Panel Discussion: Turning Local Wood Into Local Good

October 22, Thursday, 7 p.m.

This panel discussion, presented in connection with the exhibit Shedding Light on the Working Forest, delves into the question of how to support and strengthen the working forest in Windham County.

Participants include:

Susan McMahon, Associate Director of Windham Regional Commission – Moderator
Michael Snyder, Commissioner of the Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation – Keynote Speaker
Peggy Farabaugh, Founder and CEO of Vermont Woods Studios
Eli Gould, Owner of Ironwood Brand, LLC
Lynn Levine, Consulting forester for Forest*Care
Ward Mann, Procurement forester for Allard Lumber Company
Jack Manix, Owner of Walker Farm and Elysian Hills Tree Farm

ADMISSION: Free

Shedding Light on the Working Forest is made possible by the generous support of

Allard Lumber Company
Simin Allison
Cersosimo Industries
Sara Coffey and Dave Snyder
Howard P. Colhoun Family Foundation
East Mountain Forestry
Fieldstone Foundation
Hewat Fund of RSF Social Finance
International Paper Foundation
Bruce and Kyla Lisman
National Endowment for the Arts
Plum Creek Foundation
Stony Point Foundation
Vermont Arts Council
Vermont Arts Endowment Fund, a component fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
Vermont Woods Studios
Windham Foundation

The related events on October 2, 8, 15, and 22 have been organized by BMAC, in partnership with Forest*Care, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, Vermont Land Trust, and Windham Regional Commission.