Woodland Stewardship Education program

08/12/2026

08/12/2026

Registration is now open for our Fall session of The Woods in Your Backyard online course. This non-credit, self-directed course will help you become a better steward of your land by shifting areas of lawn into un-mowed natural areas or woodlands. Learn more at https://go.umd.edu/the_course or register at Eventbrite today! https://WIYB_Fall_2026.eventbrite.com

Our online course helps small-acreage property owners get the most out of their land by creating or managing existing woodlands.

08/12/2026

Registration is now open for our Fall session of The Woods in Your Backyard online course. This non-credit, self-directed course will help you become a better steward of your land by shifting areas of lawn into un-mowed natural areas or woodlands. Learn more at https://go.umd.edu/the_course or register at Eventbrite today! to https://go.umd.edu/Fall-2026

02/11/2026

Registration is now open for our Spring session of The Woods in Your Backyard online course. This non-credit, self-directed course will help you become a better steward of your land by shifting areas of lawn into un-mowed natural areas or woodlands. Learn more at https://go.umd.edu/the_course or register at Eventbrite today! https://WIYB-Spring2026.eventbrite.com

Our online course helps small-acreage property owners get the most out of their land by creating or managing existing woodlands.

02/11/2026

Registration is now open for our Spring session of The Woods in Your Backyard online course. This non-credit, self-directed course will help you become a better steward of your land by shifting areas of lawn into un-mowed natural areas or woodlands. Learn more at https://go.umd.edu/the_course or visit https://WIYB-Spring2026.eventbrite.com to register today!.

02/26/2025

A new issue of Branching Out is now available! Check in on AI and its capacity to provide accurate and specific advice. Register for the spring session of our "The Woods in Your Backyard" course. Learn about a new national refuge in southern MD and about one couple's work on their natural areas. Read about Sugar Maple in our "Native Trees of Maryland" feature and about incised fumewort in our "Invasives in Your Woodland" feature. And more! https://go.umd.edu/Winter_2025

02/10/2025

Registration is now open for our Spring session of The Woods in Your Backyard online course. This non-credit, self-directed course will help you become a better steward of your land by shifting areas of lawn into un-mowed natural areas or woodlands. Learn more at https://go.umd.edu/the_course or click the link at the end of the video.

08/29/2024

There's still time to join us for our Fall session of The Woods in Your Backyard... but not much! The session begins September 9, so if you've been waiting to register, now's the time! The non-credit, self-directed course will help you become a better steward of your land by shifting areas of lawn into un-mowed natural areas or woodlands. Learn more at https://go.umd.edu/the_course

08/17/2024

A different perspective on what's happening in the canopy.

For trees, growing to maturity involves much more than just reaching upward.

08/13/2024

Join Madeline Potter, University of Maryland Extension Faculty Specialist for Entomology & IPM, for a lunch and learn webinar about the invasive spotted lanternfly: "Navigating the Spotted Lanternfly Buzz: Separating Science from Sensation," on August 21st from 12PM - 1PM ET over Zoom. Webinar registration: https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYud-6prjooG9Hvik1oCtY-OOdRNCJ5jCNs #/registration.