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The Power of Partnerships: Forestry Cost-Share Opportunities

Online Via Zoom

The Power of Partnerships: Forestry Cost-Share Opportunities

Oct. 1, 2024 | 9-10:30 a.m. | FREE

As a professional forester, you may feel comfortable creating and communicating about forest management plans, but do you know how to help landowners determine which partnerships are best for them? In this virtual training, hear from a panel of experts as they walk through the “who, what, when, where, why, and how” of some common cost-share opportunities in Wisconsin. Come with your questions! Although information will be presented, this is also an opportunity for you to get those answers you’ve been looking for. This training is free but registration is required. 

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There is no cost for this webinar, but we ask that you please register in advance. This panel discussion will be recorded. Registration is required to access the recorded session.

Target Audience

This workshop is designed for professional foresters who work with private landowners but is open to all natural resource professionals.

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Continuing Education Credit

This online training has been pre-approved for the following:

                

WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS

Allan Braun

Wisconsin State Forester, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Allan Braun is the Wisconsin state forester for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). He was born and raised in Fond du Lac County and graduated from UW-Stevens Point with a degree in forest management in 2003. After college he spent 17 years working with the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oregon, and Vermont. He joined NRCS in 2020 and became state forester shortly after. He enjoys spending time with his family hiking, kayaking, cross-country skiing, and fishing in his free time.

Sadie Brown

Private Forestry Specialist, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

In  her role with the Division of Forestry Sadie Brown leads program management and policy development for the statewide Private Lands Forestry program. She also oversees the Wisconsin Forest Landowner Grant Program (WFLGP) which is a cost-share program designed to assist woodland owners in completing forestry practices on their property. Before starting her current role, Sadie started her career with WI DNR over a decade ago as a Forester and then a Staff Specialist. Sadie is a proud UW-Madison graduate who currently resides near her alma mater. In her spare time, she loves spending time in nature with her two young kids, and training for a half-marathon when she needs a break.  

Jared Elm

Forest Wildlife Specialist and Conservation Coordinator, Ruffed Grouse Society

Jared Elm is the Conservation Coordinator for the Ruffed Grouse Society, based out of Spooner, WI. Jared assists private landowners in partnership with the Natural Resource Conservation Service and public lands projects with RGS. Jared has been with Ruffed Grouse Society for seven years and is passionate about forest ecology and forest wildlife.

Pat Weber

Wildlife Habitat Specialist, American Bird Conservancy

Pat Weber is a wildlife habitat specialist with the American Bird Conservancy where his primary responsibilities are working with private landowners and public land managers to create breeding habitat for neotropical migratory songbirds in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Pat earned an M.S. in environmental science and policy from UW-Green Bay where his thesis assessed increasing upland bird habitat by substituting annual row crops with perennial hybrid hazel shrublands in northeastern Wisconsin.​

Randee Smith

Coordinator, Wisconsin Young Forest Partnership

Randee Smith is the coordinator for the Wisconsin Young Forest Partnership, where she unifies the efforts of 14 federal, state, and nonprofit organizations to assist private landowners in managing their forests for wildlife by providing technical and financial assistance. Randee specializes in early successional habitat. Before WYFP, Randee was involved in research to evaluate songbird usage post-management in aspen and alder stands and genetic research to locate cryptic hybrids in Michigan’s golden-winged warblers. When not working, Randee enjoys taking care of her hobby farm, creating art with feathers, and bird hunting with her husband and bird dog, Kimber.

Kurt Waterstradt

Wisconsin Private Lands Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program

Kurt has been with the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program for 30 years, serving in two Regions and three Midwest states (Wisconsin, North Dakota and Ohio). Prior to the Partners Program, Kurt served three years on Active Duty with the U.S. Army as a Commissioned Officer, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves 2013. His leisure time is best spent on the water, in the woods or at a brewery.