2024 Conference
The 2024 Forestkeepers Conference consisted of a 600+ tree native planting, a Missouri Forest Health Recap and a driving tour that highlighted the work Core partners Land Learning Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Riverlaw.org, Midwest Waters Initiative, and Missouri Stream Teams are doing to restore aquatic ecosytems and protect water quality.
2022 Conference
The event featured a workshop on the identification of Quercus alba, common health issues, and the role they play in wildlife and forest dynamics. A guest lecture from the White Oak Initiative will talk about the economic and social benefits of white oak.
2023 Conference
2023 was the Season of Seeds! In partnership with George O White Nursery, we hosted a workshop highlighting the importance of seedlings to our state’s conservation efforts. The event featured a Forest Health in 2023 overview, presentation on the importance of healthy seed stock, followed by a tour of the state nursey’s facilities and seed processing methodology.
2021 Conference
On October 8th, 2021, the Forestkeepers met at Klondike Park in St. Charles County. The group toured Klondike Park and a recent reforestation project along the Katy Trail. A planting workshop was hosted to plant more trees in the area.
2020 Conference
The 2020 Conference was held on October 14 at Pioneer Forest in the Missouri Ozarks. Pioneer Forest is dominated by oak, hickory and pine. Their conservative uneven-aged forest management method, known as single-tree selection harvesting, has been used for more than half a century. The long use and research of this method strongly indicates it as a sustainable forest management practice.
2019 Conference
Forestkeepers will have a chance to tour Naeger Forest Products, a logging company and wood mill. Come learn about timber sales, see the equipment in action, and talk to Professional Timber Harvester trained loggers.
2018 Conference
Forestkeepers toured the Giving Grove, a nonprofit in Kansas City dedicated to improving local food security and strengthening communities by bringing together the resources to develop edible tree gardens.
