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BY JULIE WOODWARD

The heart of theSociety of AmericanForesters is in thefield and no one iscloser to what’s hap-pening in the fieldthan our local chap-ters. State societies,divisions and chapters are in everycorner of North America—networking,learning and influencing. In this issueof the Western Forester we hope youare inspired by the articles highlightinga handful of accomplishments andamazing outreach that Western chap-ters and societies continually demon-strate. SAF members are passionateabout their profession and we hopethe stories throughout this issueencourage you to continue yourinvolvement with SAF or to jump-starta new endeavor with your chapter.

The Southwest Chapter in Wash-

ington earned the Chapter of the Yearaward last year for its outstandingservice to the community, fellowforesters and the forestry profession.Members sponsored and organizedthe WSSAF Legislative Breakfast and aforest field day in Pacific County, andcreated a scholarship for college stu-dents enrolled in forestry programs.

The Emerald Chapter in Oregonworked jointly with The Oregon WildlifeSociety to host a one-day workshop on“practical applications of wildlife man-agement on working forests.” Thisworkshop brought foresters, wildlifebiologists and family forest ownerstogether. Emerald Chapter Past ChairJordan Ryder, when accepting the 2009chapter achievement award, noted,“This chapter has a history of hostingsuccessful events due to hard-working,dedicated members.”

Chapters in each state take on host-ing annual meetings and conferences.Many chapters use these opportunities

to energize their members and torecruit new leaders. In 2011, Portlandand Longview chapters will be coordi-nating efforts across the border to hosta joint annual meeting. The Palouse-Snake River Chapter of the InlandEmpire Society, with several partners,hosted a conference focusing on thescience and impacts of climate change.

Chapters recruit and provide volun-teers for fairs, field days, plant sales,youth events and various communityactivities. The Columbia Gorge Chapterprovided handouts at a local plant saleon appropriate tree care and speciesfor their community areas. Woodcutsare an annual occurrence for manychapters and communities. Recently,100 cords of wood were provided toflood victims of Vernonia, Ore., througha cooperative community service proj-ect between SAF chapters, private andpublic forestry organizations, commu-nity officials, Boy Scouts of America,

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SAF chapters are involved in many types of outreach activities. Left photo: Don Bertolette (left) and Steve Patterson(right) get ready to sell seedlings at the Cook Inlet Chapter tree seedling fundraiser. Middle photo: Capitol Chapter BobMadsen serves as museum host and explains the Osborne Fire Finder to members of the Abigail-Scott DuniwayChapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, at the Oregon Forest History Center in Salem. Rightphoto: Craig Buehler, Sitka Ranger District, uses a tree cookie to explain how trees grow to at the Sitka Chapter’sannual Forestry Field Day.

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AmeriCorps and numerous volunteers. Several chapters around Oregon

have coordinated outreach opportuni-ties with local high school students torecruit talented young adults for ourprofession. Exactly how this effortwent is further detailed in a separatearticle. The Tillamook-Clatsop Chapter

participated in the annual 6th gradeoutdoor field days.

Encompassing youth is an impor-tant goal of many chapters. Our stu-dent chapters at colleges and universi-ties provide essential connections toour newest members and those justembarking on their careers. GraysHarbor College has formed a new stu-dent chapter. Green River CommunityCollege has always had a strong mem-bership and the students there contin-ue to work with their community,including taking a display focused onbiomass to events around the state.The Oregon State University studentchapter recently won the Quiz Bowl atthe SAF National Convention. Clearly,the future of SAF is also passionateand dedicated to the field of forestry.Many chapters and state societies alsotry to assist students by providing sup-port efforts such as scholarships. TheCoos Chapter provides the C. WylieSmith III scholarship annually to aforestry student in Oregon. TheOregon SAF Foundation annually pro-vides funds to OSU students and theWashington State SAF Foundation will

begin distributing funds very soon.Chapters are the heart of SAF and

one of the most essential functionschapters provide is retaining andrecruiting members. Chapters contin-ually coordinate communication links,networking and professional develop-ment opportunities for our members.They provide local meetings bringingin expertise on subjects of interest totheir members. Communicationstakes shape of many forms. The SouthPuget Sound Chapter has begun usingsocial networking tools and interac-tions on Facebook.

For SAF to achieve its mission ofadvancing the science, education,technology and practice of forestry, itneeds the attention and understand-ing of the public and its leaders. SAFstrives to be recognized—by policyand decision makers—as the voice ofthe forestry profession and as a keysource of vital expertise, experienceand credible information. Many localchapters are directly involved in forestissues and policy matters. Chapterleaders and members write letters andguest opinions for local newspapers,

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as well as submit letters and com-ments to policy and decision makersdealing with important forestry issues.In Oregon, among the most active havebeen the Emerald, Coos, Umpqua andCentral Oregon chapters. Some chap-ters, including Blue Mountain, Siskiyou,Tillamook-Clatsop and Marys Peak,have hosted forestry field tours forlocal public leaders that highlight arealandowners and sustainable forestrypractices. Last year OSAF leaders alsohosted or contributed to major fieldtours for the Board of Forestry, con-gressional staff and Oregon legislators.

The stories and accomplishmentsfrom our Western states could be writ-ten on many reams of paper. Below area few accomplishments of our col-leagues in other parts of the nation.

The Chattahoochee Chapter inGeorgia had a “Walk in the Forest” forMetro-Atlanta Scouts where both Boyand Girl Scouts earned badges.Volunteers came from the University ofGeorgia, Georgia Forestry Commission,U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyand Natural Resources Conservation

Center. The topics included forestmanagement, wildlife management,forest health and tree planting.

The Caribbean Chapter in Floridaholds an annual fundraising seedlingsale; the money raises scholarshipfunds for University of Florida. Thechapter also held a poster-makingcontest at local high schools and thoseposters were used to promote theevent. The Indiana SAF created a“Trees of Indiana” bandana, whichillustrates a dozen common tree leaveswith common and scientific names. Italso includes the web link to IndianaSAF and national SAF. The bandanaswere distributed at the Indiana ProjectLearning Tree workshops and HoosierScience Teachers Association meeting,and to Future Farmers of America high

school members who participate inthe forestry competition at the nation-al FFA convention in Indianapolis.

SAF is recognized for having highprofessional forestry standards in serv-ice to society. We hope you continueactive membership in SAF and contin-ue being engaged at a local level to con-tinue the extraordinary achievements—in membership, service to members,service to communities, forest policy,chapter management and public out-reach—in the upcoming year. ◆

Julie Woodward is forest education pro-gram manager for the Oregon ForestResources Institute, and serves as OSAFEducation co-chair. She can be reachedat 503-584-7259 or [email protected].

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BY ROGER BURNSIDE

undraising isessential to help

support the day-to-day activities andgeneral mission ofany professionalorganization.However, given theinevitable ebbs and peaks in member-ship, ongoing changes in leadershipstructure and availability of volunteers,changes in organization policies, andother real-life challenges of our mod-ern “information overloaded” society,the best laid plans for maintainingcontinuity in fundraising efforts oftengo awry. One local Alaska SAF chaptermodified the operation of its primaryannual fundraiser over the past fouryears to take advantage of moderntechnology and the Internet in spite ofdeclining membership, increasingadvertising costs and general societalchanges that threatened to hamperfundraising and financial obligationsto support its overall mission.

The Cook Inlet Chapter SAF insouth-central Alaska has conductedand promoted an annual tree seedlingfundraiser to generate funds for chap-

ter operationssince the mid-1970s.

Surprisingly,with no supportfrom any publiclysupportedseedling nurseriessince the early1990s (i.e.,Alaska’s soleseedling nurseryceased operationsalmost 20 yearsago) and the pro-hibitive cost ofprivate retailgreenhouses andnurseries propa-gating treeseedlings forresale, the chapter worked out anarrangement with a large Canadiannursery, PRT USA Nurseries to provideseedlings at a slightly lower cost (i.e.,due to the chapter’s “not for profit” sta-tus) that are sewn approximately 15months prior to the annual sale andshipped to Anchorage for its annualArbor Day Tree Seedling Sale each May.

