Upcoming Events in WA
Field Trip – Plantation Forestry – The journey forward
**DATE CHANGE: Now Monday 22 July
As we move into the new world of carbon accounting what have we learnt along the way in plantation forestry? How do we deal with increasingly stringent administrative constraints and a drying climate that cannot only inhibit growing a tree but purchasing those trees in the first place? How do we show that we are responsible managers that provide strong environmental outcomes for the community?
The tour will canvas these questions as we look at land use change, integration of forestry within agricultural environments and ‘new’ markets across a variety of sites.
Date: Monday 22 July 2024
Time: 9.30am – 4.00pm WAST
Meeting Point: Chowerup Hall, Corner of Westbourne Rd and Pretty Gully Road, Chowerup
Transport: BYO, Suggest car-pooling from Bridgetown
Meals: BYO water, snacks and lunch
Clothing: Sturdy boots and high visibility vest/top and a UHF (one per vehicle)
PROGRAM
09.30am Chowerup Hall Meeting point; Introduction and briefing
09.45am Harvey Blue gum to Cropping to Pine. Carbon and the interface with Ag.
11.30am Pretty Gully Numbat and restoration / Lunch
12.45pm Cootayerup Dealing with failure – drying climate and silviculture management
14.30pm Wilgarrup Siding Different species
16.00pm End of Tour
Registrations:
Members: $0
Non-Members: $30
Registrations close: Thursday 18 July 2024
Past WA Events
Southwest WA Field Trip: Eucalypt growing, product marketing and utilization
Date: Saturday 11 May 2024| Location: Brunswick
Social Gathering
Date: Friday 2 February 2024| Location: Bunbury
Foresters Wood activity day
Date: Saturday 7 October 2023 | Location: Foresters Wood, Glenoran
Field Trip: Engineered Timber Structures and Pre-fabricated Timber Construction
Date: Friday 1 September 2023
Online Event: Prescribed Burning – Practical Challenges at Landscape Scale
Date: Wednesday 28 June 2023 | Time: 9:00am
Speaker: Ed Hatherley, Blackwood District Fire Co-ordinator, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Parks and Wildlife Service
Online Event: Biomass Recovery from Plantation Thinning Operations in Ireland
Date: Monday 22 May 2023
Online Event: Post fire survivorship and recolonisation of quokkas (Setonix brachyurus) in southwest Australian forests
Date: Tuesday 16 May 2023
Field Trip: Forest Pest Management Research Consortium & Industry Plantation Management Group
Date: Friday 28 April 2023
Book Launch: Shades of Green
Finding a middle path trough the forest by the late Dr Chrissy Sharp
Date: Friday 18 November 2022
Online Event: An Introduction to Soft Edge Mosaics
A novel approach to large scale prescribed burning for biodiversity management and community protection
Date: Friday 1 July 2022
Field Trip: Thinning for Ecosystem Health
Date: Sunday 19 June 2022
Foresters Wood Working Bee
Date: Saturday 21 May 2022
Dinner & Presentation
Collaboration to Transform Forest Health and Bushfire Mitigation
Date: Tuesday 22 March 2022
Online Event: Supply Chains for Hardwood Pulpwood
A Tasmanian Perspective – learning from the transition from weight based to cubic metre based supply chains for hardwood pulpwood
Date: Tuesday 14 December 2021
Field Trip: Manjimup
Private Plantation Growing – Softwood Resources – Small scale Sawmilling Field Day
Date: Saturday 11 September 2021