December 17, 2008

Washington Farm Forestry Association Update

 

 

 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 

WFFA website highlights...

 

 

Chapters...check your page!

 

*Review contact info

*Submit event info

*Send newsletters 

  

Our website can be a source of lots of info!  Help Erica keep it up-to-date! 

 

Refer potential, new or current members to our website for State or Chapter level contact people, meeting and dues information, newsletters and links to other forestry-related sites.

 

 
Check calendar for coming events!


Interested in posting your chapter meetings in one handy on-line location?

 

Please send event details to Erica at info@wafarmforestry.com or call 360-736-5750.

 

A Good News Story 

 

From Pacific County:

 

"Connecting Kids to Nature:  Down on the Farm with Project Learning Tree," by WFFA member, Lynette Falkner.

 

Follow this link to the ATFS page on which the magazine, Tree Farmer, is stored.  See the November/December 2008 issue, pages 40 - 41.

 

A Few Options For Your Calendar

(see WFFA website for details and

additional opportunities)

 

**Reminder**

December 18 

Tree Farm Inspector training in Spokane, WA

 

December 31

Deadline for Clark County FFA members to order seedlings

 

January 6 and January 8

Forest Practices Board hearings re: Desired Future Conditions.  Follow this link for locations.

 

January 17, 2009

NE Washington FFA Winter Meeting in Usk, WA

 

 

Looking ahead:

 

Temperate Forest Foundation announces 2009 Teacher Forestry Tours
South Central June 2-5 Starkville, MS
Lake States June 23-26 Duluth, MN
Pacific Northwest July 14-17 Corvallis, OR
Northeast August 4-7 Catskills, NY

 

For Your Information

 

Links to Articles of Interest:

 

Lands Commissioner

Article from The Olympian

Press Release by Jones Stevedoring

China Log Market

 

National Woodland Owners Survey results

 

Old-Growth ID Guide

 

Incentives and the ESA

 

Tracking Salmon

 

Gypsy Moth

 

Working Forest Alliance

 

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