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MNWWN's Women's Chainsaw 2-Day Workshop

UW-Madison Extension Forestry is excited to announce upcoming women woodland owner events in the Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, and Iron County area! We are partnering with women natural resource professionals and local landowners to provide opportunities to:

Written by Annica McGuirk, originally posted by National Association of Conservation Districts

 

Why: To connect with other people passionate about woodlands and to explore what’s in your neighborhood.

All woodland owners want a healthy property they can enjoy and recreate.  Join us for October's Minnesota Woodland Owner Workshop (MNWOW) series to keep your woods healthy for the future. Watch three pre-recorded videos, then hear from the featured speakers. 

Presentations:

Oct 8:  Videos released on YouTube to watch when works best for you.
Oct 19 6:30-7:30 Q&A with featured speakers over Zoom. 

2100 Pilot Knob RoadMendota Heights, MN, 55120United States (map)

Where: Indian Heights Park, 1800 Terracewood Dr NW, Rochester, MN 55901 (map)

Why: This walk will focus on meeting new people and learning together.

Sometimes in Extension we joke that we mostly identify plants and animals for people. While there’s some truth to this I’m delighted to say there are now very easy ways anyone can get great identification information free from your smartphone.

By Gloria Erickson, as told to Ashley McFarland. Reposted from Minnesota Women’s Press. See the original article here.

“Keep your woods healthy.” That’s a statement that many of us in Extension often tell landowners. Unfortunately, maintaining a healthy woodland is getting more difficult because of the large number of challenges they face. 

Jumping worms are a relatively new arrival in Minnesota, joining a host of other invasive earthworms in our state. Unlike most of our other earthworms, however,  jumping worms are causing great heartache for gardeners and significantly changing home gardening practices for those unlucky enough to have discovered these lively and voracious pests.

Women Owning Woodlands is hosting four webinars in May based on “Women on the Land: A Landowner’s Guide to Stewarding Her Woodlands.”

Register here!