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Webinars by Various Agencies

Some information specific to other areas of the country.

1. Understanding Urban and Community Forests, an Extension Webinar Series by the Southern Regional Extension Forestry, includes
   • Storm-Resilient Urban Forests: Role of Species Selection&Maintenance Pruning
   • 27 Years of Extension Urban Forestry Outreach: A Pennsylvania Success Story
   • A Routine Check-Up of Trees Saves Lives and Property…plus others
2. Urban Forest Connections Webinar Series 2019
   • Leveraging Outdoor Green Space for Improved Health
   • Breeding and Restoring the Next Generation American Elm
   • Planning in the Wildland-Urban Interface…plus others
3. Monarch Butterfly Conservation Webinar Series
   • Why Pollinator Habitat Makes Sense on Your Land
   • Urban Monarch Butterfly Conservation
   • Habitat Restoration Fundamentals…plus others, including prior years
4. All Bugs Good and Bad, 2019
   • Emerald Ash Borer
   • Spiders Commonly Found in Houses
   • GMOS and Their Effect on Insect Populations…plus others, including prior years
5. Horticulture for Development Professional Series by UC Davis
   • How to Integrate Youth in Horticulture Value Chains
   • How to Host an Agricultural Extension Workshop
   • How to Use Monitoring and Evaluation to Guide Project Success…plus others
6. Home Gardening Webinars by PennState Extension
   • Tree Tenders Training
   • Water Gardening and Aquatic Invasive Species
   • Spring-blooming Trees…plus others
7. Plants, Pets, and Pathogens by NC State Extension
   • Spotted Lanternfly and Current Plant Disease Issues
   • Caring for Trees with Storms in Mind
   • Growing Grapes in the Garden…plus others
8. NC State Cut Peony Webinar
9. Northeastern IPM Center Toolbox Webinars
   • What You Need to Know about the Spotted Lanternfly
   • New Tools for Identifying and Prioritizing Range-Shifting Invasive Plants
   • Varroa Mite IPM: Mite Management Is the Bee’s Knees!…plus others

Webinars recommended by Northern Shenandoah Valley EMGs

Courtesy of Stacey Morgan Smith. Thank you Stacey!

1. Extension.org
   1. Gardening for Pollinators
   2. Growing Healthy Shade Trees with IPM
   3. Volunteering in Under-Resourced Communities…plus others
2. Master Gardener Advanced Training by OSU (may also find at extension.org)
   1. Demystifying Grafted Tomatoes: The Why & How for Gardeners
   2. What Can a Leaf Bud Tell Us About Environmental Change?
   3. Are Viruses Lurking in Your Backyard Cherries?…plus others
3. Master Gardener Webinars by UF
   1. Horticulture Therapy
   2. Old Garden Roses
   3. Your Landscape as an Ecosystem…plus others, including prior years
4. VCE State MG Office Webinars
   1. Help Desks & Plant Clinics Panel
   2. Conflict Resolution
   3. Cultivating Volunteer Leaders…plus others, click “webinar archive”
5. VCE’s Spotted Lanternfly Modules
   1. Spotted Lanternfly – 1m 5s
   2. Spotted Lanternfly Training Introduction – 1m 19s
   3. Identifying the Spotted Lanternfly – 6m 33s
   4. Recognizing Spotted Lanternfly Egg Masses – 4m 23s
   5. Phenology and Host Range of Spotted Lanternfly in Virginia – 6m 52s
   6. Spotted Lanternfly Regulatory Information – 8m 3s
   7. Followup Survey https://forms.gle/2F58Vr23dSarBKSZ8     

Continuing Education for Steward Training

Tree Stewards

• NEW (Aug 4, 2020): Respect Your Trees with Lara Johnson and Laurie Fox https://video.vt.edu/media/Respect+Your+Trees/1_k18ytjhl
• Pretty, But Pungent: The Curious Case of the Callery Pear, http://www.forestrywebinars.net/webinars/pretty-but-pungent-the-curious-case-of-the-callery-pear/?sr=wp~ondemand
• Crepe Myrtle Bark Scale: Biology, Monitoring, and Management, http://www.forestrywebinars.net/webinars/crapemyrtle-bark-scale-biology-monitoring-and-management/?sr=wp~ondemand
• Storm-resilient Urban Forests: The Role of Species Selection and Maintenance Pruning https://learn.extension.org/events/3355
• Understanding Urban & Community Forests, Southern Regional Extension Forestry https://sref.info/articles/2018-urban-community-forestry-webinar-series-for-extension-agents
• Drought and Forest Ecosystems http://www.conservationwebinars.net/webinars/drought-forest-ecosystems/?searchterm=fire
• From the Raindrop to the River: Basics of Forest Hydrology http://www.conservationwebinars.net/webinars/from-the-raindrop-to-the-river-the-basics-of-forest-hydrology-1/?searchterm=fire

Land Care Stewards

• Regenerating the Diversity of Life in Soils – Hope for Farming and Climate, http://www.conservationwebinars.net/webinars/regenerating-the-diversity-of-life-in-soils-hope-for-farming-and-climate/?searchterm=compost
• Wildlife Benefits from Cover Crops on Working Lands, http://www.conservationwebinars.net/webinars/wildlife-benefits-from-cover-crops-on-working-lands/?searchterm=wildlife
• Bumblebee Ecology and Conservation, http://www.conservationwebinars.net/webinars/bumble-bee-ecology-and-conservation/?searchterm=wildlife
• Biochar: What is it? http://www.forestrywebinars.net/webinars/biochar-what-is-it/?sr=wp~ondemand

Water Stewards

• Bottled Water Awareness – Mid-Atlantic Water Program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc3wS9NkTGs
• Septic System Function and Maintenance – Mid-Atlantic Water Program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyRLOiR0B4w
• Marcellus Shale and Your Private Water Supply – Mid-Atlantic Water Program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce1YTPXmh8c
• Emerging Contaminants WaterQuality-Mid-Atlantic Water Program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9FJC9WG7zg&list=UUV6a8RFu8QVrsdlgkWycjYA&index=7&t=0s
• Septic System Function and Maintenance – Mid-Atlantic Water Program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyRLOiR0B4w&list=UUV6a8RFu8QVrsdlgkWycjYA&index=5&t=586s
• EmergingContaminantsWaterQuality-Mid-Atlantic Water Program – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9FJC9WG7zg&list=UUV6a8RFu8QVrsdlgkWycjYA&index=7&t=0s