During the 30-plus years of theCook Inlet Chapter fundraiser (and

prior to the advent of the Internet) sig-nificant print advertising costs to pro-mote the sale, and efforts to sell a fewthousand seedlings during just two tothree Saturdays in May, took a majorcommitment of volunteer time andresources for a relatively small netprofit. Annual sales in the “early” yearswere quite variable in both numbers ofseedlings sold and profits since theseedling order is assembled over a yearin advance of the actual sale. Without amore efficient and inexpensive meansto promote the sale and track orders(e.g., email and personal computers),it was challenging to gauge the poten-tial profits each year and actual marketfor seedlings. For example, seedlingsales the first couple of decades aver-aged only a couple thousand eachyear; during the period 1995-2004,annual sales ranged from 6,000 to10,000 seedlings. However, in the after-math of the 1990s’ spruce beetle epi-demic in south-central Alaska—rough-ly the early to mid-2000s—interestincreased for tree seedlings to restorespruce forests cleared to reduce haz-ardous fire fuels in and aroundAnchorage and the Matanuska-SusitnaValley, spiking seedling demandupward to as many as 21,000 seedlingssold in 2005. In spite of the apparentinterest for seedlings from the general

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Sue Rodman, Alaska SAF chair, and Mitch Michaud, CookInlet Chapter chair, are ready to sell trees and promoteSAF!

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Cook Inlet Chapter volunteers spring into action during the annual seedlingsale in Anchorage. Shown left to right: Jeff Graham, Sue Rodman, StevePatterson and Roger Burnside.

public, a significant portion of the2005 order was sold to just a few insti-tutional purchasers (local municipalentities and Alaska Native corpora-tions). The chapter was still hamperedby the uncertainty of the local seedlingmarket to order thousands of seedlingsin advance of the actual sale as well asthe time-consuming efforts to mount asufficient volunteer force to ensurethat all seedlings ordered the previousyear could be sold over a few Saturdaysthe following year. This became amajor topic of discussion when themain tree sale coordinator for 25-plusyears, Maynard Nuss, announced his“retirement” from the annual treeseedling sale in 2007.

Another challenge for the chapterhas been a commitment to provide reg-ular funding to support two endowedforestry scholarships at the Universityof Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) campus.One of the scholarships started with asignificant contribution from the estateof Richard Tindall in 1997. The secondscholarship was made possible with aone-time $5,000 matching grant fromUAF to the chapter in 2004 and wassupported by the family of Michael

Hoyt, a recently deceased chaptermember. In addition to supportingthese scholarships, it’s been increasing-ly important to the chapter to facilitatethe annual public seedling sale as ameans to interact with the generalpublic, and discuss and talk about theimportance of forestry and the careand propagation of trees.

But alas, where there is a challengeone only needs to look for an opportu-nity. Foresters will continue to find away to get the job done, with the helpof the Internet and information tech-nology. Since 2007, the chapter hasmodified its annual sale to provide apre-ordering process for purchasers topay for and reserve their trees severalmonths ahead of the traditional spring“public” sale in May. The process issimply a posting of an Internet-basedseedling order form on the AlaskaState Society website during January.In February and March an emailadvertising blitz is conducted by send-ing the seedling order form to variousagency interest groups, Alaska StateSociety email distribution list, UAFCooperative Extension Service, localMaster Gardener groups and pastseedling purchasers. Advertising costsfor the annual fundraiser are nowalmost non-existent since most adver-tising is accomplished electronicallyover any and all available outlets. Theprevious years’ orders are tracked via



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computer spreadsheet for potential“future demand” and the next year’sorder is placed, also based on saleinterest and contacts generated duringand just after the May sale.

In addition, the chapter has enlisteda local partner, REI (RecreationalEquipment Inc.), a sports accessoriesand equipment retailer, for a primepublic sale location. REI helps the

chapter promote the public sale andprovides a space for distribution ofpre-ordered seedlings as well as thetraditional public sale “on-site” on oneSaturday in May. The public seedlingsale is coordinated with REI’s annualspring retail sale in Anchorage, provid-ing an opportunity to sell trees andtalk to a number of individuals that arealready outdoors oriented and con-

cerned about the environment. Chapter volunteers still participate

in the annual seedling sale that hasbeen streamlined to track all paidorders received through the chapter’spost office box by the sale coordinator.Only a handful of volunteers are need-ed to assist with email advertising, sortthe pre-paid orders for distribution topurchasers and hold the seedling saleto the public on a single Saturday.Seedling sales have been larger (10,000-14,000 annually), but also more consis-tent with a pre-sale process.

PRT USA Nurseries has providedbed nursery stock in bundles ratherthan the old single seedling container-ized plugs that were standard for manyyears. Bundles of 10-20 seedlings aresold rather than having to handle indi-vidual seedlings, which makes the dol-lar flow better and increases efficiencyof handling. With selling just under14,000 seedlings this year, profit is pret-ty good, about $0.45-.50 net perseedling, allowing the chapter to gener-ate significant funds to support exist-ing scholarship endowments and otherefforts, such as helping students attendthe SAF National Convention. ◆

Roger Burnside is coordinator of theCook Inlet Chapter tree sale, serves asAlaska SAF’s Investment Committeechair and is a forest entomologist forthe Alaska Department of NaturalResources in Anchorage. He can bereached at 907-269-8460 or [email protected].

Chapter Hooks into FacebookBY ALICIA SULLIVAN

ocial media has changed the way people communicate. Facebook,Twitter, MySpace and Linkedin are the sites that are driving this change.

These may be uncharted grounds for some of our membership, but for manyof us interacting on one or more of these sites is part of our daily life. Thesesites provide another avenue to connect with people beyond email and web-sites, and are very important channels of information.

One of the first questions that I asked of our past officers when I startedmy term as chair for the South Puget Sound chapter was “Why aren’t we onFacebook?” The answer surprised me; it was something that had not beenconsidered or identified as a way to communicate with the membership.Another concern was the security and protecting the privacy of members thatwant to be involved with the site.

Facebook groups are dedicated pages that allow for communication andsharing among members of the group. A group can be created for anything inFacebook, and there are several levels of security that can be set for the groupbased on your comfort level. For the South Puget Sound Chapter we chose tocreate a moderated group in which membership has to be approved by amoderator, which in our case is the chair, vice chair and a member of theUniversity of Washington Student Chapter. This allows moderators to havecontrol over who can join the group and for removal of members that misusethe group. Controls may also be set to moderate who is allowed to post to thegroup and what information can be seen by non-members.

Another important aspect to group pages is that unlike becoming “friends”with someone, when a person becomes a “fan” of the group page, other groupmembers cannot see personal information unless your profile allows it. Onceyour group is created there are several tools available that allow members tocommunicate with each other. There is the main page of the group called the“wall,” which allows for members to post links, photos and comments. A dis-cussion forum is also provided and a tool to create and manage events andmessage the group’s members is available.

Within three days of setting up the group we had over 50 fans of the page.Most of these fans were SAF members, but several were colleagues in forestrythat were not SAF members or connections on Facebook that were interestedin natural resources. This I think is the true benefit of Facebook—reachingthe non-member forestry professionals through social networks and provid-ing a presence for SAF in social media. This is an opportunity to reach out toyounger members and potential members as well as provide a voice for SAFand the natural resource profession. I would encourage chapters to look intoFacebook and perhaps use this as an opportunity to engage a young profes-sional member or student member within the chapter. ◆

Alicia Sullivan is chair of the South Puget Sound Chapter. She can be reachedat [email protected].

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Satisfied customers at the annualseedling sale.

BY PETER MATZKA

t only takes oneseed, and from

that, something mag-nificent can grow.That is exactly whatMark Buckbee, pastOregon Society ofAmerican Foresterschair, did to all the chapters in Oregon.When Mark was chair, he challengedeach of them to get the word out andengage high school students in consid-ering forestry as a profession andcareer.

That one simple seed grew. TheMarys Peak and Umpqua chaptersresponded and followed a similarmodel started by the Coos Chapter in2008. The idea was simple: Call someof the local high schools, talk to thescience, natural resources or industrialarts teachers and say you have freefood for any students interested inmeeting some foresters and talking alittle about the future. Well, theresponse was surprising with 30 to 60high school students showing up ateither a 6:30 a.m. breakfast or 6:30p.m. dinner. These students did notjust get a free meal—they got to hearabout forestry, and they got the chanceto interact with local SAF members.

Those three events, as well as effortsby the Emerald and Portland chapters,are helping get the message out thatforestry is a career to be proud of andone worth working toward. TheEmerald and Portland chapters part-nered with the Oregon Forest ResourcesInstitute to help out with its Careers inForestry program. That’s a high schooloutreach effort that, to date, has con-nected with nearly 8,000 high schoolstudents across the state of Oregon. Aspart of the program’s classroom pres-entation, the Emerald Chapter sent aforester to the classroom along withthe OFRI presenter. This gave the stu-dents a connection to their local com-munity who shared his/her experi-ences and why he/she got intoforestry.

