Saturday, July 16th, 2022 

4:00 PM to 5:30 PM

Norfolk Downs Shelter

90 Golf Drive

Norfolk Historic District, CT 06058

Advanced registration is required. Click the link below to register.

Questions?

Email Matt Gallagher at matt@greatmountainforest.org or call 860-824-8188

Swing by our third installment of GMF’s Forest Health Lecture Series with CAES Plant Pathologist, Dr. Robert Marra, as he describes the effects of four tree diseases throughout Northeastern forests; both urban and natural. He will discuss the far-reaching impacts theses blights caused in the past and what that means for the future of our forests. We will then observe principles of plant pathology and utilize those doctrines as Dr. Marra discusses the natural history and consequences of chestnut blight, beech bark disease, beech leaf disease, and oak wilt. Come dive into the details of plant pathology with us and see what tree diseases are on your back door.

Forestry professionals will be awarded 1.0 CEU for this event.

Saturday, June 11th, 2022 

4:00 PM to 5:30 PM

Norfolk Downs Shelter

90 Golf Drive

Norfolk Historic District, CT 06058

Advanced registration is required. Click the link below to register.

Questions?

Email Matt Gallagher at matt@greatmountainforest.org or call 860-824-8188

Join us as we continue our forest health leture series with Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Forest Entomologist, Dr. Carole Cheah, for a conversation focusing on the threat that Hemlock Wooly Adelgid has on our beautiful hemlock trees and our forests as a whole. Dr. Cheah will dive into past treatment measures,  research on biocontrols from other parts of the country, and her work with Sasajiscymnus tsugae (Japanese lady beetle) as a biocontrol. She will discuss the efficacy of these beetle releases, why they work, and investigate efforts taken from all ranges of management levels. Don’t miss this opportunity to understand how we, as landowners and professionals, can alleviate these stressors to our forests.

Forestry professionals will be awarded 1.0 CEU for this event.

Saturday, May 14th, 2022

4:00 PM to 5:30 PM

Norfolk Downs Shelter

90 Golf Drive

Norfolk Historic District, CT 06058

Advanced registration is required. Click the link below to register.

Questions?

Email Matt Gallagher at matt@greatmountainforest.org or call 860-824-8188

Join us as we kick off our forest health lecture series with a conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Ward, Chief Scientist in the Department of Forestry and Horticulture at The Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station. Dr. Ward will discuss the threats of herbivory and invasive vegetation on the health of our forest ecosystems. Topics will range from stressors to forest regeneration, links between invasives and the risk of tick-borne diseases, and management implications of a range of control options. Come learn about the threats to our beloved forests and what can be done to mitigate these stressors.

Forestry professionals will be awarded 1.0 CEU for this event.