2028/08/22 MFRC West Central Regional Committee
Event Date: 8/22/2023
9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
New York Mills Government Center
Court Room (2nd Floor) 119 North Main Ave
New York Mills, Minnesota
Capacity:
Event Overview
Registration for this outside meeting is completed directly with the committee using the link below. To ensure credit, please check-in with Jamie at the meeting and request that she notify MLEP of your participation.
After a bit of a hiatus, we are excited to announce the Minnesota Forest Resources Council West Central Landscape Committee has planned a meeting! Join us:
New York Mills Government Center,Court Room (2nd floor)
118 North Main Ave
Meeting ID: 957 0611 8552, Passcode: Qd0thc
+16513728299,,95706118552#,,,,*442151# US (Minnesota)
Or Zoom In:
https://umn.zoom.us/j/95706118552?pwd=WEJHMUpuQk1XNDYvUjBIdWtSRmI4UT09
Meeting ID: 957 0611 8552, Passcode: Qd0thc+16513728299,,95706118552#,,,,*442151# US (Minnesota)
Updates from the West Central Regional Committee Leadership Team
We’ve had a change in the MFRC Landscape Coordinator position and West Central Committee Chair. Jaimé Thibodeaux was hired as the new Landscape Coordinator for MFRC in July of 2022.Kylee Berger was appointed as the new chair in early 2023. Patrick Pulles from Maverick Wood Products joined the leadership team as Vice Chair. We’re thankful for the work of Tom Schultz the past chair and look forward to restarting this committee!
AGENDA
9:30 -10:00 am Introductions -Kylee Berger (C) and Patrick Pulles (VC), All
10:00 -10:30 am MFRC and Landscape Program -Jaime Thibodeaux (MFRC)
10:30 -11:00 am Minnesota Million and Climate Smart Seedlings (Mary Hammes, TNC)
11:00- 11:30 am LCCMR Tree Planting Grant (Anne Oldakowski, Wadena SWCD)
11:30 -noon Discussion – How to collaborate.
Noon- 1:00 pm LUNCH!
1:00 -2:00 pm Round-robin -what’s happening in the region!
• MPCA watershed projects
• Turkey Federation
• Lions Club
• Other
2:00 -2:30 pm Next steps, next meeting, etc.
Logistics
- IMPORTANT!! If you plan to attend, please let us know so we can plan the room accordingly and provide enough time for membership updates. We will also be arranging lunch courtesy of MFRC. Please RSVP using this online survey by August 15th.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you soon! Call us if you have any questions… and if you feel someone else needs to be part of this group, let us know! SWCD’s if you have a board member who is particularly interested in forestry and wildlife please feel free to invite them as well.