In addition, the Portland Chapter gotinvolved with planning the third annual

Forest Sector Career Conference held atthe World Forestry Center, where thisyear 126 high school students listenedto a panel of forestry professionals andtoured the center’s museum.

Reaching out to the young men andwomen is an important part of being aprofessional in the forest sector, and isalso very rewarding. Nicole Younger,Marys Peak Chapter past chair, provid-ed some great insight to these effortsand her words really wrap up themeaning and impact of this type ofrecruiting event and the chapter’sefforts. The chapter also received aForesters’ Fund Grant to help with thecost of the event.

In a follow-up interview with Nicoleafter the event, here is what she had tosay.

Peter: Why did your chapter do thestudent breakfast event?

Nicole: I made it a priority becauseof the challenge Mark Buckbee madeto each of the chapters to engage highschool students in considering forestryas a profession.

Peter: What message did you wantto give the students?

Nicole: Despite the current down-turn in the economy, there are and willbe many unique and rewarding jobs tobe had in the natural resources areasof study.

Peter: What would you like otherSAFers to know about your event?

Nicole: It’s well worth the timespent putting it together and all of uswere surprised when it turned out tobe such an enriching and heartfeltexperience for not only the highschool students, but our local SAFmembers as well. The atmosphere gotintensely sincere as each of us recalledwhy it was we first became involved inthe profession and how much we trulyenjoy what we do. There were a couplemoments when I had to focus onkeeping my eyes dry as the oldestmembers of our chapter talked abouthow much their involvement in theprofession had defined their lives. We

purposefully assigned seating for par-ticipants so that students were forcedto sit between SAF members ratherthan with their friends, and that was agreat way to get everyone out of theircomfort zones, and to meet some newpeople and learn some new things.The breakfast style worked very well,but would probably be just as success-ful in a lunch or dinner setting as well.

Peter: How did it go?Nicole: Successful in every aspect!

The personal interaction between stu-dents and foresters was relaxed andreally put a face to the different profes-sional positions available in the field offorestry. The Quiz Bowl event activitygot students discussing among eachother a wide variety of natural resourcetopics, and encouraged them to “ask anexpert” at their tables when they werestumped. The venue and food hap-pened to be excellent, making theexperience all the more enjoyable foreveryone. Even the teachers whoaccompanied the students wereimpressed and thought the event to beworthwhile.

All efforts by the OSAF chapters areamazing and what started as one seedis now starting to spread and grow.Best wishes in all your efforts to makesure our youth know that forestry isalive and well. ◆

Peter Matzka is a contract forest educa-tor, Oregon Forest Resources Institute,Careers in Forestry Program, based inSilverton, Ore. He can be reached at503-874-8265 or [email protected].


OSAF Chapters Rise to the Recruiting Challenge

More on the Quiz Bowl

The Quiz Bowl at the chapter eventwas similar to the Quiz Bowl conductedat the SAF National Convention, but allthe students got a chance to answerbecause it was a multiple choice quizversus the jeopardy-style quiz at con-vention. Teams were based on tablegroups and the students could use acouple of lifelines, those being to askan expert at the table. The SAFforesters were the scorekeepers andjudges at the table, which got the kidstalking with them even more.

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n the Northern Rocky Mountainregion, forestry discussions with

neighbors involve questions likethese: I see more gray than green inour forest landscapes, so what is hap-pening? Can’t we make somethinguseful from this wood or convert it toenergy? How can we work with publicland managers to develop projectsand practices that support our com-munities? Several SAF units workedacross SAF and state boundaries toaddress these issues. In September2009 the Plum Creek Conference onForests and Energy was held at theUniversity of Montana in Missoula.Four national experts provided per-spectives on using wood as a sourceof energy, improving forest conditionson the national forests that dominate

landscapes in the region, and revital-izing our rural communities. TheirPowerPoint presentations and thelively discussions were recorded andstreamed live over the Internet; theycan be accessed from the conferencewebsite at www.cfc.umt.edu/plum-creekconf/.

A number of collaborative groups inthe region are focused on improvingnational forest conditions. Their storiesare encouraging and if more peopleknew about them, success could breedmore success. Pursuing that premise,in March 2010 a follow-up conferenceon Climate Change, Bioenergy andSustaining the Forests of Idaho andMontana was held in Boise. The goalwas to help people connect global-scale issues regarding climate change,renewable energy, and carbon emis-sions to regional forest effects.

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actions must be ecologically sound,economically feasible and sociallydesirable. These three pillars of sus-tainability were conference anchorpoints, with emphasis on socialacceptability. Conference discussiongroups considered ways to build coop-erative capacity to move more rapidlyin practical, common sense waystoward providing the services peopleexpect from our national forests.

The conference was supported byIdaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otterand Lt. Governor Brad Little, Idaho’s2009 Tree Farmer of the Year, whoopened the conference with remarkson the importance of forests in theregion. Idaho’s congressional delega-tion weighed in with a letter of sup-port. Keynote speaker Dale Bosworth,U.S. Forest Service Chief Emeritus,remarked that collaborative effortsare meaningless without results onthe ground, a point that was revisitedoften during the two-day event. Weare grateful for the 16 conferencesponsors (SAF, University of Idaho,University of Montana, USDA ForestService, USDI Bureau of LandManagement, Idaho SmallwoodPartners, Idaho Conservation League,Intermountain Forest Association,Idaho Department of Lands, RockyMountain Elk Foundation, The NatureConservancy, The Wilderness Society,Montana Community DevelopmentCorp., Perkins Coie LLP, NorthwestManagement Inc., and the Idaho TaxCommission) and the 150 attendeeswho made the conference a success.They listened to experts and each other,learned from collaborative group mem-bers, and shared their concerns andideas for working together.

Ecological aspects of sustainabilitywere addressed first by Steve Running,University of Montana’s Nobel PeacePrize recipient for his work on climatechange. He expects less water will beavailable for trees. Forests have a car-rying capacity, and with reducedwater, they will not be able to supportthe same amount of vegetation astoday. Adaptation will involve reducingforest density. Steve Cook, University

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of Idaho, shared insights on potentialeffects on native and invasive insects;warmer conditions will mean moreinsect broods per year and resultingimpacts on forests and biodiversity.Peter Kolb, University of Montana, saidone-half of the region’s forests havebeen impacted by fire and/or insects.Given the increased frequency ofextremely dry summers that haveoccurred in the past decade and areprojected to become more commonwith climate change, the 1,000-hourfuels become part of the fuel complexthat drive fire behavior and its impactsto new heights. In the past, by con-trast, moisture content of the 1,000-hour fuels was at a level that kept theirconsumption to a minimum. Kolb’swork in Bavaria illustrated communityintegration of forest management,wood energy and community vitality.Bruce Lippke, University of Washington,spoke about life cycle analysis as avalid way to compare managementalternatives.

Economic feasibility first wasaddressed by Dennis Becker, Universityof Minnesota. To make progress onbiomass utilization, a series of integrat-ed links are needed. These will varygeographically, but will include a reli-able wood supply from federal lands,adequate transportation/processingsystems, and an integrated manufac-turing industry that can derive thehighest value from harvested wood.Analysis of this chain of links couldhelp move utilization forward by iden-tifying state and federal policy incon-sistencies as well as gaps and needs.David Naccarato, McKinstry Corp.,emphasized the need for a long-termfeedstock supply to stimulate invest-ments in bioenergy facilities. Forbiopower, long-term power purchaseagreements also are necessary. JoeKerkvliet, The Wilderness Society, saidbiomass-to-energy can be part of sus-tainable forest management, butscaled so feedstock supply does notdrive forest management. Priorities are“zone of agreement” lands in the wild-land-urban interface (WUI) andrestoration of dry forest types. DaveGroeschl, Idaho Department of Lands,said new information on needs andopportunities is available in Idaho’sstate-wide all-lands forest assessmentand strategy to be released in July 2010.

Idaho’s state lands can supply biomassas a byproduct of commercial timberproduction when the price is right. JayO’Laughlin identified forest biomassutilization as a triple win: improvedforest conditions, renewable energyfeedstocks and revitalized communi-ties through job creation. Loggingresidues provide a substantial unuti-lized energy feedstock, as do fire haz-ard reduction thinnings from federallands. Costs of collecting and trans-porting this material support the con-ventional wisdom that either removalof higher value products or public sub-sidies can improve the economics offorest biomass utilization.

