Forestry for Birds – Webinar and Demo Site Tours

Webinar
June 6th, 3:00 PM to 4:15 PM

Tour 1 - Clark County
June 14th, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Tour 2 - Little Plover River Restoration
June 21st, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Tour 3 - Taylor County
June 28th, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

The Wisconsin Center for Wildlife, the Wisconsin Forestry Center, and UW-Extension Forestry teamed up to provide a unique opportunity for landowners to learn how to manage their woodlots to benefit birds! Sign up for the webinar and associated forest demonstration site tours, where landowners will learn how to implement sustainable forestry practices to create habitats for upland gamebirds, neotropical migrants, and more while also generating quality timber.

Learn more about the webinar and three demo site field days on the Wisconsin Center For Wildlife event page.

Forestry for Birds – Webinar

June 6, 2025. 3 – 4:15 PM

Are you interested in knowing how sustainable timber harvesting and other forest management activities can help forest bird populations in Wisconsin? Join us virtually to hear Mike Demchik (UW-Stevens Point Professor of Forestry) and Jason Riddle (UW-Stevens Point Wildlife Specialist) discuss their successes in using sustainable timber harvesting, invasive plant control, and prescribed fire to create beneficial habitat for native forest birds.

We’ll introduce three sites where tactics like these were used to assist birds such as woodcock, ruffed grouse, wood thrush and scarlet tanager among others. We’ll also talk about upcoming Field Days in June where you can visit these three locations.

Registrants will be emailed a UW-Extension Forestry Zoom link for June 6.

Forestry for Birds – Demo Site Tours

June 14, 21, 28, 2025. 10 am – 2 pm

Three field days accompany the webinar, providing landowners with a real-life view of how your forestry practices are implemented to create quality habitat for birds. We have three unique site tours available – choose one or join us for all three!

TOUR 1 – CLARK COUNTY – JUNE 14, 2025

TOUR 2 – LITTLE PLOVER RIVER RESTORATION – JUNE 21, 2025

TOUR 3 – TAYLOR COUNTY – JUNE 28, 2025

Tours are all Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm. Tours are $25 each, two tours for $40, and three for $50.

Exact field site locations, parking information, and more will be emailed to registrants one week before field tours.