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2023, Issue No. 4


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Eastern Hemlock CLT Project


The first ever installation of Eastern Hemlock Cross Laminated Timber occurred in St. Johnsbury, Vermont at the Fairbanks Museum addition in March, 2023.  INRS’ Charlie Levesque has led the project with partner Andy Fast at the University of New Hampshire. This project is funded through a grant from the USDA Forest Service Wood Innovations program to the North East State Foresters Association.  Other partners include SmartLam of Dothan, AL, Cersosimo Lumber of Brattleboro, VT, White Mt. Lumber of Berlin, NH and Sterling Structural of Phoenix, IL.  This ground-breaking project is highlighted as the cover story from this month’s Northern Logger and Timber Processor magazine and can be found HERE.

 

FRA March Forum on Workforce Issues

At the March FRA Forest Forum, INRS' Eric Kingsley led a discussion about issues / challenges / opportunities in the forest industry workforce, a challenge facing all sectors of the forest industry.  You can view the ideas and comments from the evening’s participants here.  If you want to be invited to future FRA Forest Forums, you can join that email list here.
Trends in the Northeast Forest Industry 
        

INRS’ Eric Kingsley recently provided an updated market analysis for the region’s forest industry.  One big takeaway – the region has lots of opportunities for a robust and growing forest sector, but we’re going to need to address logging and trucking in order to realize that potential.  The presentation can be viewed here.
 
 

REMINDER - New Forest Carbon and Climate Adaptation Webinar April 12, 2023 for Forest Landowners with Dr. Alexandra Kosiba


Are you wondering what to do about forest carbon, carbon markets and making your forest more resilient to the effects of climate change on your woods in the northeast? Join Dr. Alexandra Kosiba, the University of Vermont’s Extension Forester on Wednesday April 12, 2023 from noon to 1:30 PM.  In this webinar, Dr. Kosiba will cover forests role in sequestering and storing carbon, what you can do to increase sequestration and storage in your forests and what your options are if you want to sell forest carbon in the carbon markets.  She will also cover steps landowners and their managers can take to increase forest resilience to climate change by encouraging management actions that adapt forests to the effects of our changing climate.  This webinar is designed specifically for forest landowners and sponsored by Securing Northeast Forest Carbon Program.

Register in advance for this webinar (required):
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VHJuPo4kQJaWCE_w7Xly6w
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Alexandra (Ali) Kosiba, PhD, is a forest ecophysiologist and Extension Assistant Professor of Forestry at the University of Vermont. As the Extension Forester, she creates resources and conducts applied research to help woodland owners, foresters, and decision-makers better understand the impacts of climate change and other stressors on Vermont’s forests and management techniques to improve forest resilience. She is Vermont’s representative to the Securing Northeast Forest Carbon Program.  A licensed forester, Ali serves as a regional educator on forest carbon science and management and is the state lead on the Vermont Forest Carbon Inventory. She also works on various forest health topics, like planning and management for at-risk tree species, land planning for maintaining critical forest services, and forest monitoring. Before coming to UVM, she was the Climate Forester for the State of Vermont, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation – and the first climate forester in the nation.

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