Social acceptability relies on a con-sensus of stakeholders. Conference par-ticipants heard about lessons learnedfrom members of six groups working onnational forest management issues:Ethan Aumack, Four Forests RestorationInitiative in Arizona; Lloyd McGee,Northeast Washington ForestryCoalition; Scott Brennan, MontanaForest Restoration Committee; andthree groups in Idaho—Bill Higgins,Clearwater Basin Collaborative; JohnRobison, Lemhi County ForestRestoration Group; and Dave Torell,Payette Forest Coalition. The evolutionof each group disclosed unique situa-tions, common threads of effective-ness and useful advice. Participantshad an opportunity to question the sixas a panel before breaking out into dis-cussion groups for a third time.

Summaries were offered by U.S.Forest Service Intermountain RegionalForester Harv Forsgren and NorthernRegion Deputy Regional Forester JaneCottrell. In Idaho and Montana thereare 10 million acres of national forestswith accelerated bark beetle activity

underway and 27 million acres withhigh to moderate fire risk. Active man-agement support is gained when proj-ects provide the values citizens andcommunities want, and there is a com-pelling scientific basis. Jim Burchfield,University of Montana, noted that peo-ple expect real results on the ground,not just process improvements.Because we are going forward, notbackward, adaptation may be a moreappropriate focal point than restora-tion. Jay O’Laughlin challenged every-one to think long-term, as sustainabili-ty requires. Biomass-to-energy is not afearsome boogeyman, but rather a vec-tor to the future—one of severalbridges to a new but yet to be identi-fied energy future. When carbon has aprice, penalties for carbon emissionswill follow, along with payments forstoring carbon. In such a world, woodbioenergy as a byproduct of sustain-able forestry is a winner.

Conference participants identifiedtwo dozen follow-on activities andmade commitments to help with them.This work is already underway, and firstmanifested in a newly-formed IdahoForest Restoration Partnership. Theconference website has more informa-tion, including presentations and dis-cussion summaries: www.uidaho.edu/cnr/forestsbioenergyconference. ◆

Darrel Kenops is a member of theSnake River Chapter, IntermountainSAF; Jay O’Laughlin is a member of thePalouse-Snake River Chapter, InlandEmpire SAF; and Dave Atkins is withthe Missoula Chapter, Montana SAF.They can be reached, respectively, [email protected], [email protected] [email protected].

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eing gone for over a generationmakes one seem like Rip Van

Winkle! After over a 20-year absencefrom providing forestry education tostudents in southwestern Washington,Grays Harbor College is back. The for-est technology program, now the thirdone in Washington behind Green Riverand Spokane Valley, was approved bythe State Board of Community andTechnical Colleges in the spring of 2009and is on the verge of graduating itsfirst class of students this coming fall.

How did this happen, you ask, giventhe downturn in the economy thesepast few years? The days of fully-fundedtechnology programs are gone andcommunity colleges have been forced

to look elsewhere for partnerships. Thecollege, located in Aberdeen, didn’thave to look far for a willing partnerbecause just down the road in Elma isSatsop Development Park. The park isowned and operated by the GraysHarbor Public Development Authority(GHPDA) that took over the GraysHarbor County facilities of the defunctWashington Public Power SupplySystem. The development park hasapproximately 1,200 acres of site 1forestland surrounding the industrialfacilities. The GHPDA were looking forpartners to manage their resourceswhile providing educational opportu-nities in natural resource manage-ment. Partnering with Grays HarborCollege was a natural fit.

The college has adopted the guiding

principles of the Society of AmericanForesters “Standards and Proceduresfor Recognizing Educational Programsin Forest Technology” and has formedthe natural resources program aroundthese standards. The 12 technical sub-ject areas for the forest technology cur-riculum, along with necessary classesin oral and written communication,mathematics, natural and physical sci-ences, social sciences, business andcomputer skills have been boileddown to 24 courses taken in a span oftwo years with 106 quarters hours ofcredit attributed to these classes. Theprogram should meet all of the expec-tations set forth in the recognitionstandards of 2007 except for the mini-mum number of full-time faculty. Atthis time it is financially difficult tobring on another faculty member inforest technology, but with double-digit enrollment in the classes there ishope for the future with brighter budg-et allocations.

Grays Harbor College currently hasa healthy program enrollment of 30 to40 students. These students wanted tobecome more involved with extra-curricular activities and interactionwith other foresters. With the help ofWashington State SAF Chair JohnWalkowiak, Council RepresentativeChuck Lorenz and all of the membersof the Southwest Washington Chapter,the bylaws for a student chapter werewritten. These were recently adoptedby the executive committee to formthe newest student chapter in thenation here at Grays Harbor College.The students look to become veryactive in society affairs and plan tointeract at conferences, meetings andother SAF activities throughout thePacific Northwest.

Yes, the harbor is green again andwe look forward to helping producethe next generation of forest techni-cians and future foresters for our grow-ing nation. ◆

Todd Bates is on the Natural ResourcesForest Technology Program faculty ofthe Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen,Wash., and serves as advisor of the SAFstudent chapter. He can be reached at360-538-2517 or [email protected].

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ith the past and continuing cut-backs in education finances

experienced by most school districts,elective and vocational courses havebeen cut by many schools to stretchshrinking budgets. In northeastWashington, schools eliminated theirforestry/outdoor education classes.

In 2002, Floyd Pitts, retired headforester for Arden Tree Farms inColville, approached the UpperColumbia Timberman’s Associationand other forestry groups, includingSAF, to “step up” and teach forestry ona volunteer basis. Over 40 forestersresponded to the call. Since then,schools in Spokane, Stevens, Ferryand Pend Oreille counties have hadvolunteer foresters assist in classroomand extracurricular activities aboutforestry. Some of the schools haveincluded forestry subjects for entirequarters/semesters, and others workthrough the national Future Farmersof America programs.

The Panorama SAF Chapter hasprovided instructors in forestryissues, legal descriptions, tree disor-ders, compass and pacing, timberstand improvement, log scaling andtimber cruising. The amount of timeand number of volunteer visits canvary, depending on requests from thevarious schools. Most of the partici-pating schools then compete at localand state forestry contests with indi-viduals and teams. Our chapter mem-bers, along with many other volun-teers, help provide judges, lunch andawards at those contests.

Do these efforts pay off? We thinkso! Obviously, not all students com-pleting the classes and contests willbecome natural resource profession-

als, but ourhope is thateach onewill have amuch betterunderstand-ing of theforestry pro-fession andhow it fitsinto andprovidesbenefits toour world,both in thepresent andin the future.

We plan on continuing this work aslong as the schools will have us—besides it’s fun to pass on the positiveside of forestry! ◆

Bill Berrigan, CF, is chair of the Panorama Chapter and owner ofBerrigan Forestry, Inc., in Kettle Falls,Wash. He can be reached [email protected].

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A Colville High School student presents Floyd Pitts with anappreciation award from the Stevens County ConservationDistrict and local FFA Chapter during the Stevens CountyForestry Contest. Standing next to Floyd is Monica McMackinof the Stevens County Conservation District.

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he 30th annual Forestry Field Dayfor five classes of fifth graders in the

Sitka, Alaska, school system was held onMay 7 by the Sitka Chapter of the AlaskaSociety of American Foresters. This fieldday has been a hit with the fifth graderssince it started in 1980 as it gives them achance to get outside for a day after along, cold, wet winter.

The Field Day was started by a groupof SAF members that were transferredby the Forest Service from Juneau toSitka in the 1970s. SAF members RonWelsh and Richard Baker were two ofthe main founders of the event.

During the event SAF members andothers set up five stations in and nearthe Starrigavan Recreation Complex,which is about seven miles north oftheir school. These stations illustratefive products of a managed forest andinclude fisheries, wildlife, silviculture,logging and recreation.

At the fisheries station, the studentslearn about fish in Starrigavan Creek.Pink, Coho and Dolly Varden fry aretrapped in mesh traps and are tem-porarily placed in a glass tank whilethe instructor talks about the life cycleof fish. The students are thrilled tohelp with the fry trapping.

At the wildlife station, the studentslearn about local wildlife and theirhabitats, including brown bear, blacktail deer, pine marten, mink and evensea lions. Skulls and tanned furs helpillustrate the presentation, and the stu-

dents are intrigued handling the skullsand furs. They see that sea lion skullslook remarkably like brown bear skulls.

