SAP-Ne Demonstration Site Tour: Brasher State Forest Field Tour

Register (Free to attend, with lunch included. Limited to 25 people!)

June 11, 2026 
9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET  

Meet at: Brasher Falls Maintenance Center, 118 Vice Rd Brasher, NY 13613 

Agenda

Join us for an exciting multi-stop tour that highlights three decades of collaborative ash stewardship and emerald ash borer (EAB) response between the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation at Brasher State Forest. This SAP-Ne Demonstration Site Field Tour will begin at the Brasher Falls Maintenance Center before caravanning to two more field sites. This is a great opportunity to experience 30 years of leadership, research, and progress in sustaining ash on the landscape! 

About SAP-Ne Demonstration Sites:  

Our demonstration sites serve as forest classrooms where practitioners and stewards can see firsthand the positive outcomes of thoughtful ash management. Learn more about our demonstration site network here.  

Our field tour will: 

• Showcase the significant impacts of three decades of innovative stewardship and research on black ash and EAB response 
• Highlight a model for effective ash stewardship, inclusion of Indigenous cultural values, and proactive forest pest management 
• Visit recent silvicultural treatments and observe an insecticide injection demonstrationto preserve ash on the landscape 
• Discuss black ash as an ecological and cultural keystone species 
• Facilitate meaningful discussion, casual networking, and lunch with others dedicated to the future of ash 

Speakers: 

• Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe: Angello Johnson (Environment Division Land Resources Technician and Basketmaker)  
• Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment: Les Benedict (Black Ash Project Coordinator) 
• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation: Karl Dumoulin (Forester 1) and Henry Dedrick (Supervising Forester) 

This series is organized by the Sustaining Ash Partners Network (SAP-Ne). 

This event is pending approval for SAF Category 1 Continuing Education Credits 

The Sustaining Ash Partners Network is supported by the USDA Forest Service Landscape Scale Restoration program. 

If you have any questions, please contact Rachel Swanwick at rswanwick@forestguild.org.