With: Peter Rhoades, Peter Renzelman, Jeff Putnam

Class Fee: By donation/ registration required

Class Size: 50 / all ages

These three local experts, between them, have 140 years of experience with the local forests of this region. With the deep knowledge they hold, they will discuss the past and future of forest management and related issues and concerns. They will cover topics including climate change, common insect and disease problems, and carbon storage, the evolution of logging equipment and techniques, and the processes a landowner should go through in working with a forester/logger to manage a woodlot.

Peter Rhoades lives with his wife, Debbie, on land first purchased by his great grandfather in 1902. After obtaining Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Forest Management from the University of New Hampshire, he has spent nearly 50 years managing private woodlands and town forests in this region, as well as accumulating and managing woodlots of his own (and producing maple syrup).

Peter Renzelman was born and raised in Alstead. He developed an interest in forestry from an early age. He studied forestry at UNH Durham and has spent 50 years managing small privately owned woodlots in NH. Logging was the principal part of his business, and that meshed closely with working with property owners helping them to manage the forest for future timber growth.

Jeff Putnam received an Associates Degree in Forest Technology from the Thompson School of Applied Sciences at UNH. He has worked in the forest products industry for more than 40 years as a forest technician, logger and safety trainer. Jeff is currently employed as an assistant shop manager at Long View Forest Contracting Inc. of Hartland and Westminster VT.