Upcoming Events
Clark Chapter board meeting October 13, 2026, at 7:00 pm in the Battle Ground Senior Center, 116 NE 3rd Ave, Battle Ground, WA 98604.
Clark Chapter Annual Meeting and Potluck Friday, February 26, 2027, Battle Ground Event Center, 912 E Main St, Battle Ground, WA 98604. Please mark your calendar and plan on joining us for social time at 5:30 pm and dinner at 6:00 pm.
Past Events
Clark Chapter board meeting September 8, 2026, at 7:00 pm in the Battle Ground Senior Center, 116 NE 3rd Ave, Battle Ground, WA 98604.
Twilight Tour of the Kunze’s farm, 26001 NE 219th St. Battle Ground, WA 98604, took place on August 13, 2026, at 6pm. Gus welcomed members to the family tree farm with hot dogs, beans and chips! Twilight tour participants witnessed what it means to be good stewards of the land as they walked through a portion of the Kunze’s Family Tree Farm. Meandering along a main access road, one noticed numerous points of access meant to facilitate stand management. Something not typically found on tree farms but indeed part of the Kunze’s farm – frost free spigots along with a waterwheel! A nice stand of Douglas fir, thinned about three years ago, stood tall with little understory. A management goal is to remove low limbs and underbrush to minimize fire fuel. The climb up the hill was worth the sight of the pond and spectacular view, which was accentuated by the sunset. The Kunze’s continue the work of their parents in stewarding the land. A big thank you to the Kunze family for sharing their farm and forest management methods. And thank you Gus, for the warm welcome and tour.
Twilight Tour on August 6, 2026, took place at Wayne Sutton’s Chainsaw Museum at 12919 NE 399th St., Amboy, WA 98601. Wayne began showing people around the museum at 6:00 pm then people gathered outdoors to enjoy a lovely evening and good conversation. The museum is well worth your time! It has one of a kind saws, the original chainsaw and everything in between along with an array of “coffee can,” as Wayne calls them, saws. We appreciate Wayne and Sue for their hospitality and sharing such a fascinating collection. If you don’t have time to visit the museum, read more about Wayne and the museum in an interview with OPB.
Membership Outreach A big THANK YOU to Mary Lou, Carl Ruestig and others who volunteered their time and knowledge to share with others about the Clark Country Farm Forestry stewardship mission. Mary Lou provided crafts for young and old alike all having to do with wood of course!
CCFFA Annual Picnic was held June 27, 2026, at the Tree Farm of the Year Family’s tree farm, Suzy and Matt Davis, 
14305 NE 369th St., La Center, WA, 98629. The fun began at 10:00 am with a farm t
our. Trevor Davis, with AeroTract Geospatial company provided a drone demonstration. Sydney Page was presented with a $1,500 Scholarship from the CCFFA annual scholarship. 
As promised, the food and the dessert table were full of delicious choices! Visiting with old and new friends reminded us of the importance of connections.
June 18, 2026 Twilight Tour at 4:00pm East Fork Restoration Project Tour, 27416 NE Bjur Rd. hosted by Estuary Partnership. Tour participants learned about the history of the area and goals of the project. While the $23.5 million project that started in 2025 includes three river miles of
restoration, participants toured the Ridgefield Pits site. The site exhibited the successful construction of three new channels which aims to bring back the multichannel network prior to mining. The project team based their plans on an 1854 Government Land Office survey. Please read more about the project on the East Fork Lewis River Reconnection Project website.
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March 21, 2026: The 2026 CCFFA Public Tree Sale took
place in the Battle Ground Albertsons parking lot. In 3 hours we put over 8000 seedlings and over 20 species back out into our community. This raised enough money to support our scholarship program and the organization’s other financial needs for the year. Thank you to the almost 40 volunteers who showed up early Saturday morning to help serve the community.
Members picked up seedlings at Lewis River Reforestation, 1203 NW Hayes Rd, Woodland, WA 98674, between 8:00 – 10:00 am, during one of the designated pick up dates March 6th or 20th. Thank you to Ken Edwards for managing the annual member seedling sale and to all the volunteers who spent their morning helping load sacks of seedlings – Clarence Goff, Mary Lou and Michael Woods, Trevor Davis, Gene Jones, Bob Brink, Lana Massa, Morgan Gillette, Ken and Linda Edwards.
Annual Meeting & Potluck Thank you to everyone who joined us on February 27, 2026, in the Battle Ground Events Center. The food everyone shared was not only plentiful but delicious! The dessert selection seemed better than ever. There was a choice for all food preferences. CCFFA President called the meeting to order. Following the adoption of last years minutes, Dan introduced meeting guests including Tristan Clayton, Regional Manager of the Application Division, Aero Tract Geospatial; Keith with American Forest Management Real Estate Services, and the nights guest speaker, Elaine Oneil, WFFA Executive Director.
Congratulations to 2026 Clark County Tree Farm of the Year, The Davis Family. Clarence Goff presented a plaque to Suzy, Matthew, Trevor and Connor Davis.
Elaine provided some historical background to better understand the recent decision on Np Ruling by the Forest Practices Board. Tristan Clayton and Trevor Davis brought an application drone to display during the meeting.
Elections were held.
Thank you to the generous donation by RSG Forest Products, AFM Real Estate, and Clarence Goff. Their generosity made the door raffles possible throughout the night.
