Join us at the Western Maryland Research & Education Center (near Hagerstown, MD) for this year's National Firewood Workshop. This is a one-day educational and networking event to provide the firewood-processing industry the latest knowledge related to processing, kiln drying, and marketing of firewood.

The intent is to help firewood producers, firewood buyers, firewood equipment makers, foresters and arborists, landowners, loggers, extension agents, and woodstove manufacturers, make money in the firewood business. The program is sponsored by the Wood Education and Resource Center, University of Maryland Extension, Sawmill & Woodlot Management magazine, and North Carolina State University.

The day features classroom discussions by leading firewood industry professionals, demonstrations, and a catered buffet lunch. Topics include selling and marketing firewood, firewood quarantines, sourcing logs, and much more.

The registration fee is $30 before April 11, 2016 and $40 afterwards. Payment by credit card and check. The registration deadline if April 17, 2016. Continuing education credits have been approved by the Society of American Foresters, MD Master Logger program, and the Mid-Atlantic International Society of Arboriculture.

For an agenda, brochure and to register by mail, go to https://extension.umd.edu/events/thu-2016-04-21-0900-national-firewood-workshop.Registering by mail avoids the Eventbrite processing fee.

The Western Maryland Research & Education Center is located in Keedysville, MD, minutes from I-70 & I-81 near Hagerstown MD. Directions to the facility are available at https://extension.umd.edu/wmrec/directions: Lodging is available in Hagerstown.

For more information:

Workshop agenda - Harry Watt, NC State University Wood Products Extension: 704-880-5034 / email: harry_watt@ncsu.edu

Exhibitors - Jonathan Kays, University of Maryland Extension: 301-432-2767 ext. 323 / email jkays@umd.edu

Registration questions - Pam Thomas, University of Maryland Extension: 301-432-2767 ext. 315 / email pthomas@umd.edu

The University of Maryland Extension programs are open to any person and will not discriminate against anyone because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, political affiliation, and gender identity or expression.