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| Year | Month | Title | Additional Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | March | Wise About Wildfire: Resilient Landscapes | Darren McAvoy presented at the Wise About Wildfire webinar series |
| 2021 | Jan | Wildland Stories: Dendrochronology | Dr. Justin DeRose hosted by Darren McAvoy and Gabrielle Harden |
| 2021 | Mar | Wildland Stories: Biochar | Darren McAvoy hosted by Gabrielle Harden |
| 2020 | Jan | Soil Management for Urban Trees | Bryant C. Scharenbroch, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin –Stevens Point, Research Fellow of The Morton Arboretum | (download slides) |
| 2020 | Feb | Boundary-Spanning for Collective Action: Managing Wildfire Risk in the West | Emily Jane Davis, Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist, OSU; Tony Cheng, Director of the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute & Professor with an Extension appointment, CSU; Darren McAvoy, Extension Assistant Professor of Forestry, USU & Fellow of the Society of American Foresters | (download slides) | See the added bonus questions answered by speakers |
| 2020 | Dec | Wildland Stories: Fire Ecology | Dr. Larissa Yocom hosted by Darren McAvoy and Gabrielle Harden |
| 2019 | Jan | Trees: A Risk Worth Taking (most of the time) | Meridith McAvoy Perkins, Urban Forester, Missouri Regional Manager, Davey Resource Group |
| 2019 | Feb | The Salt Dilemma: Growing Better Urban Trees in Northern Climates | Jim Urban, Andrew Millward, Adam Nicklin (download slides) |
| 2019 | Mar | Prescribed Fire is an Emergency | Dave Lasky, Director of Fire Management, Forest Stewards Guild (download slides) |
| 2019 | Apr | Canker Diseases on Landscape Hardwood Trees in the Western U.S | Marion Murray, Integrated Pest Management Project Leader, Utah State University (download slides) |
| 2019 | May | Native Mycorrhizal Fungi and Whitebark Pine Restoration | Dr. Cathy Cripps, Mycologist & Professor, Montana State University (download slides) |
| 2019 | June | Remediating Compacted Soils Compromised by Urban Construction | Dr. Nina Bassuk, Professor & Program Leader, Urban Horticulture Institute, Cornell University (download slides) |
| 2019 | June | Dealing with the Triple Threat Invasion: Cheatgrass, Medusahead, & Ventenata | View full speaker line-up. |
| 2019 | July | Spotted Lanternfly | Dr. Lori Spears, CAPS Program Coordinator, Utah State University |
| 2019 | Sept | The Landscape Architect in the Nursery, Tagging Trees and Enforcing Specifications | Jim Urban, FASLA & Paul Josey, Paul Josey, co-founder Wolf | Josey Landscape Architects | (download slides) |
| 2019 | Oct | Answering Questions about the Appropriateness of Woody Vegetation Treatments | Mark Brunson, Professor of Environment and Society, Eric Thacker, Associate Professor and Rangeland Extension Specialist, USU | See the added bonus questions answered by speakers |
| 2019 | Nov | Health Benefits of City Trees: Research Evidence & Economic Values | Dr. Kathleen Wolf, Ph.D., Research Social Scientist, University of Washington, College of the Environment, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, associate: USDA Forest Service, Pacific NW Research Station (download slides) |
| 2019 | Dec | Practical Aspects of Tree Selection for High Desert Climates | Dr. Heidi Kratsch, Associate Professor, State Specialist, University of Nevada, Reno | (download slides) |
| 2018 | Jan | Green Stormwater Infrastructure Use to Control Combined Sewer Overflows | John Phillips, King County Wastewater Treatment Division, WA |
| 2018 | Apr | A History and Future of White Pine Blister Rust in North America | Katie McKeever, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (download slides) |
| 2018 | May | Invasive Insects of Shade Trees: A 30 Year Perspective from Colorado | Dr. Whitney Cranshaw, Professor, Extension Specialist of Entomology, Colorado State University |
| 2018 | May (bonus) | Part 1: Identifying, Assessing, and Managing Hazard Trees | Part 2: Hazard Tree Survey Methods, (download slides), John Guyon, Forest Pathologist, U.S. Forest Service. Companion document for talk |
| 2018 | June | Balsam Woolly Adelgid: the Smallest and Biggest Reason to Reconsider Subalpine Fir | Fred Hain, NC State University, Steve Cook, University of Idaho |
| 2018 | Sept | Seattle's Approach to Street Trees and Sidewalks | Darren Morgan, Urban Forestry Manager, Seattle, WA |
| 2018 | Nov. 13 | Special Gambel Oak Management Webinar (multiple speakers) | Part 1 | Part 2 |
| 2018 | Nov. 27 | Prescribed fire policy barriers: Findings from a Joint Fire Science Partnership Project on challenges and strategies on federal lands across the West | Courtney Schultz, Heidi Huber-Stearns (download slides) |
| 2018 | Nov. 28 | The Emerald ash borer: Strategies for conserving ash in the urban forest | Dan Herms, The Davey Tree Company (download slides) |
| 2018 | Dec. 13 | Reducing tree (and soil!) damage during construction | Dr. Nina Bassuk, Professor & Program Leader, Urban Horticulture Institute, Cornell University (download slides) |
