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, the collaborative process for developing the 2020 Plan, and key findings and goals as we look to the future. Presented by: Amanda Koch, the Wisconsin…
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 are, and many of those you can access from the comfort of your home, and many of them are free. This presentation will show you…
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 concern throughout the Midwest. A problem exacerbated by high temperatures and strong winds in the Great Lakes area in the US and neighboring Canadian Provinces…
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 that day is possible because of weather observations collected and recorded at the time and studies of extreme fire behavior that continue to this day.…
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 conservation and especially a program of fire protection. Presented by Steve Pyne, an emeritus professor at Arizona State University, and the author of many fire…
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 ongoing digitization efforts. I will also briefly touch on various forestry related collections in our holdings, their research value and how they supplement the FHAW…
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 rafted, hoisted and sent elsewhere? Why Ashland? How did the hoist operate? Who were the workers? What were the dangers? Why did hoisting end in…
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 this historical narrative, Steve will weave the foundation’s current work to advance a land ethic. What is Aldo Leopold’s real first name? Why was A…
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 rafted, hoisted and sent elsewhere? Why Ashland? How did the hoist operate? Who were the workers? What were the dangers? Why did hoisting end in…
The Bonifas Story: An immigrant’s rags to riches logging era story
Virtual Zoom WebinarEight siblings of the Bonifas family immigrated from Luxembourg to the Garden Peninsula in upper Michigan. They began working in lumber camps and slowly worked their way up to owning and operating one of the largest lumber operations in the upper peninsula. We will spend some time looking at their foray into Wisconsin where they…