Webinar: Carbon Friendly Forestry Conference 2020 by Washington Environmental Council

This year's virtual event took place via live webinars. Register below to gain access to the recordings! -- Given the circumstances of this year, we’d like to make accommodations for those that are unable to pay for the event but would like to attend. If this applies to you, please email sally@wecprotects.org before registering.

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The annual Carbon Friendly Forestry Conference brings together diverse thinkers – policy makers, academics, conservationists, tribal representatives and staff, forest owners, business leaders, and more – to learn about strategies and opportunities for sustainable forest management that can create a stronger economy and healthier communities in a changing climate.

Since time immemorial, Indigenous peoples have been the stewards and caretakers of the lands we live and work on. Learn and reflect on whose homelands you are attending from, here: https://native-land.ca/

For more information including an agenda and FAQs, visit:
https://wecprotects.org/carbon-friendly-forestry-2020

Thank you to our partners:
Ecotrust, EFM, Pacific Forest Trust, The Nature Conservancy - Washington, Sustainable Northwest, Washington Environmental Council

Welcome Video from Alyssa Macy, CEO of Washington Environmental Council

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Phil Rigdon

Superintendent of Natural Resources Department, Yakama Nation

Phil Rigdon is an enrolled member of the Yakama Nation and grew up on the Yakama Reservation in Southcentral Washington State. Phil has been the Superintendent of Yakama Nation’s Natural Resources Department since May 2005 and has worked for the Tribe since June 1989. He represents the Yakama Nation on the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan Executive Committee, Yakima River Basin Watershed Enhancement Project Workgroup & Conservation Advisory Group, the Washington State’s Columbia River Policy Advisory Group, Tapash Sustainable Forest Collaborative, and the Hanford Natural Resource Trustee Council. Phil also served as President of the Intertribal Timber Council for five years. Phil obtained a BS in Forest Management from the University of Washington and a Masters of Forestry from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
Thomas Robinson

Founding Principal, LEVER Architecture

Thomas Robinson is the Founder of LEVER Architecture, a design practice based in Portland, Oregon. His firm is widely recognized for material innovation and for pioneering work with Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT). Thomas’s projects encompass first-of-their-kind timber buildings for clients such as The Nature Conservancy and Adidas, and include more than $1M in research to develop and test wood building assemblies. He has lectured on mass timber throughout the US, Europe, and South America; and in 2018 served as the USDA Wood Innovation Grant Visiting Professor at the University of Arkansas. LEVER was recently recognized by Fast Company as one of the world’s most innovative companies, and in 2017, was named to Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard and to the Architectural League of New York’s Emerging Voices.

Sessions

Collins & RenewWest

Collins-Modoc Reforestation Project: Carbon Sequestration and Offsets in a Post-Fire Landscape

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Meyer Memorial Trust, Project^, LEVER...

Meyer Memorial Trust Case Study: Wood Procurement to Achieve Community, Equity & Conservation Goals

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Yakama Nation Dept of Natural Resources

Yakama Nation - Tribal Forestry

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Audubon

Urban Forestry and Community: Centering Environmental Justice in Los Angeles’s Urban Ecosystems

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Finite Carbon

Navigating the Evolving Voluntary Carbon Market

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Cambium Carbon

Restoring City Forests Through Reforestation Hubs

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