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Webinar Topic: Exploring Carbon Capture & Storage - Innovations in Climate Solutions March 7, 2025 8:30am - 9:45am CST Speakers: Kathryn Fernholz & Harry Groot The webinar will cover Dovetail Partner’s report on Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS), exploring how this technology is mitigating climate change. Katie and Harry will cover findings from the report and discuss the role of biochar as a carbon sequestration method. Dovetail Partners is offering quarterly webinars throughout 2025 to highlight key topics and provide greater insight into issues addressed in our reporting. You can learn more about the remaining topics here: https://lnkd.in/eueAckir Register for the webinar: https://lnkd.in/eaBHcTki

Tomorrow our partners at the The Watershed Research and Training Center are hosting the first session in their 2-part webinar series Federal Grants Compliance and Audit Requirements: Best Practices and Watch-outs. February 18th 1:30-3 p.m. Eastern/10:30 a.m.-12:00p.m. Pacific Topics to be covered include: Federal grants management regulations, best practices, and common pitfalls & Introduction to Single Audit requirements The intended audience for these trainings is communities and partners who have been awarded federal grants, or who plan to apply for federal funding in the coming year. These sessions will be of particular value to organizations who anticipate meeting the threshold for a Single Audit. **The webinars will be followed by a dedicated Q&A session on Friday, February 28th 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Eastern /11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Pacific, available exclusively to webinar attendees!** Register Using this link https://lnkd.in/grcz7trW This series is hosted by the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network and the Watershed Research and Training Center and is made possible thanks to support from the USDA Forest Service.

The College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech will host the inaugural John F. Hosner Distinguished Lecture. The lecture, “Forests and Wood, Our Superpower,” will be delivered by Kathryn Fernholz, President of Dovetail Partners, at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, in the Commonwealth Ballroom in Squires Student Center. A reception will follow. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eTVr_gQk Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/e-KB4gvQ

From March 4-6, 2024, the Society of American Foresters (SAF) with support from the USDA Forest Service hosted the Mature and Old Growth Science Summit: Climate-Informed Forestry to Foster Resilient Ecosystems. The purpose of the Summit was to present and discuss the state of the science around mature and old-growth forest conservation, an effort catalyzed by the Federal government’s Mature and Old Growth (MOG) Initiative stemming from Executive Order (EO) 14072. Incorporating other directives from EO 14072, the Summit explored several other key themes: climate-informed forestry, Indigenous Knowledge and Tribal co-stewardship, and National Forest System planning and partnerships. Check out the full report below https://lnkd.in/ecNKHE_G

The January edition of The Outlook is now available. Check out our newest report, "Agrivoltaics: Merging Solar Energy and Agricultural Production", view a new infographic highlighting the key takeaways from the final report on the "Collaborating on Carbon" project, and learn more about our 2025 webinar series. #webinarseries #agrivoltaics #januarynewsletter

The Opportunities Now paper "Wisconsin Forests at Risk: Engaging Wisconsinites in Another Century of Forest Conservation" was published in December. Kathryn Fernholz of Dovetail Partners provided insights and feedback during the paper’s development. https://lnkd.in/eDVazrGw This report aims to spark public conversations to address these key challenges: declines in forest productivity and forest health, changes in the economics of forest management, and changes in forest ownership and owner objectives. There is an opportunity to act and engage in public conversations on this topic during a webinar on Wisconsin Forests at Risk on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, from 12:00-1:00pm CT. Attendees will hear from a panel of forestry and conservation experts. This interactive webinar will be a forum to share experiences and ideas to address the challenges facing our forests. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gCsKFnva

The Outlook, December 2024 | A Year in Review is now out! This has been a year of growth, community, and collaboration! Catch up on our reports, news items, and infographics from 2024. We are looking forward to what we can accomplish in 2025! #yearinreview #2024recap

Dovetail represented on 9th American Forest Congress Sustainable Forest Products Working Group Planning is well underway for the Ninth American Forest Congress: Equity and Climate, to be held in Washington, D.C. on July 15 - 18, 2025. Associate Michael Snyder is representing Dovetail Partners in the Workgroup developing a framework for Sustainable Forest Products, one of five key pathways (along with Forest Health and Resilience, Reforestation, Land Stewardship, and Equity) for the Congress. The framework includes a vision statement, a set of desired outcomes for the Congress, and guiding principles — all in advance of and to inform the Pathway Workshops to be held in spring 2025, the next step intended to clarify and resolve consensus on key issues and opportunities to inform the content and structure of next summer’s Congress itself. #sustainableforestproducts #foresthealth #resilience #reforestation

Wildfire Risk Mitigation Events in Northern Minnesota September and October were busy months with Gloria Erickson and Teresa Floberg of Dovetail Partners coordinating multiple wildfire risk mitigation events. In September, the multiple curbside haulaway and drop off disposal events were a tremendous success. As a match to these grant funded events, private landowners contributed 2,145 hours of their time to help their properties be more wildfire resilient. This resulted in the removal of 1,540 cubic yards of hazardous woody debris. This is an increase from similar past events. In October, 30 participants attended a Pile Burning Workshop. Information was shared by the Forest Service, MN DNR, The Nature Conservancy, and Pheasants Forever on techniques for pile burning, the role fire plays in our forest, and equipment used when working with fire. #wildfireriskmitigation #northernminnesota

Check out the final report from the EUDR series titled, "How Voluntary Certification Systems Support the Forest and Wood Products Industry with EUDR Compliance." As introduced in prior Dovetail articles, the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) (Regulation (EU) 2023/1115) requires operators to exercise and demonstrate due diligence in avoiding deforestation, forest degradation, and illegal processing of seven commodities. The Regulation requires detailed data collection, traceability through the supply chain, risk assessment, risk mitigation, and reporting. The forest products industry has decades of experience with these activities through voluntary participation in certification programs, including the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP), and Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI). This report outlines the requirements of EUDR, their intersect with certification, and how these four certification programs have adapted their systems to support certificate holders in demonstrating compliance with the EUDR. Continue reading here: https://lnkd.in/d7c3behC #certificationsystems #EUDR #forestandwoodproducts