West Virginia Woodland Stewards

04/18/2021

Protecting human health and the environment. WVU MS Forestry alum Meg McCuen is a Program Analyst for the US Environmental Protection Agency. After WVU, she served in Ethiopia for three years with the US Peace Corps as an agriculture volunteer and technical trainer. Her current position with the EPA is in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina, as a member of the Environmental Management Systems team. RTP is an air quality research facility, the largest EPA-owned facility with about 2000 federal employees. In her job, she focuses on internal and external communications and process improvements and is currently planning the Earth Day celebrations for the EPA-RTP Campus. When Meg isn't working she enjoys traveling, like her recent trip to Big Bend National Park (left).

03/06/2021

Check out this great opportunity to earn a Master’s degree in Forest botany at West Virginia University!

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For more information contact:

Dr. Kirsten Stephan
Teaching Associate Professor Forest Management
Division of Forestry and Natural Resources
West Virginia University
1145 Evansdale Dr, PO Box 6125
Morgantown, WV 26506

Tel. 304 293-0024

03/04/2021

Free Virtual Field Trips Series with Appalachian Headwaters

Can't wait for spring? Curious about West Virginia wildlife, both common and rare? Want to know how we can help them thrive?

Explore WV wildlife with Appalachian Headwaters and a variety of awesome experts across the state!

Virtual field trips are free, take place every Friday at 1 PM and last about a half hour. All school levels and ages welcomed. Pre-registration is required: https://tinyurl.com/4zmk783f.

Upcoming Schedule:

March 12: AMAZING SNAKES of WV with Jim Fregonara of WV DNR

March 19: BUTTERFLIES of WV with Dr. Elizabeth Long of the Appalachian Pollinator Center

March 26: FASCINATING FROGS of WV with Tomi Bergstrom of WV DEP
..and more to come!

For more information about this series, contact [email protected].

Appalachian Headwaters is a non-profit education, restoration and community development organization in southern WV, with programs including Camp Waldo, the Appalachian Beekeeping Collective and the new Appalachian Pollinator Center. More information is available at www.appheadwaters.org.

01/23/2021

Exotic winter creeper (Euonymus fortunei) making its way into a farm Woodlot.

01/22/2021

Thanks to Sam, Bill (and George), Liz, and Kevin for the educational presentations at the WV Woodland Stewards seminar this week!

12/15/2020

WVU Forestry Graduate Student Erin Shaw helps Harrison County landowner Mike Sieber measure Mike's 7-year-old black walnut plantation. Black walnuts were planted at 8x8 foot spacing, so social distancing was easy to observe.

11/14/2020

West Virginia Woodland Stewards Seminar
AGENDA for Wednesday evening; DECEMBER 16, 2020; 6pm-8:30pm

ONLINE meeting via Zoom—Links will be furnished to those who RSVP
To register, go to:
https://wvu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEof-Csrj0tGdcpDLBegH8xXSjfMSRbxru_

AGENDA

NEPAssist
Susan Paret— NEPA Compliance Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Black Walnut update
Erin Shaw, John Kelsey, and Jared Beard

The Backyard Woodlot Classroom: Remote Learning at its Best
Kevin Johnson—Director of Environmental Ed for Appalachian Headwaters

Ask a Logger—
Bernardo Brunetti, Maryland Master Logger

8:30 pm Depart

This is part of a seminar series that provides woodland owners, foresters, and conservationists useful information to inform, motivate, and inspire woodland stewardship.

10/11/2020

10/11/2020

November topics:
Full life-cycle conservation--Dr. Kyle Aldinger, USDA NRCS
Eating the forest--Deaonna Crow, Member of the National Wild Food Assoc.
Soil health assessment--Dr. Eugenia Pena-Yewtukhiw, WVU Plant and Soil Science
Hunter safety briefing--Sgt. James Crawley, WV Natural Resources Police
Registration link:

This is part of a seminar series that provides woodland owners, foresters, and conservationists useful information to inform, motivate, and inspire woodland stewardship.