2025 Wabasha Forestry Day

Event Date: 2/14/2025
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM

The Front Porch Bar and Grill
100 N Sheppard St, Kellog, MN 55945

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Adapting for Climate Resiliency

$12 will be collected at the event to cover the cost of lunch.

Agenda

8:30 am                Logger only breakfast – Focus group to identify FMG training topics, needs, regional SMEs for MFRC/MLEP/Extension/SFEC’s FMG 2026 offering in the SE 

9:15 am                Welcome & Acknowledgements     Overview of the day, acknowledgements & prizes

9:30 am               Citizen’s Climate Lobby:  Healthy Forests 101      Howard White, Citizen’s Climate Lobby

10:00 am              Climate Ready Trees      Angie Gupta, UMN Extension Forestry   agupta@umn.edu 

Break & Prizes                   

10:45 am              Understanding Southeastern Minnesota’s Climate       Dr. Kenny Blumenfeld, MN DNR

11:20 am              Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change          Mike Reinikainen, MN DNR  mike.reinikainen@state.mn.us

12:00 pm              Prizes & Woodland Manager of the Year

12:30 pm             Lunch provided by Front Porch Bar & Grill

12:00 – 1:30       Logger Breakout for “What is SFI, Current public policy and outreach – facilitated by Nolle

1:15 pm                Prizes

1:30 pm                Plot Based Inventory       [TBD Jen or Keb] MN DNR  [insert email contact]

2:00 pm               Forests for Wildlife  Jeff Butler - Audubon

2:45 pm                Final prizes & closing remarks