Penn State Extension is offering the Woods in Your Backyard webinar series beginning January 27, 2021.  It teaches land stewardship through nine live, one-hour, online evening lectures that can be viewed on your home computer. Sessions run from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday nights for nine weeks.   All lectures are recorded and can…

Casey Trees in Washington, D.C. is hiring a Director of Policy and Land Conservation. The Director manages the personnel, functions, activities, and internal and external relationships of the Policy and Land Conservation Department. The incumbent is responsible for promoting sound urban tree protection and preservation strategies, ensuring productive relationships with council members, their staff, and…

Summary The Urban Forester II (UFII) manages Casey Trees’ Community Tree Planting and related year-round and seasonal programs requiring a high degree of volunteer/partner coordination, interaction and support. The incumbent coordinates/manages tree orders from a variety of sources and holding yard inventory management. The UFII assists in designing and implementing data-driven solutions to improve the…

Cacapon Institute seeks a full-time Riparian Forester.  The successful applicant will focus on planting and maintaining riparian forest buffers in the Potomac Basin of West Virginia with an emphasis on the USDA Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program.  In addition, the employee will participate in the full range of CI’s non-profit activities including urban forestry, green infrastructure,…

The Anne Arundel Weed Resistance is an organization of volunteer weed warriors striving to make a difference in the forests and natural areas of Anne Arundel County.  The selected candidate will coordinate and train volunteers in invasive plant identification and the appropriate removal and control methods. This is a hands-on, outside in the cold and…

Anne Arundel County Department of Inspections and Permits has added a feature to its webpage to allow citizens to report ailing and diseased red and white oak trees. Oak decline is a growing phenomenon throughout the Mid-Atlantic region whereby forest managers and arborists are seeing a large number of oak trees dying. There are many…

Applications are being taken for the position of Volunteer Coordinator for the Anne Arundel County Weed Resistance. We are a group of volunteer forest stewards dedicated to improving the health of Anne Arundel County’s forests by battling the invasive weeds that are crowding out the native trees and shrubs. As coordinator you will be in…

USDA’s Farm Service Agency began accepting applications June 3, 2019, for  the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) and certain practices under the continuous Conservation Reserve Program. All Chesapeake states have CREP programs in place. It is the primary program  for landowners to restore riparian forest buffers.  Prior to reopening, the Program had been closed since…

Digital Imaging and Planning Workshop – New Location! On-line webcast available too! Learn how to use a new free tool to create land cover maps and plans for rural or urban landscapes! Participants will learn to use the new Land Image Analyst (LIA) tool to map land cover.  This can be used for watershed planning,…

Planner II (Private Lands Biologist) Position Available Nonpoint Source Program Division of Watershed Stewardship Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control 100 West Water Street, Suite 6B, Dover, DE Phone (302) 739-9922   JOB TITLE: Planner II LOCATION: Nonpoint Source Program, State Street Commons, Dover, DE 19904 SALARY:  $39,093/yr + Benefits START DATE: as…