At the silviculture station, the stu-dents learn about the local treespecies, such as western hemlock,Sitka spruce, Alaska yellow cedar andred alder. They get to use an incrementborer to determine the age of a tree.Tree cookies are shown to illustrate thedifference between a slow- and fast-growing tree. Others get a chance touse a laser to determine tree height.Logging is usually considered an activepart of silviculture. We developed a

separate station and set up a minia-ture highlead yarding operation.Several hundred feet of three-quarter-inch rope is used instead of cablealong with a series of blocks. A stand-ing tree is used as the tower and we


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Students intently watch and learn as Marty Becker, Sitka Ranger District,talks about the life cycle of fish.

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Sitka fifth-grade students get somehands-on expereince at the loggingand silviculture station during theannual forestry field day event.

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even have miniature chokers. The kidsprovide the yarding power and someof the students act as choker settersand others as chasers. They bring in“logs” about four or five feet long andup to six inches in diameter. Whistlesignals give clues to who should pullon the rope and who should let it slide.Every once in a while both groups pullat the same time and the logs pop upinto the air and go nowhere. Sometimesthe logs get hung up on an obstructionjust like what happens in a real-lifesituation. The students really get a kickout of this station because they arepart of the action. We also talk aboutwood products such as lumber, ply-wood and pulp, and provide samplestoo.

At the recreation station, recreationopportunities are discussed along withoutdoor “manners.” This station is setat a site in the Starrigavan Campgroundthat has a campfire, and the studentsroast marshmallows and make S’mores.The first group at this station reallygets charged up not too long afterbreakfast.

The Field Day is usually held on thefirst Friday of May and is a guaranteeunless it is raining sideways. Rain gearand boots are often the fashion of theday. Some kids who show up in tennisshoes and t-shirts seem to enjoy iteven though they get wet. The fieldclass starts about 9:00 a.m. and is overabout 1:00 p.m. and everyone bringstheir lunch. We have had four or fiveclasses of about 22 or 23 students eachover the years. Each class starts at oneof the five stations and rotates clock-wise to the next station after the pres-entation is finished and questions areanswered. The SAF also provides aguide to help the teachers and stu-dents along the 1.5 mile course thatwinds through the campground andthe adjacent forest. The route alsoincludes a 35-year-old second-growthstand and Starrigavan Creek.

In years past when the Sitka RangerDistrict had an active planting pro-gram we would give each of the stu-dents a Sitka spruce tree to take homeand plant. Some people around Sitkabrag about the spruce in their yardthat originated from a fifth grade triplong ago. We often have parents alongwith their sons or daughters in theclass who enjoy the field activities just

as much as the kids.The kids seem to love the hands-on

experience. For some kids this is thefirst time they have ever set foot in theStarrigavan recreation area. Part of theSAF objectives are to get the kids in thewoods, teach them about careeropportunities in the field, and educatethem about old growth and younggrowth and how the forest ecosystemprovides habitat for the animals, wood

for heat and building things,and food for their families. ◆

Robert Smith is chair of the SitkaChapter, long-time active SAF member(50 years in 2011) and retired ForestService silviculturist in Sitka, Alaska.He can be reached at [email protected].


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hapters of theSociety of

American Foresteroften have memberswith wide-rangingskills, talents andresources that maybe applied to chap-ter initiatives and/orcontinuing supportof various forestryrelated organiza-tions. These initia-tives and supportopportunities takemany forms, such asthe following:

• Day tours for legislators, mediaand others to showcase various typesof forest activities.

• Annual school tours or field daysto demonstrate forestry activities forstudents.

• Workshops for foresters and non-foresters.

• Continuing support for opera-tions of various organizations.

A prime example of a continuingsupport initiative is that provided bymembers of the Capitol Chapter tothe Oregon Forest History Center andits museum, which is located on theOregon Department of ForestryCampus in Salem.

The Forest History Center muse-um, dedicated in May 2008, is uniquein that it encompasses and displaysthe history and development of alltypes of forest activities throughoutOregon. This also includes develop-ment and activities of organizations

such as the Civilian ConservationCorps, Keep Oregon Green, govern-ment agencies and private opera-tions.

The center has a mission “To pre-serve and make available to the pub-lic the history of forestry in Oregon,and to provide a place and opportuni-ty to research and publish informa-tion related to Oregon’s forest histo-ry.” Its primary goal is “To have aninformed public that understands thehistory, people and development overtime of Oregon’s forestry legacy.”

The center is staffed and operatedby volunteers. Keysources of fund-ing are grants anddonations withmany of its dis-play items alsoobtained by dona-tions. The volun-teer operation,coupled with itsmission, goal andwide-rangingmuseum exhibitsmakes it an idealvenue for the con-tinuing supportinitiative of theCapitol Chapter.

CapitolChapter membershave been using their talents to sup-port the Forest History Center opera-tions over the past several years. Theirsupport has included everything fromproviding administrative support,museum guide, constructing displays,art and photography support, andproviding direction and concepts.

Some specific examples of supportprovided by chapter members includethe following.

• Clark Seely is chair of the ForestHistory Center board of directors andprovides direction and concepts forthe museum’s operations.

• Alan Maul is the museum coordi-nator and works on administration,display development and construc-tion, publicity, fund raising, archivingand tour guide.

• Robert Madsen, along with hiswife Grace, act as museum guides andactively pursue forestry and logging

items to be donated to the museum.• Al Tocchini utilizes his artistic tal-

ents to create drawings of forestrytools and scenes showing how thetools are used.

• Al Cronk works on fund raisingconcepts for the museum.

• Members have also donated his-torical items and made monetarydonations to the museum.

A very important role SAF mem-bers provide is that of museum guideduring visitor hours. The museumattracts visitors with a wide range offorestry knowledge, some of which isaccurate and some not so accurate. Inaddition to explaining the displaysand the use of various forestry andlogging tools, the forestry knowledgeSAF members have is used to answer

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myriad forestry-related questions thatare not always related to the displays.An example of this involved two visi-tors in one week asking questionsabout reforestation, with one personbeing concerned about reforestingwith nothing but Douglas-fir. Theanswers to both visitors involved 20-minute explanations about theOregon Forest Practices Act, seedzones, elevations, planting species tofit the local areas and regions, and theproblems seedlings face once they arein the ground. Hopefully these visi-tors went away with a better under-standing of the complexities of refor-estation and seedling survival.

The time, items and funds donatedto the center by SAF members havebeen instrumental in maintainingmuseum operations and keeping itopen to the public. In 2009, this sup-port involved over 1,000 hours of timealong with donations of money andhistorical items.

Support of organizations such asthe Forest History Center is extremelyimportant. In this case, the centerprovides the following:

• It looks at and preserves the his-tory of all aspects of the forestry pro-fession and forest industry.

• It provides a place to preserve theitems and memories of forestry.

• It is a place for the public to viewthe history of forestry. Since its dedi-cation, the center has been attractingmany individuals, families, seniorgroups and schools.

The support and involvement ofSAF members from the CapitolChapter has been critical to the earlysuccess of the center and we look for-ward to continuing SAF involvementin the years to come. ◆

Alan Maul is an SAF member andcoordinator for the Forest HistoryCenter located on the OregonDepartment of Forestry Campus inSalem. He can be reached at 503-945-7208 or [email protected]. ClarkSeely, CF, is chair of the Forest HistoryCenter’s Board of Directors and is SAFDistrict 2 Council representative. Hecan be reached at 503-999-3475 [email protected].

BY MIKE CAFFERATA

his issue of the Western Foresterfocuses on successes of the

Society of American Foresters. TheOSAF Foundation is certainly a suc-cess worth celebrating.

Merle Lowden was the drivingforce behind starting the Foundation.Since its establishment in 1985, theFoundation has grown to its currentbalance of above $200,000. SAF mem-bers can be very proud of their con-tributions to the fund and the divi-dends it has paid in terms of helpingeducate forestry leaders.

The funds are deposited within theOregon State University Foundation,which invests them on our behalf. Theannual earnings from these invest-ments are used to fund scholarships atOregon State University and to advanceforestry education opportunities forOregon students and the public.

This year the Foundation was able

to award two full-tuition scholarships.These went to Mike Shettles andAndrew Bartoldus. Mike is a junior inForest Management and Andrew is ajunior in Pre-Forest/Civil Engineering.Congratulations Mike and Andrew!

These awards come at a difficulttime for students. Tuition is now$6,000/year at Oregon State and thatdoes not include books, lab fees andliving expenses. These costs make theFoundation and other student supportmore important now than ever.

The Foundation fund balance isdown significantly and continuing toaward two scholarships is unlikelywithout additional support. Contribu-tions to the fund are welcome. Moreinformation, including how to con-tribute, can be found at www.forestry.org/or/foundation/. ◆

Mike Cafferata is chair of the OSAFFoundation. He can be reached [email protected].

