Last Modified: 01/09/2009

January 10, 2009 Winter Trails Day
January 16, 2009 Last day to submit More Kids in the Woods program proposals
January 26, 2009 R3 Regional Partnership Event. To develop cohesion and direction for partnership work within the Region
February 3, 2009

National Forest Foundation Wilderness Stewardship Challenge applications Due

February 8–12, 2009 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management. Albuquerque, N.M.
February 24–26, 2009 Forest Service External Affairs Conference. Washington, DC.
February 25–27, 2009 Renewable Energy Technology Conference and Exhibition, or RETECH 2009, Las Vegas, Nev.
March 1–5, 2009 Association of Partners for Public Lands annual convention and trade show. "Navigating the Future." Baltimore, Md.
March 6, 2009 National Forest Foundation Collaboration Support Program Round 1 applications due.
March 12–13, 2009 Ecosystem Services: Marketing Environmental Solutions. Virginia Tech and the Virginia Department of Forestry. Charlottesville VA
March 16–21, 2009 74th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, Arlington, Va.
March 16–27, 2009

The 2009 session of Eastern and Southern National University (ESNU) will be held in Columbus, Ohio. Registration deadline is January 9, 2009. Click here to learn more about ESNU or to register for a class.

March 31–April 1, 2009 Beaver Restoration Summit. Spokane, Wash.
March 31–April 1, 2009 Fifth National Renewable Energy Summit, Washington, DC.
April 12–18, 2009 National Environmental Education Week
April 27–30, 2009 10th Wildland Fire Safety Summit: "10 Years after the TriData Study: What is different?" Phoenix, Arizona.

April 27–May 1, 2009

Geospatial ’09 is planned to promote information and knowledge sharing among geospatial professionals, field personnel, resource managers, program leaders, and partners. Snowbird Conference Center, on the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
June 5, 2009 National Forest Foundation Matching Awards Program Round 2 applications due.
June 10–11, 2009

Carbon in Northern Forests: Integration of Research and Management. Northern Institute of Applied Carbon Science. Hagerty Center at Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Mich.

June 12, 2009 National Forest Foundation Mid-Capacity Assistance Program applications due.
June 17–20, 2009 Sagebrush to Seaweed Environmental Education Leadership Clinic, at McKenzie River Conference Center, Oregon.
June 22–26, 2009 The 7th North American Forest Ecology Workshop will take place at Utah State University. The event will bring together forest ecologists from around the world to share ideas and knowledge on forest ecosystems in North America.
July 20–24, 2009

3rd National Conference on Ecological Restoration: The Spirit of Cooperation.
US Army Corps of Engineers, US Geological Survey, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the University of Florida. Los Angeles Calif.

August 4–5, 2009 The International Conference on Woody Biomass Utilization at the Bost Conference Center, Mississippi State University.
August 7, 2009 National Forest Foundation Collaboration Support Program Round 2 applications due.

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Send your information to FS Today and we’ll consider it for “What’s Happening?” - a calendar of events that reaches the entire Forest Service community. Please submit in Word in the following format:
·          the inclusive dates
·          the region and/or forest or lab or station where it’s happening
·          in 25 words or less describe the event
·          a link to a web page that has more information about the event

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