{"id":6695,"date":"2017-10-02T22:03:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T22:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchbdev.wpengine.com\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/?p=6695"},"modified":"2017-10-02T22:22:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T22:22:34","slug":"off-campus-event-a-day-in-the-woods-forestry-event-sat-oct-14-8-4-jefferson-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/events\/off-campus-event-a-day-in-the-woods-forestry-event-sat-oct-14-8-4-jefferson-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Off Campus Event: A Day in the Woods Forestry Event (Sat. Oct 14 8-4, Jefferson, Maine)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.midcoastconservancy.org\/events\/forestry-event\/\"><strong>A Day in the Woods: Forestry Event<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a>Saturday, October 14 (All Ages) 8 AM-4PM<br \/>\nHidden Valley Nature Center, Jefferson Maine<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/files\/2017\/10\/Forestry-day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6696\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/files\/2017\/10\/Forestry-day.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 14 (rain date Oct. 15). Midcoast Conservancy is hosting a full day of information and fun in the woods at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson. A few of the highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn by listening and talking to state experts on low-impact forestry, improving the ability of forest practices to sequester carbon and enhance wildlife habitat, the benefits of conservation easements, land trust experience with forestry, and more.<\/li>\n<li>Learn by seeing, doing and walking with pros. There will be guided walks and talks; demonstrations of logging with horses, small scale equipment, and a small European cut to length processor; workshops on trail making and tree pruning, dealing with invasive plants and bugs; exhibits and more.<\/li>\n<li>Learn by having fun. There will be several guided walks for kids with readings in the woods by Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Project Learning Tree activities for kids and teachers and much more.<\/li>\n<li>Exercise with a \u201cTour De Woods\u201d fat bike ride.<\/li>\n<li>Stomp your feet, dance, or just listen to The Gawler Family band performing new and old logging songs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.midcoastconservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/A-Day-in-the-Woods-master-landscape-2-page-9-28-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0to download a schedule for the day.<\/p>\n<p>Breakfast from Alna General Store, lunch from Harvest Moon and Oxbow beer for purchase during the day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.lglforms.com\/form_engine\/s\/0C1cts2mYSHv9IjSGBITBg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REGISTER HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanks to our wonderful co-sponsors:\u00a0<\/strong>American Forest Foundation, Baskahegan Company, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Forest Society of Maine, Knox-Lincoln and Kennebec Soil &amp; Water Conservation Districts, Maine Audubon, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Maine Farmland Trust, Maine Forest Service, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, Maine Project Learning Tree, Maine Tree Farm, Maine Woodland Owners, Natural Resources Conservation Service, The Nature Conservancy and New England Forestry Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Day in the Woods: Forestry Event Saturday, October 14 (All Ages) 8 AM-4PM Hidden Valley Nature Center, Jefferson Maine Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 14 (rain date Oct. 15). Midcoast Conservancy is hosting a full day of information &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/events\/off-campus-event-a-day-in-the-woods-forestry-event-sat-oct-14-8-4-jefferson-maine\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-off-campus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/environmental-studies-newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}