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n the Pacific Northwest, SAF chap-ters traditionally suspend activities

during the field and fire season in thesummer. As a result, members tend tobecome disengaged from their broad-er professional peers. However, it is

possible to structure summer activi-ties that will help overcome this prob-lem without impinging too heavily onwork schedules.

The Palouse-Snake River Chapterof the Inland Empire SAF faced thischallenge along with another com-mon one found in the Pacific North-

west: The geographic area of thechapter spans a roughly 200 milesquare region of north-central Idahoand eastern Washington. Given thechapter’s demographics, most of theregular meetings are held in theMoscow, Idaho-Pullman, Wash., arealeaving members in the fringe areas along way to travel and a sense of iso-lation.

A solution devised by the chapterleadership was to have an early sum-mer field day featuring a pertinentissue held in a more remote area. Itwould be a one-day affair and featuresocial activities as well as technicalones. Additionally, it was decided tohave the trips on a Friday to allow forfamilies to have a long weekendcamping or take part in some otheractivity.

The first trip in 2006 visited thescene of the School Fire southwest ofClarkston, Wash., and the second wasin 2007 to view the aftermath of thelarge Columbia Complex Fire south ofDayton, Wash., along with visiting oneof the wind farms sprouting alongwith the wheat in the area. Both tripswere successful in attracting mem-bers from the southwest corner of thechapter area who couldn’t make regu-lar meetings.

The 2008 trip again visited a firearea, but this was to look at salvagelogging on land owned by the IdahoDepartment of Fish and Game onCraig Mountain south of Lewiston,Idaho. In 2009 the chapter visited thestate-of-the-art sawmill at Grangeville,Idaho, and then went to the 800-acretree farm near Cottonwood, Idaho,owned by the Convent of St. Gertrudeand managed by the convent’s nuns.For 2010, planning is underway tovisit Nez Perce tribal lands to viewtheir forestry operations.

Having an SAF chapter that isspread over a wide area can be anadvantage in that many possible one-day field trip opportunities exist thatcan help keep the members engagedeven during the summer. ◆

Richard Reid is communications chairfor the Inland Empire SAF. He can bereached at 509-758-2411 [email protected].


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Keeping Members Engaged

WSSAF Foundation Reaches MilestoneBY ADRIAN MILLER

n 2003, the Washington State Society of American Foresters developed afoundation to support and encourage forestry education. It was modeled

on the very successful program initiated by the Oregon Society. While we havenot caught up to Oregon yet, the WSSAF Foundation has crossed a significantmilestone with over $20,000 of donations.

By maintaining this balance, we are able to begin distribution of scholar-ships to forestry students. The foundation board met in June to develop thecriteria and process for distributions. Our intention is to have this in place bythe end of the calendar year.

The foundation board would like to thank everyone who has contributed tothis effort thus far and we are excited to see it begin to deliver a return on yourinvestments. While this is a great moment, the foundation is still far frombeing able to sustain itself on the conservative investment of the principaldonations. Please consider making an annual donation in any amount youcan afford. Please also consider the Foundation in your own estate planning.

Despite the tough economic times I am continued to be impressed by theenergy and optimism of the forestry students I meet. Our profession dependson this optimism to carry us forward. Remember that a small contributionfrom an SAF member is worth several fold to a forestry student.

If you are interested in contributing, please send your donation to: WSSAFFoundation, c/o SAF Northwest Office, 4033 SW Canyon Rd., Portland, OR97221. ◆

Adrian Miller is chair-elect of the Washington State SAF. He can be reached [email protected].

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BY CHUCK LORENZ, CF

AF Council held its first face-to-face meeting of 2010 in Coeur

d’Alene, Idaho, in June. Audit, Financeand Investment, and ExecutiveCommittees met on June 11, followedby a meeting of the full Council onJune 12-13. The 2009 financial auditwas completed timely and withunconditional approval by SAF’s audi-tor, Paul West, CPA. SAF’s investmentsin the Endowment Fund and theForesters’ Fund continue to performwell in these uneven economic times.Council took advantage of the meet-ing location to hear a presentation ongenerational changes to our member-ship by John Manz, member ofMontana SAF, as well as a presenta-tion on fundraising strategies by TomMentele, development director of theSchool of Forest Resources, College ofthe Environment, University ofWashington. These presentations ledinto Council’s discussion of SAF’sStrategic Plan (www.safnet.org/about/strategicplan2009.pdf). Wespent significant time on a SWOTanalysis (Strengths WeaknessesOpportunities Threats) as we morefully integrate our strategic plan intoSAF’s daily operations and continueto refine our vision of SAF’s future.

Council reviewed the recommenda-tions of the Committee on ForestPolicy and approved a new nationalposition statement on “State Programsto Credential Foresters.” The previousstatement expired in 2009 and hadbeen extended to June 2010. Councilalso approved a revision to the

“Public Regulation of Private ForestPractices” statement to incorporatethe concept of unintended conse-quences, such as high-grading, as aresult of regulation. Council tookaction to approve the charter of andfund a task force for “Forest ClimateChange Offsets and Use of ForestBiomass for Energy.” This task forcewill extend the work of the 2008 SAFClimate Change and Carbon Seques-tration Task Force Report.

In conjunction with the ongoingevaluation of SAF’s revenue opportuni-ties and cost efficiencies, Council pro-poses changes to the dues structureand dues rates. The last overall nation-al dues increase was 13 years ago in1997, with one inflation adjustment of2.3 percent in 2004. Consistent withthe SAF Constitution and Bylaws,these proposals will be submitted tothe House of Society Delegates attheir October meeting prior to theNational Convention in Albuquerque.Following HSD’s discussion, Councilis poised to take action at itsDecember meeting. The proposalwould raise dues in 2012 by 15 per-cent; adjust dues every five years, i.e.,2012, 2017, 2022; charge graduatingstudents the student rate until theybecome employed in forestry or arelated field; and charge all profes-sional members the introductory rateuntil the 6th year of non-studentmembership. More information willbe available in the coming months asHSD, members and Council furtherconsider the proposal and otherfinancial aspects of the Society.

One of the more welcome oppor-tunities of Council actions is the

annual election of Fellow. Councilacted to elect 26 individuals to thecategory of SAF Fellow in 2010. Theseindividuals will be feted at the FellowsBreakfast during the convention inAlbuquerque. They will also be high-lighted in an upcoming issue of TheSource.

Finally, Clark Seely’s column in theMarch/April/May Western Forestermentioned the proposed SAF Ringprogram. The latest issue of The Sourceprovides details on the approved pro-gram, as well as an opportunity tocontribute to the maintenance of theSAF National Headquarters, WildAcres, through a commemorativepaver program. More detailed infor-mation on both of these programs isavailable at the SAF website atwww.safnet.org/commerce/ringfund.cfm and www.safnet.org/commerce/paverfund.cfm.

As always, if you have any ques-tions or concerns relating to nationalSAF operations or governance, pleasecontact me or District 2 CouncilRepresentative Clark Seely, CF. Welook forward to serving you. ◆

District 1 Council RepresentativeChuck Lorenz, CF, can be reached at360-951-0117 or [email protected] 2 Council Representative ClarkSeely, CF, can be reached at 503-999-3475 or [email protected].


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Walt Knapp, left, is honoredwith his 50-year golden member-ship award by Tom Ortman ata recent Portland Chaptermeeting.

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William G. Hughes1925-2010

William (Bill) Hughes was born April15, 1925, in Portland, Ore. He passed awayon April 22, 2010, of complications follow-ing a stroke in January of 2010.

Mr. Hughes graduated from RooseveltHigh School, Portland, Ore., in 1943. Hewas drafted into the Army and served withthe 263rd Regiment of the 66th InfantryDivision in Europe during World War II. Heattended Oregon State University and wasa member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra-ternity. He received his bachelor’s degree ofScience in Forestry in 1949 and a master’sdegree in Personnel Administration fromSyracuse University in 1952.

Mr. Hughes was employed by theOregon Department of Forestry andmoved to Salem in 1950. He married JuneMarie Bosworth of Medford, Ore., in 1952.

In 1971 Governor Tom McCall appoint-ed Mr. Hughes to the position of state per-sonnel administrator where he served foreight years. In 1979 he returned to stateforestry as an assistant state forester, retir-ing in January 1983 after 36 cumulativeyears of state service. He remained activeduring his retirement and volunteeredwith St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on theVestry, St. Joseph Woodcutters Guild,Outreach Commission and Helping

Hands. He served as Hearings Officer forthe State of Oregon Forests AdministrativeRules. He also served on the OregonPublic Retirees’ Board and the ExecutiveCommittee for the Oregon Forest Retirees’Association. He was a member of theOregon Society of American Foresters andthe Salem Elks Lodge #336.

