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2026 Fridays with a Forester – Zoom series
March 27 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am
| Free2026 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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