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The NC Forest Service and the the NC Wildlife Resources Commission have teamed up with NC State University Extension Forestry, with support from the USDA Forest Service, to offer forest landowners these special 2-hour workshops with dinner. If you have managed forestland in the areas around Holly Shelter Game Lands, Angola Bay and Bear Gardens…
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Even though astronomers use the autumnal equinox as the marker for the official start of fall, climatologists use September 1. Historically it made calculations a lot easier and better represents the transition from the three hottest months to the cooler fall. And just in time comes some cooler weather, which you should see in the…
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CLN and ANREP Climate Science Initiative (CSI) Join Forces for a New Webinar Series The Climate Learning Network has teamed up with ANREP CSI to present a new fall webinar series which kicks off with The Northeast Regional Climate Hub’s Erin Lane and our own Dan Geller discussing new efforts in online climate resources. CLN/CSI…
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Here are a list of a few online and in-person courses that I have seen listed in recent weeks. The Warnell School of Forestry at UGA is offering an in-person course on “Managing Forest Health, Wildlife and Productivity” on October 4-5 in Athens, GA. Course content will center on landscape-scale forest health issues related to…
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Exactly one year from today, a large part of the United States will see a solar eclipse of the sun as the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. The path of totality will pass directly over northeast Georgia and most of South Carolina. There was a lot of publicity about the eclipse today,…
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If you are interested in beef cattle and how they are affected by changes in climate, you might be interested in this upcoming webinar from Great Plains Grazing, a group of Oklahoma extension agents and research specialists committed to adapt grazing strategies to changing conditions. Register now for our August webinar! “Does Climate Change Your Plate”…
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The Southern Region Extension Forestry folks have posted reminders of two upcoming forestry workshops on their Facebook page today. The Appalachian Wood Energy Innovations conference will be held August 24-26 in Asheville NC. Here’s the description from their event webpage: “Participants attending this event will hear from industry, federal agency and university experts on woody…