From the president:
2020 was a lousy year in many respects, for our personal lives and our relationships, due to covid 19 restrictions. However, as a glass half full type of guy, the cool wet spring was great for young trees and I have many leaders on 8-10 year old Doug firs over 3 feet. Douglas fir log prices are almost back to their record highs of a couple of years ago and the awful PNW fires, to my knowledge, didn't damage any of our member's tree farms. Rick Dunning headed up a cone collection crew that got CCFFA enough Doug fir seed for the next couple of years. So good things are happening!
The pandemic will continue to affect our lives for the foreseeable future. We have cancelled the annual winter potluck, at least in part, because we don't have a venue. The state WFFA Board has decided to cancel all in-person annual meetings until the covid crisis is over, so that won't be happening in April.
We will be offering Doug fir and western red cedar seedlings to all members as per usual. We are planning to have the annual public tree sale. There is much creative thinking going on among the board on how to do that safely and properly. Stay tuned, we will still need much help to pull it off! Let Gene Jones gjones98675(at)gmail.com know if you are willing to volunteer with a mask for the sale on March 20, 2021.
Due to Covid restrictions, we were unable to hold our annual summer picnic at Ken Edward’s tree farm in 2020. The board has decided to not pick a winner for 2021, and have the picnic at Ken’s tree farm on July 31, 2021
The members tree sale pickup will be March 5 & 19, 2021: Pick up dates for seedlings. 8-11 am at Lewis River Reforestation. See order form for pick up coordination details.