The Bill Hughes Memorial Fund hasbeen established in his honor to benefitforest education programs at theTillamook Forest Center. Memorial giftsreferencing this fund can be madepayable to the Tillamook Forest HeritageTrust at 45500 Wilson River Highway,Tillamook , OR 97141, or can be sent inmemory of Wm. G. Hughes to St. Paul’sEpiscopal Church, 1440 Liberty St. SE,Salem, OR 97302.

Stephen Horvath1934-2010

Stephen Horvath of Eugene, Ore., diedMay 21 of Lewy body disease. He was 76.Born February 1, 1934, in Lenti, Hungary,he married Ingrid Hansen on February 28,1959, in Vancouver, B.C.

He graduated from the University ofBritish Columbia with a bachelor’s degreein forest engineering. He worked forGuistina Brothers Lumber Co. until heretired in 2002. He was an active memberof the Oregon SAF.

Remembrances can be made to LewyBody Dementia Association or St. Mary’sEpiscopal Church Memorial Fund.

Bert W. Udell1918-2010

Bert Udell, 92, of Lebanon, Ore., diedJune 17 at his home. Born in Portland, hegrew up in Burlington and graduated fromScappoose High School at the age of 16. Heworked two years in the forest industrybefore attending college. In 1936, Mr. Udellmoved to Corvallis to attend Oregon StateCollege. He graduated in 1940 as a loggingengineer and immediately started work atthe Lebanon Plywood Mill. His first job wasto stake and lay out the log pond, whichlater was to become Cheadle Lake. His workat the plywood mill was a critical job incharge of the glue operation. This functionprevented him from going into the militarybecause he was frozen in his job. He was,however, a volunteer in the Oregon HomeGuard that was formed by the governor.

In 1941, Bert married his college sweet-heart, Violet Elizabeth “Betty” Winniford.In 1946, Bert and Betty formed their ownlogging engineering consulting and landsurveying firm. In their 69 years of mar-riage they shared their love of forestry andcommunity involvement. Their HappyValley Tree Farm near Lebanon was recog-nized as Oregon’s first national tree farm in1982. This award was presented to thempersonally by President Reagan. For 25years they sponsored a tree day on theirtree farm inviting the public to come andlearn about tree farming through funevents. Their tree farm continues to servethe community hosting outdoor schools,Boy and Girl Scout camps, 4-H activitiesand educational tours. Bert and Betty trav-eled to many countries learning newforestry techniques at each opportunityand applying many of these new ideas totheir own property.

Bert was active in the community serv-ing on several boards. These included theLebanon High School, LebanonCommunity Hospital and the Linn ForestProtective Association boards. At the statelevel, he was active in the Oregon SmallWoodlands Association. He served severalyears as the legislative chair to advocatelegislation helpful to sustaining productiveforestry on small forestland ownerships. Atthe national level, Bert served on the boardof the National Woodland OwnersAssociation.

He was a 63-year member of the Societyof American Foresters and was electedFellow in 1986.

Contributions in his memory may bemade to the OSU Extension—BentonCounty and sent in care of Huston-JostFuneral Home, 86 W. Grant St., Lebanon,OR 97355. ◆


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Who Will Own the Forest? 6, Sept.20-22, Portland, OR. Contact: Sara Wu, 503-488-2130, [email protected].

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SAF National Convention, Sept. 27-31, Albuquerque, NM. Contact: Society ofAmerican Foresters, 866-897-8720,www.safnet.org.

PNW-ISA Annual Training Confer-ence, Sept. 26-29, Tacoma, WA. Contact:Pacific Northwest ISA, 503-874-8263,[email protected].

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2011 Oregon/Washington State SAFLeadership Conference, Jan. 21-22,Hood River Inn, OR. Contact: ShaunHarkins, 541-267-1855, [email protected].

2011 OSAF/WSSAF Joint AnnualMeeting, May 11-13, Portland, OR.Contact: Bob Deal, general chair, 503-808-2105, [email protected].

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early 200 of Oregon’s forestry pro-fessionals gathered in Albany on

April 7-9 for the 2010 Annual Meetingof the Oregon Society of AmericanForesters (OSAF), hosted by the MarysPeak SAF chapter. Meeting chair GaryBlanchard and his team of more than25 volunteers put on quite a show.

“Forestry from the Ground Up,”included expert speakers and field tripscovering both cutting edge science, aswell as practical applications of forestmanagement. The program began onWednesday afternoon with highlightsof the current state of the art and sci-ence of forestry on Oregon’s major landownerships, including state, industrial,family, tribal and federal forests. U.S.Congressional Representative KurtSchrader addressed the convention viaa video presentation, offering his sup-port and admiration for the importantwork that our membership does toensure the sustainability of our forests.Day one ended with abarbeque hosted by stu-dents from the OSUCollege of Forestry.

A “Pep-Up Breakfast”got Thursday off to agreat start with alumniupdates and short pre-sentations on emergingactivities. Concurrenttechnical sessions con-sumed most of theThursday program, withscientific and practition-er experts examiningcutting-edge techniquesand tools for reforesta-tion, stream protection,resource measurementsand more. State SenatorChris Edwards (Eugene),member of a Eugene-area forest products family, addressedthe lunchtime crowd on Thursday,highlighting the continued importanceof the forestry sector to a healthyOregon, and on efforts to help betterconnect Oregon’s legislators with thestate’s forest resources and the profes-sionals who manage them.

Thursday evening concluded withan awards banquet honoring severalSAF members and others for outstand-ing achievement:

• Forestry Research award: Dr. KeithJayawickarama, director of theNorthwest Tree ImprovementCooperative, Department of ForestScience, College of Forestry, Oregon

State University, was cited for leader-ship in the forest genetics cooperativethat has progressed to national statuswith his key involvement and perform-ance.

• Lifetime Achievement award: MikeNewton, professor emeritus, College ofForestry, OSU, was recognized fordecades of professional research,extensive forestry publication contri-butions and continuing key environ-mental research.

• Forestry Appreciation award:Simon Babcock, a Philomath, Ore.,high school forestry educator, was rec-ognized for extensive and successfulstudent involvement and education inforestry and related activities. He hasalso promoted forestry education withother high schools, communities andpeers in Oregon. His leadership withstudents has encouraged students tofurther their education in forestry andnatural resources education.

• Forester of the Year: Julie(Maulding) Woodward was recog-nized for her effective work with hun-dreds of teachers and thousands ofstudents in Oregon. She also serves as

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OSAF Policy Committee member Gary Springer(left) and Policy Committee Chair Paul Adams(right) chat with State Senator Chris Edwards afterhis talk at the annual meeting.


Oregon SAF award winners, standing, left to right: Keith Jayawickarama;OSAF Awards Chair Jim Rombach; Paul Daughtery, Jordan Ryder, JulieWoodward and Reed Youngbar. Kneeling, left to right: Tim Keith, OSAF chair,Mike Newton, Elizabeth Bly, Fran Cafferata Coe, Mike Cafferata, SimonBabcock and Brad Hamel.

the OSAF Education chair. An OSUgraduate with a B.S. in ForestManagement and Business, and anM.S. (Summa cum laude) in NaturalResource Education and Extension,she is manager of the RediscoveryForest at the Oregon Garden for theOregon Forest Resources Institute.

• Oregon SAF Student award—OSUCollege of Forestry: Brad Hamel, a stu-dent majoring in Forest Management,was recognized for involvement in stu-dent chapter activities and leading theOSU student team that won theNational Quiz Bowl in Orlando Florida.

• Chapter Achievement Award: TheEmerald Chapter was recognized forcontinued excellence in all facets of

chapter management, including a suc-cessful wildlife conference that waspartnered with The Oregon WildlifeSociety. Chair Jordan Ryder acceptedthe award on behalf of all chaptermembers.

• Tough Tree award: Mike Cafferataand Peter Daughtery of the OregonDepartment of Forestry were cited fortheir leadership in Oregon forest plansand in effective management of forestpractices act on private land.

• Oregon SAF Chair award: FranCafferata Coe was recognized for herorganizational leadership in the jointSAF/Wildlife conference.

