Date: October 29, 2026 Time: 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Price: $75 members/$125 non-members

Description
This workshop will give loggers a better understanding of forest management and appropriate applications of silviculture. Course content includes discussion/PowerPoints on historical events influencing forests, current status of New Hampshire forests, Silvicultural principles of New England, Forest types, landowner goals and objectives, tree growth/maturity/vigor, forest regeneration, wildlife habitat, harvesting systems, and loggers’ function in silviculture. Field sessions will focus on forest management on a tract recently harvested at Fox Forest
Bring your own lunch and plenty of water.

Instructors
Michael Gagnon, Hillsborough County Forester,
Tim Fleury, Merrimack County Forester, UNH Cooperative Extension;
Ingeborg Seaboyer, Forester, NH Division of Forests and Lands;
Kyle Lombard, Forest Health Administrator, NH Division of Forests and Lands.

PLP Credits: 8.0 SAF Credits: 6.0 Category 1
This course is required for initial PLP certification.
This course may also be used towards PLP recertification.