston Parks & Recreation Department on the Boston Urban Forest Master Plan, David Meshoulam, Executive Director of Speak for the Trees on Bringing Tree Equity to Boston, and more. Complete agenda and registration link may be found at www.ag.umass.edu $75. You may also contact Ellen Weeks at weeks@umass.edu The event will not be recorded.

  • Friday, July 10 and Saturday, July 11, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Framework Trees of New England Webinar

    Forests are a dominant feature of the New England landscape. This two part Native Plant Trust online course on July 10 and 11 from 10 – 5 with Yoni Glogower covers the history, changes in composition, and ecology of the region’s forest from the Ice Age through European settlement. We explore the impact of past natural and human disturbances on the landscape and learn how current forestry practices shape forest communities. You will learn to identify native trees, their habitats, and their communities. $252 for NPT members, $308 for nonmembers.

  • Saturday, September 7, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Native Plants for Natural Dyes

    This Native Plant Trust program at Nasami Farm on September 7 from 10 – 5 will explore the methodology of dyeing fibers using native and naturalized plant species. Through lecture materials, we will cover the basics of dyeing in ethnobotany, plant chemistry, and concepts of sustainable use. We will go into the field to identify and collect some plant material, and then go through the process of mordanting and dyeing raw wool, cotton, and silk fibers. Taught by Yoni Glogower, the class is $105 for NPT members, $126 for nonmembers. Register at www.nativeplanttrust.org

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  • Thursday, October 25, and Saturday, October 27, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Framework Trees of New England

    Forests are a dominant feature of the New England landscape. This two day New England Wild Flower Society course on October 25 and 27 from 10 – 5 at Nasami Farm in Whately, and other field sites, covers the history, changes in composition, and ecology of the region’s forest from the Ice Age through European settlement. Learn to identify native trees, their habitats, and their communities. Explore the impact of past natural and human disturbances on the landscape and learn how current forestry practices shape forest communities. Taught by forester Jonathan “Yoni” Glogower, and co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions, the cost is $216 for sponsor members, $254 for nonmembers. Register at www.newenglandwild.org.

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