Posts by Talking Forests
2022 Women’s Forest Congress Experience and Camp Ripley Tour
Author and Photos by Candra Burns of Talking Forests People who identify as women within the forest community have been creating an in-person congress for two years. We finally came together in a 4-day event in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Our schedule had events towards a common goal of coming together and marching towards a better future…
Read MoreLandowners Who Rock – Fourtee Acres Tyrone and Edna Williams – Episode 75
This is a special in-person episode located in Enfield, North Carolina just off the I-95 with Tyrone and Edna Williams of Fourtee Acres. They lease out land for farming, own certified trees, and garden for local markets. They are proud of their legacy and have a great family to lean on at their multiple-use farm.…
Read MoreTree Planting Should Be a Conscious Choice
Authors: Lindsay Lights Forintos and Candra Burns A child of the city says they are tired of grey! They want to see green!! What is green and renewable? A tree, to be exact. This child’s dream is to lay under a full tree canopy and look up at the leaves rustling in the wind. Children…
Read MoreForestry People Who Rock – Elaine Springgay FAO Officer and ForYP Founder – Episode 74
Elaine and I had a conversation about global forestry challenges. I was impressed by her experience in the sector and global knowledge. She launched ForYP the only global forestry young professionals group at the World Forest Congress in Korea this year and I asked her what that is all about and how to get involved.…
Read MoreForestry People Who Rock – Alex Harvey from Legacy Land Management – Episode 73
Alex and I sat down and had a conversation about being a consulting forester in his home state of Mississippi and some of the challenges that communities face. He was one of the foresters that began the Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Program (www.sflrnetwork.org) by developing and piloting it and he has worked…
Read MoreForest Restoration in Arizona – NewLife Forest Restoration – Ted Dergousoff ~ Episode 72
Ted Dergousoff and I sat down together in Arizona and had a conversation about his company, NewLife, forest restoration efforts, and the role they play in the 4FRI Initiative with the U.S. Forest Service. “We think that with an effective forest reforestation program working in concert with the US Forest Service and the 4FRI group,…
Read MoreForestry Women Who Rock – Danielle Atkins – Land and Ladies ~ Episode 71
Danielle Atkins and I came together for a podcast episode and we talked about the importance of being an educated landowner. She has taken her past career and education to turn Land and ladies, her business, into a full suite of options to teach other people how to manage their forested land. She has provided…
Read MoreMaryland Forests Association Faces of Forestry: Senator Bailey ~ Episode 70
Maryland Forests Association “Faces of Forestry” features Senator Bailey this month. He grew up on his grandparent’s 120-acre farm on the water in Southern Maryland. ~From the crops, to horses, to time spent with his grandfather and father hunting and fishing, farm and forest land shaped Bailey’s formative years and his conservationist mindset. He eventually…
Read MoreOregon Women in Timber ~ Quinn Allen ~ Episode 69
October is National Forest Products Month and National Forest Products Week is October 18th – 22nd this year! We are celebrating with Oregon Women in Timber episodes. See them here: www.orwit.org ~ Our second guest is Quinn Allen. ~She said “I am a recent graduate of Southwestern Oregon Community College, with a certificate in Forest…
Read MoreOregon Women in Timber ~ Corinne Walters ~ Episode 68
October is National Forest Products Month and National Forest Products Week is October 18th – 22nd this year! We are celebrating with Oregon Women in Timber episodes. See them here: www.orwit.org ~ Our first guest is Corinne and she is an inspiration with an engineering background. We enjoyed learning more about her work and her…
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