2016 Winter Newsletter

• 2015ProgramSummary• “IfWeDon’tTeachThem,WhoWill?”• ALessoninForestManagementforaForestBiologyClass

Thank You New Sponsors!ThankyoutoTerra Tech,Oregon Forest Management Services,Rose Log-ging,Strata Forestry,Garrett Construction,Wildish,andPortable Rockforrecentcommittmenttoannualsponsorship,andthankyoutoRandom Lengthsforadonation.Withthecontributionsofthesecompanies,andthemanyothersthatsupportFTF,weareabletocontinueandgrowoureduca-tionalprograms.

Thank You Grant Funders! ThankyouAOL Friends of Paul BunyanandWeyerhaeuser Giving Fund forgrantfundingtosupportForestFieldDays.ThankyouEvergreen Hill Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation andAlbert B. and Jean E. Hall-strom Family Fund of the Oregon Community Foundationforfundingtoimproveourdatabase.

VOLUNTEER in 2016!WearealreadylookingtofillthespringForestFieldDayvolunteerroster!Visitpage2ofthisnewslettertolearnaboutwhyvolunteeringwithFTFissoworthwhile.WehopetoseeYOUatatreefarmthisspring!

Dwight Dzierzek, President NW Community Credit Union

Mark Giustina, VP Giustina Land & Timber

Jonathan Powell, TreasurerKernutt Stokes

Denise Lindly, Secretary Weyerhaeuser

Danny Bivens General Trailer

Wylda CafferataWoodland owner

Michael Faulconer Gleaves Swearingen

Ben HainleyRoseburg Forest Products

Bill McMahon International Paper

Valerie Michalenko Shasta Middle School

Maryrae ThomsonEvans Timber LLC

Bill WynkoopSeneca Jones Timber

2016 Board of Directors

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PromotingForestStewardshipThroughEducation

Winter 2016

Another Great Year of Forestry Education!ForestsToday&Foreverreachedagrandtotalof2,725peoplewithourprogramsin2015.Youthwerethemajorityofouraudience.Overthecourseof17fielddaysandmanyhoursofin-classinstruc-tionbyteachers,Forest Field Daysengaged1,682middleschoolstudentsinactivitiesdesignedtoinspiresoundstewardshipofOregon’sforests.The Oregon Logging Conference School Tours,offeredinpartnershipwithOregonWomeninTimber,servedoursec-ondlargestaudience,where6504thand5thgradestudentslearnedabouttreesasOregon’sgreatestnaturalresource.Forthefirsttimein2015,FTFworkedwith4-Hinefforttobringforestryasatopicofstudyto4-H,whereyouthstudiedtheforest,specificmanagementpracticesandparticipatedinreforestation.

Wealsoreachedadultaudienceswithoureducation.Threehun-dredandtwenty-eightteachersandchaperoneslearnedalongsidestudentsduringForestFieldDaysandattheOregonLoggingCon-ference.ThepopularSeedling to Sawmill program reached29teachersduringavisittothemillandthentoaworkingtreefarm.Likewise,collegegroups,includingaUniversity of Oregon ForestBiologyclass,UOPeaceCorpsstudents,and Oregon State Universi-tyWildlifeManagementstudentsexploredforestmangementduringguidedtreefarmtours.

Program Audience # Participants # Schools # Volunteers Volunteer Hours

Forest Field DaysMiddle school students

1,682 14 102 1,043

Forest Field DaysTeachers, chaperones

298 - - -

Oregon Logging Conference School Tours

Elementary school students

650 10 16 64

Oregon Logging ConferenceSchool Tours

Teachers, chaperones

30 - - -

4-H Into the ForestYouth, 12-14 years old

5 - 2 12

Seedling to Sawmill Teachers 29 20 4 12

University of Oregon Forest Biology Class Field Trips

University students

15 1 1 2

OSU Student Leadership Group

University students

4 1 - -

UO Peace Corps GroupUniversity students

12 1 1 6

TOTALS 2,725 47 126 1,139

Fromtoptobottom:Top:teacherslearnaboutthemillingprocess;Middle:4-Hparticipantslearnhowtomeasureandbuckatree.;Bottom:ForestFieldDaystudentconductsanexperiment.

