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Wood Education and Resource Center

Workshops and Training Opportunities

The Wood Education and Resource Center is working with various partners throughout the eastern United States in sponsoring, developing and hosting various workshops and training opportunities for the primary and secondary hardwood industries. Please check this site periodically for upcoming events.

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Events

Archived Workshop Presentations

If you've missed a webcast, many of them are archived here or on the Webcast Archive link to the right. Check each listing for available ISA CEU credit.

Impacts of Harvesting on Hardwood Regeneration—Webinar

Forest managers must consider the sustainability of all forest management activities, especially timber harvesting. This webinar will discuss implications and benefits of many practices associated with timber harvesting and hardwood regeneration in the Appalachian region.

Feb. 4, 2010
2-3 p.m., EST
Registration required, attendance is limited. Click here to register.

USDA Forest Service Wood Education & Resource Center
301 Hardwood Lane
Princeton, WV 24740
March 18, 2010
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Registration: Registration is $45, and includes lunch. Click here to register.
Contact: Bonnie Maccubbin

Advanced Lean Thinking—Continuous Flow Systems

USDA Forest Service Wood Education & Resource Center
301 Hardwood Lane
Princeton, WV 24740
March 26, 2010
9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Registration is $40 before March 12, $50 after; includes lunch.
Contact: Earl Kline, 540-231-8841

Advanced Lean Thinking—Pull Systems

USDA Forest Service Wood Education & Resource Center
301 Hardwood Lane
Princeton, WV 24740
April 14, 2010
9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Registration is $40 before March 31, $50 after; includes lunch.
Contact: Earl Kline, 540-231-8841

Webinar series on web marketing and related topics are being offered by the National Network of Forest Practitioners

8 North Court St. Suite 411
Athens, OH 45701
740-593-8733
Contact: Nora McDougall
www.nnfp.org