Date & Time
8:00am EDT - 3:00pm EDT
About This Event
Date: October 29, 2026 Time: 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Location: Fox State Forest – Baldwin Center, 309 Center Road, Hillsborough
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.**
PLP
About This Event
Date: October 29, 2026 Time: 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Location: Fox State Forest – Baldwin Center, 309 Center Road, Hillsborough
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.**
PLP
Date & Time
8:00am EDT - 3:00pm EDT