Past Events

  1. Feb 8, 2025, 9:00am - 11:00am

    Can you identify trees with leaves? What about without leaves? Identifying trees in winter can be a real challenge. This is an advanced class for individuals who are familiar with using a dichotomous key.  This workshop is designed to give participants in-depth training and practice on identifying trees without the leaves. The workshop will introduce some key identification clues and work hands on with samples. A guide for identifying trees by fruit and twigs will be utilized for a major portion of the class.

  2. Jan 31, 2025, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

    Spend the evening with OSU Extension’s Marne Titchenell and Carrie Brown as we go on the prowl for Ohio’s owls! Join us for hot drinks and tasty treats, as we chat about owl species and ecology, then hike into the woods to call in these silent hunters. This is a family-friendly event with an owl craft and activity! Be sure to bundle up as we will be outdoors the whole event. Feel free to bring blankets to keep warm during a presentation on Ohio's owls. We are also hoping to welcome Ohio Nature Education with live owls, but this will be weather permitting. 

  3. Jan 24, 2025, 12:30pm - 4:30pm

    Join OSU Extension's Jim Downs and Jake Nicholson for an afternoon class on maple syrup production in your backyard. 

  4. Dec 31, 2024, 8:00am - 11:00pm

    The Ohio Woodland Health Practices for Service Providers online course provides an introductory training to managing small woodlands, assisting woodland property owners to meet their individual goals and improving woodland and ecosystem health.  This course is for green industry professionals - such as arborists and landscape architects - working on private properties of <10 acres. The training will focus on the why and how of addressing common woodland health issues.

  5. Dec 13, 2024, 12:00pm - 2:00pm

    This webinar has been postponed until Dec. 13th This webinar will explore carbon credits for woodland owners.  What are the key things you need to know when making a decision to enter into the market.  Ohio Forest Tax Law cooperaters may also want to better understand the impact on your tax law program once you enter into an agreement.  Join Ohio State Professors Brent Sohngen and Roger Williams, University of Florida Extension's Tammy Cushing and Ohio Division of Forestry's Stephanie Downs to learn about the programs and the tax implications.

  6. Dec 7, 2024, 8:30am - 3:45pm

    Join all our maple enthusiasts for this day focused on topics for maple producers and opportunities for visiting with vendors.  Learn more about the cost share programs that are available and hear about success stories in utilizing these funds.  Did you have filtering issues this season?  We will have a panel discussion on filtering and what your options are.  There will also be a session on marketing presented by Zac Smith from the University of Vermont.  The first part of their marketing reseach focuses on producers so there should be some good tidbits for you to use.

  7. Dec 6, 2024, 10:00am - 3:00pm

    Do you have a plan for the future of your farm? It can be hard to admit but we are all getting older and need to be thinking about how to transition the farm to the next generation. As you develop your succession or transition plan, there are a myriad of decisions to be made. This workshop challenges farm families to actively plan for the future of the farm business. Learn how to have crucial conversations about the future and strategies and tools that can help you transfer your farm’s ownership, management, and assets to the next generation.

  8. Nov 8, 2024, 10:00am - 12:00pm

    Across much of the United States, autumn is marked by a series of chemical changes in leaves, resulting in them changing colors from green to red, orange, yellow, or gold. Have you ever thought about what controls those color changes and what it means for your forests? To get answers to these and related questions, tune into this webinar, presented by Dr. Andy Londo, a professor and state extension forestry specialist with OSU Extension.

  9. Oct 11, 2024, 9:30am - 3:00pm

    Fungi of many types can be found in every woodlot throughout Ohio.  They get overlooked, ignored and/or avoided by visitors to the woods because people don’t know what they are, have limited knowledge, or have been misinformed as to their importance or dangers.  Fungi are quite intriguing once one gets to know them, their life histories, their ecological importance and their diversity.  Come join us for a day in the woods of learning what these fascinating organisms are and the beauty they possess.    

  10. Sep 13, 2024, 10:00am - 12:00pm

    We all know about maple syrup and we have talked about walnut syrup but what about sycamore syrup?  This webinar will feature Luke Taylor-Ide and Sarah Collins-Simmons from Future Generations University discussing ongoing research efforts at Future Generations to understand the science and behaviors of tapping the American sycamore tree.

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