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
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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