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THANK YOU 2015 Financial Supporters!Champions ($5,000-$7,499)MossAdamsRoseburgResourcesSenecaSawmill

Sponsors($2,500-$4,999)AggregateResourceIndustriesGiustinaLand&TimberGiustinaResourcesGleavesSwearingenJones&RothMurphyCompanyTeevinBrothersThePapéGroupRosboroLumberSundanceLumberWildish

Associate Sponsors($1,000-$2,499)Blachly-LaneElectricCo-opCascadeTimberConsultingHershnerHunterHull-OaksLumberIFANurseriesJDavidson&SonsConstructionKernuttStokesLaneSmallWoodlandsAssn.StarkerForestsStrataForestrySwansonGroupManufacturingTransitionManagementTyreeOilVogtFamilyTrustWeyerhaeuserZip-O-LogMills

Supporters ($500-$999)BillWynkoopCommercialThinningSystemsDaveCramseyDragoBrothersLoggingGarrettConstructionL&BReforestationLewisRiverNurseryMasonBruce&GirardMorrisO.Nelson&SonsNWCommunityCreditUnionNORTHWESTLandSurveyingOakridgeSand&GravelPacForestRandomLengthsRainbarrelIndustriesRoseLoggingRundellInc.RobertsSupplyShilohForestryTerraTechWardInsurance

Friends(upto$499)AnonymousBillMcMahonColeResourcesManagementDickPowellDwightDzierzekElkHornBreweryIronHorseLoggingJerryBrownCompanyKPDInsuranceORForestManagementServicesPlankTownBrewingPortableRockProductionRexiusForestByProductsSteve&WyldaCafferata

Grant Support by:• AlbertB.andJeanE.Hallstrom

FamilyFundofOCF• AutzenFoundation• AOL-FriendsofPaulBunyan

• EvergreenHillFundofofOCF• OregonForestResourcesInstitute• PlumCreekFoundation• SOLVE

• WeyerhaeuserGivingFund• WeyerhaeuserWAVE

WhenStarkerForestsforester,DickPowell,wasaskedwhyhevolunteerswithFTF,hesaid,“In an increasingly urbanized world, our youth are becoming increasingly disconnected to natural resources. They are our future. If we don’t teach them, who will?” Dick’ssentimentisechoedbywoodlandowner,AngelaSeydel:“In volunteering for FTF, I continue the legacy of teaching the secrets and benefits of the forest to the next generation.”

PleasejoinDickandAngelaandthemanyotherprofessionalsfromindustry,governmentagencies,andnon-profitsinefforttore-connectpeopletoOr-egon’sforests,ourgreatestnaturalresource.In2015alone,126volunteersdonated1,139hourstoteachpeopleaboutworkingforeststhroughourForestFieldDayprogram,attheOregonLoggingConference,andduringtreefarmtourshostedbyFTF.Eachvolunteerofferssomethinguniquetooureffortbasedontrainingandexperience,Ourvolunteerpoolisdiverse-fromforestertowildlifebiologisttorecreationspecialist-thisiswhatmakesourprogramssogreat!JordonRyder,FTFvolunteerandretiredOregonDepartmentofForestryforester,says,“It is very rewarding and fun to see [students] understand complex natural processes because of the many different skills of our teaching cadre.” Nomatterwhatyourprofession,wecanfindaplaceforanyandallpeopleinterestedinteachingothersaboutforests!

