Posts Tagged ‘landowners’
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 – 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 MoreWomen Owning Woodlands ~ Molly Darr ~ Episode 67
Molly Darr and I sat down to talk about the Women Owning Woodlands up-and-coming events. Janet Watt-Steele, Women Owning Woodlands – South Carolina Janet is the founder of the South Carolina chapter of the national Women Owning Woodlands network. Janet works as an Area Forestry and Wildlife Extension Agent with the Clemson University Cooperative Extension…
Read MoreFree Range Forestry LLC – Anna Yarbrough – Episode 49
Anna and I talked about being young women business owners with forestry backgrounds. She worked in the industry as an employee before breaking out on her own and creating Free Range Forestry LLC so she could have a flexible work schedule with her son. We talk about local forestry and what it is like to…
Read MoreForest Landowners Celebrate Field Day in Oakville, WA
Author and Photos by Talking Forests On a bright and sunny summer day, forest landowners come together for field sessions and educational opportunities put on by Washington State University Extension Forestry and the Washington Department of Natural Resources Small Forest Landowner Office. The event was hosted by John Henrikson of Wild Thyme Farm. Andy Perleberg presents award to John…
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