Friday’s concluding program fea-tured a menu of three different fieldtrips complementing the indoor pre-sentations. Field tour #1, arranged byBob McNitt and Rick Fletcher, explored

the North Santiam drainage visiting thenational award winning Blue DenRanch’s trout hatchery and farmingmuseum, the Avery family’s heritageforest property, a Willamette Valleyponderosa pine forest, and FreresLumber Company’s bio-energy facilitynear Lyons. Tour #2, arranged by BrianMurray and Milt Moran from CascadeTimber Consulting, explored the SouthSantiam drainage with stops atWeyerhaeuser’s Santiam sawmill,Oregon’s reigning Tree Farmers of theYear Fun Forest LLC, and Cascade

Timber Consulting’s seed orchard andweed control experiments. Tour #3,arranged by Jim Stuart from PlumCreek Timber, explored the centralOregon Coast Range with stops atThompson Timber Sort Yard, StarkerForests’ experimental sites, Newtonfamily tree farm, and fish habitatresearch sites. ◆

Rick Fletcher served as program chairfor the 2010 Oregon SAF annual meet-ing. He can be reached at [email protected].



Bill Hagenstein, author of thenewly released book “Corks andSuspenders: Memoir of an EarlyForester,” signs Terry Droessler’sbook.

n May 12-14, over 100 forestersand guests attended the WSSAF

annual meeting in LaConner to discuss“Opportunities and Challenges inUncertain Times.” Hosted by the NorthPuget Sound Chapter, the educationalsessions provided thought-provokingdiscussion with experts from theNorthwest and British Columbia rang-ing from higher and better use to cli-mate change/ biomass energy and for-est certification. On Friday, over 65attendees took the opportunity to tourthe well-managed Pilchuck Tree Farmin Skagit County.

At the banquet at famed Maple Hallin LaConner, the following awards were

presented:• Forester

of the Year:Peter Heide,seniordirector ofForestPolicy forWashingtonForestProtectionAssocia-tion, wasrecognized for his leadership in pro-moting the forestry profession andmaintaining its long-term viability. He

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Peter Heide (right)receives the Forester ofthe Year award fromWSSAF Chair JohnWalkowiak.

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Longview Recognizes Golden Members

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Left photo: Longview Chapter Chair Patrick Allen (right) congratulatesDick Woods on 50 years of being an SAF member. Right photo: David Jayreceives his 50-year golden membership award from Patrick Allen. Bothawards were presented at a recent Longview Chapter meeting.


Editor’s Note: To keep SAF membersinformed of state society policy activities,Policy Scoreboard is a regular feature in theWestern Forester. The intent is to provide abrief explanation of the policy activity—youare encouraged to follow up with the listedcontact person for detailed information.

SAF Perspective Absent atSenate Field Hearing. A fieldhearing of the Senate Subcommitteeon Public Lands and Forests was heldon June 4 in Bend on S. 2895, ‘‘OregonEastside Forests Restoration, OldGrowth Protection, and Jobs Act of2009.’’ An SAF representative was notamong the 11 invited witnesses,although Stephen Fitzgerald testified onbehalf of SAF on March 10 at a similarhearing on Capitol Hill (see www.efor-ester.org/fp/documents/s_fitzgerald_testimony_3-10-10.pdf). Prior to theJune hearing, the Central Oregon SAF

Chapter issued a press release thatexpressed concerns about the bill,including its highly prescriptive direc-tives such as specific diameter limits forcutting individual trees. However, thepress release did not generate anyimmediate contacts or coverage by thenews media. Contact: Paul Adams,OSAF Policy chair, 541-737-2946;[email protected].

Work Continues on PositionStatement Updates. The OSAFPolicy Committee is reviewing andupdating two position statements,“Riparian Forests and Fish” and“Managing Mature and Old-growthForests.” The Riparian positionexpired in April and the old-growthposition is scheduled to expire this fall(October). SAF position statementsnormally have a five-year lifespan,which helps prompt some fine-tuningand integration of newer issues asstatements are updated. For example,a draft of the revised Riparian positionis titled “Managing Riparian Forests,”which reflects its broader theme ofactive management for diverseresources and for reducing natural

hazards such as wildfire. All OSAFposition statements are availableonline at www.forestry.org and as theyapproach completion, draft revisionsare posted in the “members only” sec-tion. Contact: Paul Adams, OSAFPolicy chair, 541-737-2946;[email protected].

Idaho Land Exchange Dispute.The U.S. Forest Service has proposedswapping roughly 28,000 acres ofnational forestlands for 40,000 acres ofprivate timberland held by TimBlixseth’s Western Pacific Timber LLC.These lands are intermingled withnational forestlands in a checkerboardpattern near Lolo Pass on the Montanaborder and had been logged and ownedby Plum Creek Timber until Blixsethbought them in 2005. The Forest Servicesays the cut-over land is importanthabitat for Canada lynx, steelhead andbull trout, as well as critical elk winterrange. A coalition of groups has saidexchanging mature, publicly-ownedforests in the Idaho Panhandle, Clear-water and Nez Perce national forests forthese cut-over lands is not a good bar-gain, and would prefer that the ForestService buy the land with cash from theLand and Water Conservation Fund, afederal repository for offshore oil andnatural gas drilling royalties. A draftenvironmental impact statement on theproposed exchange is expected in Julyfollowed by a public comment period.Contact: Jay O’Laughlin, IESAF Policychair, 208-885-5776, [email protected].

Position Statements Considered:Member Input Requested. At presstime, the WSSAF Executive Committee isvoting on a draft biomass position state-ment. If a majority vote yes, the state-ment will be placed on the fall ballot forgeneral membership consideration.Special thanks to those who worked andcommented on this draft, especially WillHamilton and Adrian Miller.

The Policy Committee is consider-ing several other topics that could bethe basis for WSSAF position papersand is seeking input from the mem-bership. Please comment on the ideasoutlined below to Harry Bell [email protected].

1. On the Olympic Peninsula manyare engaged in a lively and very politi-cal discussion about a proposal to

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move large amounts (possibly 37,000acres) of very productive—both eco-nomically and ecologically—secondand third growth into federalWilderness. Several conservationorganizations are promoting federallegislation to do this. As SAF members,do we have an opinion about movinglarge tracts from multiple use to nearlysingle use? Is this a nationwide issue?

2. Again on the Olympic Peninsula,there are a diversity of forestland own-erships that are managed under adiversity of policies and plans. Thereare national park, Forest Service,industrial and family owned lands—allin close proximity. Is there a need foran SAF position statement that recog-nizes the different management goals,timber harvest techniques, markets(definitions of biomass) and differentcontributions to the triad of social,economic and ecological benefits?

3. Since SAF advocates scientificmanagement of forests, we at leastimply that policy should be based onscience. In my 30 years of dwelling inthe twilight zone between scientistsand policy makers, I have concludedeach have an important role that eachcommonly violate. Scientists have themission of characterizing the risksassociated with policy alternatives.Policy makers have the mission ofselecting the policy alternative thatbalances the risk between competingresources. Scientists should not bepromoting specific policies. Policymakers should not play scientist.

4. Should WSSAF have a presenceand make appearances at the StateForest Practices Board and the StateBoard of Natural Resources? If so, dowe have the ability to develop andpresent relevant testimony? Contact:Harry Bell, WSSAF Policy chair,[email protected] ◆

is highly respected for hispatience, calmness and profes-sional demeanor and analyticalapproach to problems.

• Chapter of the Year: CentralWashington Chapter was cited fortheir efforts in hosting the 2009annual meeting and increasingchapter vitality.

• Special Awards: AdmiraltyInlet Chapter and North PugetSound Chapter

• Past Chair Award: Doug St.John was recognized for his lead-

ership and efforts as chair of WSSAF in2009.

• Golden Member Awards: BruceMateer, Kirkland; John McMahon,Normandy Park; Jim O’Donnell, GigHarbor; Frank Shirley, Vaughn;Charles Heimbigner, Olympia; FrankLewis, Shelton; Richard Miller,

Olympia; John Vosburgh, Olympia;David Jay, La Center; and RichardWoods, Kelso. ◆



Fifty-year SAF members were announced and honored with a Golden Membercertificate during the WSSAF annual meeting. Left to right: Chris Lunde receiv-ing award on behalf of Frank Lewis, Richard Miller and John Vosburgh;Longview Chapter Chair Patrick Allen on behalf of Dick Woods and David Jay;Charles Heimbigner; Frank Shirley; Jim O’Donnell; and Tom Hanson acceptingfor Bruce Mateer and John McMahon.


North Puget Sound Chapter co-chairs PaulWagner (left) and Ken Osborn (middle)accept a special award from JohnWalkowiak on behalf of their chapter fortheir efforts in hosting the annual meeting.

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