SpringForestFieldDays,ourprogramformiddleschoolstudents,isrightaroundthecorner,andwearealreadylookingforvolunteers.WethinkyouwillagreewithBillWynkoop,SenecaJonesforester,whosays“The energy and enthusiasm of the students is amazing. I love to, however briefly, be part of it.” Pleasegetintouchtojointhisgreateffort!

Top:NoelleArena,Weyerhaeuserforester,teach-ingstudentsaboutsoils.Bottom:MikeEmmons,SenecaJonesforester,teachingstudentsabouttimber.

“If we Don’t Teach Them, Who Will?”

ForestsToday&ForeverhostedaprogramforUniversityofOregon’supperdivisionforestbiologyclassforthethirdyearinarow.Thefieldtrip,coordinatedbyprofessorAlanDickman,isintendedtosupportstudentlearningtowardsoneofthecourseobjectives:tobecomfortablewithuncertaintyandcomplexityinansweringquestionsaboutforestmanagement.FTFEducatorandtreefarmowner,LindsayReaves,designedafieldexperiencethatnotonlyhighlightedthecomplexityofforestmanagementbutalsochallengedthestudents’ownviewsaboutforestrypractices,equippingthemtomoreeffectivelyanswerthequestionsofothers.

Reaves,alongwithFTFvolunteerAmandaStamper,touredthestudentsonafive-milehikethroughseveralmanagementunits,includingarecentclearcut,newlyplantedacres,earlyseralforests,naturallyseededforests,andarecentthinning.Alongtheway,severaltopicsinforestmanagementwereexplored,andstudentsparticipatedinhands-onactivitiestobringconceptstolife.Forexample,studentsweregivenanopportunitytomakeaforestmanagementdecision.Eachwasgivenaharvestribbonandwasinstructedtochooseatreeforharvest.Theyfoundthisactivityachallenge,especiallywhenaskedtoprovidesoundrationaleforwhytheychosethetreestheydid.Toexploretherecentriparianset-backrulechange,studentswereaskedtophysicallymeasurea20ftno-touchzoneanda50and90ftrestrictedbuffer.Afterthemeasurementactivity,studentshad

contextforadiscussionabouttheproposedrulechangeandwhattherulechangemightmeanforfish,andwouldmeanforlandowners.

Thetourandactivitiesgeneratedsincereinterestandmanythoughtfulquestionsaboutforestmanagement.Reavessaid,“Thesearestudentswhoareopentotheinformation,askingalotofgreatquestions.Formany,thisistheirfirsttimebeinginaworkingforest.”Havingledseveraltoursforuniversityaudiences,Reavesreflectsonwhatsheobservesincollegestudents:“Theyareformingimportantvaluesandbeliefs.Mostarebeginningtograspthecomplexitiesofnaturalsystems…andtheneedsthatcitizensdesire,ifnotdemand,ofthosesystems”.

Thefielddayconcludedwiththestudentssharingpersonalreflections-agreeingthattheyleavetheexperiencewithadifferentunderstandingofforestmanagement.Mostcommentedtheydidnotknowhowcomplicateditwas.Onestudentsaid,“Havingseenhowmanyfactorsinfluenceforestmanagementdecisions,andhowtheycanchangebasedonsomanyfactors…it’sgivenmealottothinkabout.Ihaveanewappreciationofthosewhoworkintheforestsector.”

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UOStudets

A Lesson in Forest Management for a Forest Biology Class

UOstudentstouringBaumanTreeFarmwithFTFEducatorLindsayReaves.

Director: Beth KriskoEducator: Lindsay Reaves

Formoreinformation,seeourwebsite:www.ForestsTodayAndForever.org

ContactBethKrisko:coordinator@foreststodayandforever.org

Forests Today & Forever is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization.

“If I had not gone on this field trip I would have missed out on a whole perspective of forests I was never taught. Cutting down trees can be good, and it can be done in a sustainable way. Reducing forest to money (in a way) is not inherently harmful, nor does it take away from the forest as an ecosystem.” -UO student, as stated in a journal assignment