Are you interested in learning more about stewarding ash across the landscape and getting involved in seed collection efforts? Then join the Forest Stewards Guild and partners for our three-part series Pathways to Sustain Ash - Webinar and Field Tour Series.

About the Series:

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Through two webinars and a field tour, this three-part series will explore innovative approaches and perspectives to sustaining ash through tree identification basics, seed collection, post-collection processing, and propagation. Join us for one or all of the upcoming events (space permitting).

Register for this webinar

Why Preserve Ash Seed?

February 20, 2025

10:00-11:30 a.m. ET

This kick-off webinar will lay the foundation for exploring the importance and prioritization of ash seed preservation. Our speakers will:

• Provide a regional status update on ash and emerald ash borer (EAB) infestations in the Northeast
• Teach ash ID basics (i.e., bark, bud, leaf, seed)
• Explore western scientific and Indigenous perspectives on ash preservation
• Share diverse values on the importance of collecting ash seeds
• Answer your questions in a Q&A session with our speakers

Register for this webinar

The How-To of Ash Seed Preservation from Collection to Propagation

March 6, 2025

1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET

This webinar will delve into the ways that ash seed is harvested, processed, and stored. Our speakers will share their on-the-ground experiences and offer practical solutions to help build a community of practice around ash seed collection. Following the talks, attendees will be invited to participate in breakout sessions, led by program partners, to discuss planning for their own ash seed collection season. 

Register for this free Field Tour (limit 25 participants)

March 20, 2025

9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. ET

We’re wrapping up our Pathways to Sustain Ash series with a field tour to see preservation in action at the New Hampshire (NH) State Forest Nursery.

Our field tour will:

• Discuss NH’s ongoing multi-year efforts to conduct integrated pest management (i.e., insecticide, silviculture, biocontrol) to preserve mature ash and promote ash regeneration
• Learn about upcoming ash enrichment plantings in NH and tour ash seedlings
• Explore the innovative seed processing, propagation, and planting efforts at the NH State Forest Nursery
• Network with your community over a provided lunch and casual conversation in the seed counting room.

If you have questions about these events, please contact:

Rachel Swanwick

rswanwick@forestguild.org