Events
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Hemlock Bark and Wisconsin’s Tanning Industry:The World Walked on Milwaukee Leather
Virtual Zoom WebinarPresenter: John Bates Milwaukee led the world in tanning leather in the early 1900s, though tanneries were in operation throughout all of Wisconsin from the mid-1800s to the early 1920s.…
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Heritage & Success of Wisconsin’s School Forest Program
Virtual Zoom WebinarPresenters: Stephen Schmidt & Gretchen Marshall As the Wisconsin School Forest Program approaches its Centennial (2028), join us for look back at how early visionaries established the first school forests…
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Attracting Wildlife to Your Woodlands
Virtual Zoom WebinarActions you can take to enhance the wildlife abundance and diversity in your woodlands. Presented by: Jamie Nack Extension Senior Wildlife Outreach Specialist in the Department of Forest & Wildlife…
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Frontier Diplomats or Agents of Empire: U.S. Indian Agents in Wisconsin, 1812-1845
Virtual Zoom WebinarLife in Wisconsin during much of the first half of the 19th century was defined by the interactions between Native Americans and white settlers moving into the region. Indian Agents…
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Planning for our future: Wisconsin’s 2020 Forest Action Plan
Virtual Zoom WebinarThe 2020 Forest Action Plan offers us an opportunity for reflection and to chart our path forward. During this webinar, we will discuss the value of the Forest Action Plan,…
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The Value of Historical Newspapers: Researching our State’s Logging History Online
Virtual Zoom WebinarEvery day the internet offers more and more resources for reading old news. These sources are easier to locate and search than ever before. While they aren’t all online, many…
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Fire Weather/Fire Danger Conditions Which Led to the Historic Peshtigo Wildfire of 1871
Virtual Zoom WebinarAn extended drought of more than a year, including a winter of minimal snowfall set up a pattern of fire danger that lasted through the summer of 1871 and caused…
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The Buildup and the Blowup
Virtual Zoom WebinarConflagrations like the 1871 Peshtigo Fire have reemerged as important threats across North America and around the world. Understanding the factors and the phenomena that produced the fire environment of…
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Peshtigo Paradigm
Virtual Zoom WebinarFor 50 years the kind of fire that swept over Peshtigo plagued the Great Lakes region, in both the U.S. and Canada. The fires furnished an important background for state-sponsored…
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FHAW and Related Collections at the UWSP Archives
The presentation will primarily focus on the Forest History Association of Wisconsin collection held at the UWSP Archives, explaining what topics can be found, how to access the collection and…
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Hoisting Pulpwood, a Century of Hoisting Operations on Chequamegon Bay, 1872-1972
Virtual Zoom WebinarPart History and part memoir, in this presentation, Tom Stanley shares the story of Ashland's pulp hoists in the context of Wisconsin's long and colorful forest history. Why was pulpwood…
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Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic: A Product of Perspective
Virtual Zoom WebinarSteve Swenson, Program Director at the Aldo Leopold Foundation will share Aldo Leopold’s life story through historic photographs and Leopold’s writings to demonstrate how Leopold’s thinking changed over time. Throughout…