Newsletter: August & September 2025
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EmailWe hope this update finds you well. We'd like to share some recent updates and resources from the Forest Carbon and Climate Program.
Hello FCCP Community,
We hope this email finds you well! We'd like to share a few updates regarding Forest Carbon and Climate Program activities. Please find these announcements below.
- Professional Online Courses
- News + Events
- Career Opportunities
- Research + Resources
—The Forest Carbon and Climate Program Team
A Note from the Director
We just started a new school year at Michigan State University, which is always a great reminder that no matter where you are on your professional journey, there are always opportunities to continue to learn and improve. As a part of our mission, we’re always looking for innovative ways to help train future professionals and are excited to meet the new group of students enrolling in our FCCP courses.
We have plenty of exciting news coming down the pipeline this fall from establishing new research projects, new professional education opportunities, and continued collaboration with friends and colleagues that we hope we will be able to share with you soon. If you or your organization or colleagues are doing work related to carbon and climate, I’d love to hear from you. Shoot me a quick email to keep us up-to-date on all the great work happening out there, and maybe we can forge new partnerships to tackle the issues facing our forests.
Cheers,
Chad
Professional Online Courses
The FCCP fall course session has officially begun! If you weren't able to sign up before September 9th, you’ll still be able to enroll through the end of September. Or, check out our other course periods to find the one that best fits your schedule.
For more information, visit our Professional Courses page. This page includes registration instructions, course pricing information, and an onboarding video that outlines what to expect after registration.
News + Events
2025-26 Forest + Climate Learning Exchange Series line-up announcement
We’re excited to announce our full 2025-26 Learning Exchange Series speaker line-up! We’ll be joined by an incredible group of speakers to learn about everything from storytelling, advancing models, to efforts to address climate change through data, education, and reforestation. Webinars will take place on the first Wednesday of each month from September–May at 3 pm Eastern Time (except for January 14).
Our next webinar will be on October 1 at 3 pm ET, where Dr. Sara Kuebbing will be giving a talk about Managing Forests in a Changing World.
FCCP attended the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting
FCCP director, Dr. Chad Papa, attended the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD. At ESA, Dr. Papa provided participants with opportunities to learn about FCCP’s continuation education and workforce development efforts.
The 9th American Forest Congress publishes Principles and Resolutions
Learn more about how the congress encouraged participants to build agreement around shared beliefs and actions as a foundation for future partner engagement and priority setting, and read the finalized principles and resolutions that underscore the objective of building support for new approaches for keeping forests healthy, resilient, and productive.
And that’s a wrap on our summer workshop series!
We concluded our summer workshop series on voluntary carbon markets in North Conway, NH. Participants received hands-on training with our on-demand carbon cost-benefit tool and visited two sites to learn about enrolling in carbon offset programs and other ways to incorporate climate considerations in forest management and planning. To learn more about how entire workshop series, click learn more.
Career Opportunities
Assistant Professor Forest Pathologist – Michigan State University
This position includes extension (50%), research (35%), teaching (10%), and service (5%), focusing on pathogens affecting trees in forested and urban forest settings. The successful candidate will develop an integrated research-extension program that is externally funded and nationally and internationally recognized; publish in peer-reviewed journals; and recruit and mentor graduate students. Integrating research and extension activities will include working with multidisciplinary teams of researchers, extension educators, personnel from state and federal agencies, and private landowners.
Northeast Coastal Resilience Manager – National Wildlife Federation, Montpelier, VT
Collaborate and support effects for nature-based coastal infrastructure to help people and wildlife. This position will build partnerships and contribute to NWF’s coast resilience goals and strategies.
Policy and Communications Intern – Environmental and Energy Study Institute, Washington, DC
EESI works to advance science-based solutions for climate change, energy, and environmental challenges in order to achieve our vision of a sustainable, resilient, and equitable world. This internship is designed for students pursuing a bachelor’s degree and will contribute to drafting content on a broad range of climate, energy, environmental, and federal policy issues.
Professional Assistant for Mass Timber Exhibit – Michigan State University, MassTimber@MSU, Detroit, MI
MassTimber@MSU is seeking a professional assistant to staff a temporary Tall Timber Exhibit housed in Detroit, MI. They will staff an information desk, collaborate with MassTimber@MSU staff, and help with special MassTimber events.
Research + Resources
Can the U.S. Timber Industry and Forest Carbon Credit Program Coexist?
An interesting piece in Time magazine exploring the compatibility of timber and carbon credits.
FIA BIGMPA Tree Species Aboveground Biomass Layers
The USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis’s BIGMAP project has recently released tree species aboveground forest biomass data layers for 327 individual species across the conterminous United States.
To learn more about this data product, visit here. And explore their data dashboard here.
On-demand Carbon Cost-Benefit Calculator beta version
This forest carbon calculator allows users to estimate the cost-benefit of delaying harvest to earn carbon credit income with user-defined variables for forest characteristics and forest products.
Access the beta version here. Want to see the underlying data? Visit here.
Please feel free to forward this newsletter to friends and colleagues.
Sincerely,
MSU FCCP
