Newsletter: January 2026
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EmailHappy new year! We'd like to share some recent updates and resources from the Forest Carbon and Climate Program.
Hello FCCP Community,
We've been up to a lot this winter and would like to share some exciting updates and resources with you! In this newsletter, you’ll see some exciting things we’ve been working on as well as some upcoming events. 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’re very excited to continue to build off all the momentum we built in 2025 and look forward to some big things coming down the pipeline for 2026. Looking back at 2025, some of our biggest accomplishments include launching the Carbon Stewardship on National Forests and Grasslands professional development course that is freely available, kicking off two exciting new projects with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative and American Forests to advance climate-smart forestry practices with large forest landowners, wrapped up our Building Forest Carbon Market Decision Support project which included a webinar series, a workshop series, and the development of a financial trade-off tool for carbon projects, published a technical report on climate-smart forestry in California with American Forests, published a paper on tax compatibility with improved forest management projects, published a paper on the ways to improve science-based communication for forest carbon science, policy, and management, and hit a new all-time high in webinar attendance!
2026 will bring some very exciting new projects, research, and outreach opportunities to further advance climate-smart forestry. Don’t hesitate to reach out to us at forestc@msu.edu to learn more about how to get involved.
All my best,
Chad
Professional Online Courses
Last Chance for Spring enrollment period is February 15th!
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
Upcoming Forest + Climate Learning Exchange Series Webinars!
The Reforestation Pipeline: Challenges to Nurseries and Seedlings
Date: February 4, 3-4 PM Eastern Time
Using the Stories from Tree Rings to Better Understand Fire, Climate, and People Relationships in the Upper Great Lakes
Date: March 4, 3-4 PM Eastern Time
Registration is free and participants have the opportunity to earn CEUs through our co-hosts the Society of American Foresters.
FCCP publishes policy brief with the Canadian Studies Center on wildland fire management in Michigan
This policy brief outlines possible pathways to address wildfire and smoke risk in Michigan through proactive forest management and wood utilization.
Career Opportunities
NAFO – Federal Advocacy Fellowship
The National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) is accepting applications for its summer 2026 fellowship program based in Washington, D.C. This immersive program provides direct experience in forestry policy, advocacy, and communications.
Postdoctoral Scholar in Forest Responses and Adaptation to Climate Change
The Department of Forestry at Michigan State University is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to lead or assist with all phases of research on a long-term project focused on temperate forest dynamics in response to climate change across gradients of soil moisture.
Research + Resources
Carbon Stewardship on National Forests and Grasslands professional development course
Free, publicly available short course designed to inform land management planning and projects on National Forest System lands to incorporate carbon and climate concepts.
Learn more about the course.
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement Explainer
Understanding key international agreements for cooperation on carbon markets and emission trading schemes to meet climate change mitigation targets can be confusing.
Check out this short explainer.
Berkeley Carbon Trading Project – Voluntary Registry Offsets Database
Database containing carbon offset projects, credit issuances, and credit retirements listed globally by five major voluntary offset project registries—American Carbon Registry (ACR), Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART), Climate Action Reserve (CAR), Gold Standard, and Verra (VCS).
Please feel free to forward this newsletter to friends and colleagues.
Sincerely,
MSU FCCP
