2026 Fridays with a Forester – Zoom series

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2026 Fridays with a Forester – Zoom series

Join the University of Minnesota Extension foresters to discuss some of the key issues and questions around forest and woodlands facing Minnesota landowners. These online sessions will be very informal, open to the public and free of charge. Each session will start with a brief presentation, followed by a discussion framed around participants’ questions on the topic. Each Zoom session will be from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. The 2026 topics and presenters are listed below.

Jan. 30: Life, death, and dinner in the forest canopy: The spruce budworm and its predators – Jessica Rootes

Feb. 13: Stewardship strategies for resilient forests – Anna Stockstad

Feb. 20: ParSci summary from 2025 and what’s coming in 2026 – Angela Gupta & Hana Kim

Feb. 27: Climate ready trees for windbreaks and silvopasture – Gary Wyatt, Angie Gupta, and Kira Pollack

March 20: Disturbance and woodland stewardship – Eli Sagor

March 27: Recognizing, preventing, and managing oak wilt – Grace Haynes

April 10: Management considerations to enhance forest habitat for birds – Peter Dieser

April 17: Get ready for tree seed collection in spring (Scouting & ParSci) – Kira Pollack

April 24: Growing and selling wood: Production forestry on private lands. – Eli Sagor

To learn more about each topic and sign up for these Zoom sessions, register at this link: z.umn.edu/Fridays2026

Recordings from all sessions in the series will be made available on our YouTube page: z.umn.edu/Fridays

There is no session on March 13 because our forestry team will be at the MN Family Woodland Conference in Collegeville, MN.

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