NNRG Events

Fireside Chats | Navigating the Web Soil Survey Tool | Online | Wednesday Oct. 16, 2024

Fireside Chats is back from a summer break, and we look forward to seeing you on the third Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Join us on October 16th to learn how to use NRCS’s Web Soil Survey tool to better understand your soils.

We will be joined by Max Ross, State Resource Soil Scientist, with NRCS Washington to learn more about the Web Soil Survey, USDA’s official platform for soil data, which offers valuable insights for forest management. Max will walk attendees through accessing, viewing, and interpreting soil survey maps for their area of interest. He’ll also explore key reports and land-use interpretations within the WSS platform that are particularly relevant to making informed forest management decisions

On the third Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m., we invite you to join NNRG, our partners, and fellow forest stewards to discuss forest management topics, share information and resources relevant to those topics, and connect with others who face some of the same challenges and opportunities as you in stewarding their lands. Get cozy from your home and bring your perspectives and questions for discussion. We look forward to seeing you each month. 

Did you miss a Fireside Chat? You can see past chats on the NNRG YouTube channel.

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Free Workshop | Forest Conservation Practices at Valley View Forest | Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024

Join Jefferson Land Trust’s preserve manager and Northwest Natural Resource Group’s lead forester on a free tour of an actively managed lowland coniferous forest. Objectives for the 65-acre Valley View Forest include increasing forest resilience and improving structural and species diversity through commercial thinning, gap cuts, and creating wildlife habitat structures. As we walk through several treatment units, leaders will discuss the successes and challenges of planning and implementing ecological forestry practices and how we select trees for removal in a thinning. Come prepared to walk up to 20 minutes at a time over trails and off-trail over rough terrain (not ADA accessible) through thinning and gap-cut treatment areas.

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Free Workshop | Forest Conservation Practices at Grovers Creek Preserve | Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024

Join Great Peninsula Conservancy’s stewardship manager and Northwest Natural Resource Group’s lead forester on a free tour of an actively managed lowland coniferous forest. Objectives for the 320-acre Grovers Creek Preserve include increasing forest resilience and improving structural and species diversity through commercial thinning, gap cuts, and creating wildlife habitat structures. As we walk through several treatment units, leaders will discuss the successes and challenges of planning and implementing ecological forestry practices and how we select trees for removal in a thinning. Leaders will also discuss an effort to capture bird response to the practices using remote acoustic monitoring devices. Come prepared to walk a short distance over rough terrain (not ADA accessible) through thinning and gap-cut treatment areas.