Webinar topic is ‘Shaping Your Woods for Wildlife,’ April 22

PHOTO: Ecologist Carla Fenner examines large trees valuable for wildlife on a private woodland in Western Maine. (Christine Parrish photo)

BETHEL — Learn why Western Maine is of global importance to fish and wildlife and how family woodland owners can help add habitat using forestry as a tool at “Shaping Your Woods for Wildlife,” sponsored by Mahoosuc Land Trust, 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 22, via Zoom.
Christine Parrish, of the New England Forestry Foundation, will provide insights to woodlandnowners who cut firewood or are considering harvesting and want to enhance wildlife habitat and increase the climate value of their woods at the same time.
Parrish will provide a birds-eye view of western Maine’s unique wildlife habitat. Examples will show how NEFF is working with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to use precision forestry as a tool to benefit wildlife in non-commercial woodlands – including at the Mahoosuc Land Trust McCoy-Chapman Forest. A question and answer session will follow, and reference materials will be available to attendees.
Parrish will also lead a field trip from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 24, for those who attend the April 22 talk.
The talk is free, but space is limited. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link. Contact the MLT office info@mahoosuc.org or 207-824-3806 x2.