| 2017 | Jan | Searching for Goldilocks Balancing Forest Ecosystem Restoration and Old-Forest Species Conservation in the Sierra Nevada | CA, Gavin M. Jones, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 2017 | Feb | Developing verbenone as a semiochemical tool to suppress mountain pine beetle | Rob Progar, Chris Fettig, Steve Munson |
| 2017 | Mar | Avoiding and Remedying Abiotic Injury of Trees | Marion Murray, IPM Project Leader, Utah State University |
| 2017 | Apr | Planting Healthy Air: How Trees Can Make Cities More Livable | Rob McDonald, The Nature Conservancy |
| 2017 | May | Managing Trees During Drought Conditions | Dr. Heidi Kratsch, University of Nevada, Reno |
| 2017 | Jun | Soil Profile Rebuilding: Rehabilitating Compacted Soils | Dr. Susan S. Day, Associate Professor of Urban Forestry, Virginia Tech (download slides) |
| 2017 | Jul | Low-tech Flame Carbonizers for Biochar Production: Theory and Applications | Kelpie Wilson, Wilson Biochar Associates (download slides) |
| 2017 | Aug | Bark Beetle Outbreaks in Western North America: Causes, Control and Consequences | Dr. Jodi Axelson, Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist, UC Berkeley |
| 2017 | Nov | Drought Tolerance in Trees - Improving Tree Selection for Challenging Urban Sites | Dr. Andrew Hirons, Myerscough College, U.K. |
| 2017 | Dec | Selection and Propagation of Native Woody Plants for the Intermountain Area | Dr. Larry Rupp, Utah State University |
| 2016 | Jan | Adapting to Climate Change in Western National Forests | David Peterson, U.S. Forest Service, Jessica Halofsky, University of WA, U.S. Forest Service, Natalie Little, U.S. Forest Service Intermountain Regional Sustainability and Climate Change Coordinator |
| 2016 | Apr | Part 1: Investigating Maple Dieback and Decline in Michigan; Part 2: Evolving Paradigms of Aspen Ecology | Tara Bal, Research Assistant Professor, Michigan Technological University, Kevin Krasnow, Research Faculty, Teton Science School |
| 2016 | May | An approach to pruning you won't forget | Dr. Ed Gilman, Professor, University of Florida |
| 2016 | Aug | Climate, wildfire, and erosion ensemble foretells more sediment in western USA watersheds | Dr. Joel Sankey |
| 2016 | Oct | Cross-laminated timber, what's all the fuss? | Darren McAvoy, Jerry Goodspeed, Euclid Timber, Method Studios |
| 2016 | Nov | Soil Compaction and Urban Trees: Strategies for Gaining Ground | Dr. Bryant Scharenbroch, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point |
| 2015 | Jan | Herbivory in Aspen Forests: Ecological Context and Mechanisms of Defense | Dr. Richard Lindroth, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Sam St. Clair, Brigham Young University |
| 2015 | Feb | Elms Are Back! | Dr. Bruce R. Fraedrich, Vice President of Research at Bartlett Tree Experts |
| 2015 | Apr | Emerald Cash Borer: It Will Cost You Money - Ways to Manage the Ash Cash Flow | Dr. Richard Hauer, Professor of Urban Forestry, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Randall Miller, Director of Vegetation Management, PacifiCorp |
| 2015 | Jul | Biochar and Applications for Restoration in the Uinta Basin | Utah, Chris Peltz, Research Services LLC, Darren McAvoy, USU Forestry Extension Associate |
| 2015 | Sep | Strategies for Successful Urban Tree Growth in Wet and Dry Sites | Dr. Hallie Dozier, Louisiana State University, Dr. Nina Bassuk, Cornell University |
| 2015 | Oct | Aspen Response to Drought and Climate Change in the 21st Century | Dr. William Anderegg, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Utah |
| 2014 | Jan | Biochar Basics | Britney Hunter, Jim Ippolito |
| 2014 | Jul | When Urban Forests and Infrastructure Collide | Paul Shwartz |
| 2014 | Aug | Planting Trees in the Desert: Can We Have Our Cake and Eat it Too? | Tara L.E. Trammell |
| 2014 | Nov | Utah's Wildland Urban Interface: Fire Prevention | Nate Barrons |
| 2013 | Mar | How to Talk Trees to Kids: Project Learning Tree Ideas | Charice Bourdeaux |
| 2013 | Apr | Tree Planting Primer: Tips and Tricks Just in Time for Arbor Day | Ross Chambless, Alex Porpora |
| 2013 | May | An Introduction to Woody Biomass and Biochar in Utah | Darren McAvoy |
| 2013 | Jun | The Effects of Urban Trees on Air Quality, | David Nowak |
| 2013 | Sep | What it Takes to Grow a Good Root System | Mike Kuhns |
| 2013 | Oct | Western Aspen Regeneration Ecology | James Long, Mary Lou Fairweather, Karen Mock |
| 2012 | Feb | Aspen Ecology and Management Webinar; WAA/BLM/USU Extension Forestry | Various |
| 2012 | May | U.S. Forest Service Interior West FIA 2012 User Group Webcast | Various |
| 2012 | Oct | Utah Canopy Cover - Turning Assessment into Action | Chris McGinty, Ian Hanou |
| 2010 | Apr | U.S. Forest Service Interior West FIA 2010 User Group Online Meeting | Various |
| 2010 | May | Tree Biology and Pruning; USU Extension/Utah Community Forest Council Webcast | Randy Miller |
| 2009 | Jan | An Introduction to Utah Trees and Forests | Darren McAvoy |
| 2009 | Mar | What's in a Name? Tree Taxonomy and an Introduction to Tree Identification | Mike Kuhns |
| 2009 | May | Planning a Timber Harvest, Part I | Darren McAvoy |
| 2009 | Nov | Bark Beetles in Utah | Matt Hansen |