Twilight Tour The Mountain Top Rock Pit twilight tour brought 25 members to meet scale shack on August 21, 2025, at 30500 NE Mystic Drive, Yacolt, WA 98675. The tour, hosted by Brent Rotschy, offered attendees an opportunity to learn about the operations at the rock pit. The pit is owned by Rotschy, Incorporated who leases out the operations to Storedahl. The pit mainly provides 1 1/4 inch and 3 inch crushed rock for construction and road projects. They are able to haul about 10,000 tons of rock per day. While they are permitted to go 500 feet below the rim, they currently are at 300 feet. The operations at Mountain Top Rock Pit could continue these operations for approximately 30 years. The CCFFA appreciates Rotschy Inc and Brent for welcoming us and sharing their operations! Thank you to all those who attended!
Twilight Tour Mulching machine demonstration by Kyle McKee at the Pomeroy Farms on July 31, 2025.
Twilight Tour Pac Fibre June 26, 2025.
CCFFA 2025 Annual Picnic happened 10:00am on July 26, 2025 at the Tree Farm of of the Year Gillette Family tree farm hosted by Morgan and Jennifer Gillette.
Morgan gave a tour to attendees explaining the family history that embodies the farm, as well as, challenges faced by freezing weather in 2021 that caused a lot of destruction to his timber. He since logged and reforested with Douglas Fir. Morgan grilled burgers and Jennifer baked exquisite desserts. Members brought favorite dishes to share such as smoked venison, pulled pork, tossed spinach salad, and an assortment of baked goods making a delicious meal topped with great conversation. Representative Ed Orcutt attended and provided a political update on legislative happenings in Washington State.
WFFA’s 2025 Annual Meeting took place April 27-29 at the Heathman Lodge in Vancouver, Washington. After months of planning, the Annual Meeting was a success! Thank you to all the volunteers in our chapter, Cowlitz and Mount Adams chapters for their time and effort from coordinating guest speakers and a venue, finding sponsors and vendors, putting together the meeting binders and registering guests – many hands lessened the workload and made the process fun! The Dunning Tree Farm provided Field Tour attendees an interesting tour of diverse species, challenges tree farmers face growing trees and strategies to grow a healthy forest. The field tour featured a demonstration of the bio-char process. The Field Tour ended with sunshine at the Pomeroy Farms where people enjoyed lunch, conversation, and a presentation on diversifying a tree farm. It’s not to early to make plans now to attend the WFFA 2026 Annual Meeting!
2025 CCFFA Public Tree Sale held in the Battle Ground Albertson’s parking lot on March 15, 2025, was a success.
CCFFA Annual Potluck happened on Friday, March 8, 2025, at the Battle Ground Community Center.
Members enjoyed good food, desserts and conversation with old and new friends alike! Member Lee Morgan provided a Tree Farming 101 presentation. He explained methods and tools that help him improve and maintain his tree farm in Hockinson.
Morgan and Jennifer Gillette were recognized as the CCFFA 2025 Tree Farm of the Year. Many raffle items were given out throughout the night. Deb Dwonch was the winner of the chainsaw donated by RSG!
CCFFA members took the opportunity to attend the Columbia Vista Division Log Quality Rollout and Vendor Appreciation Day on Friday, September 13, 2024. The event happened at the Columbia Vista Log Yard in Vancouver, WA. Members enjoyed lunch and participated in a discussion on log quality, sorting as well as a mill tour!
The CCFFA Annual Picnic took place July 27, 2024 at Gene & Jane Jones’ tree farm in Fargherlake, Washington. The property offered members a chance to learn how Gene is tackling wild holly trees in the forest and managing a farm with a very large pond! Dan Brink, CCFFA president, discussed plans to both collect local seed and purchase seeds as a means to continue supplying the membership with seedlings. The CCFFA Scholarship Committee presented scholarships to the 2024 recipients – Jessica Goff, $1,500 and Hunter Hinner, $500.
May 23, 2024 Twilight Tour at Arrows Timber Framing, Kalama, WA. The Arrow Timber Framing team provided an informative and fun tour of their facities and operations. Bert Sarkkinen explained the history and fundamentals of timber framing. He engaged the audience with questions to emphasize the importance of ‘rails, nails & lumber’ to the growth of building in the west and using volunteers to demonstrate the nuances of tension loading. The team not only provided refreshments, they held drawings for merchandise and got everyone involved in the mystery projects they prepared.
March 16, 2024 The Public Tree Sale on March 16, 2024, in the Battle Ground, WA, was a success. This is our annual fundraising event. People started lining up by 6:30 am, an hour and a half before the sale started! A big thank you to Gene Jones, chairman of the public tree sale, and all who helped from picking up the trees, setting up, helping customers and cleaning up. The volunteers enjoyed lunch at Rocky’s pizza following the sale.
March 8, 2024 CCFFA 2024 annual meeting and winter potluck was held Friday, March 8, 2024, at the Battle Ground Community Center at 5:30 pm. It was a great time to catch up with friends, welcome new members and celebrate Gene and Jane Jones’ farm as the 2024 Tree Farm of the Year! As promised the food and desserts were excellent, and plenty of door prizes were handed out! Jared Larwick shared his experience as a participant in the AgForestry Leadership course and a slideshow of his time with his class visiting Vietnam.
November – December 31, 2023 CCFFA membership seedling sale was a success. Thank you to Ken Edwards, chairman of the seedling sale, for processing seedling orders, and managing the seedling pick ups at the Lewis River Reforestation. Members purchased over 40,000 Douglas-Fir and 8,000 Western Red Cedar seedlings. Thank you to members who helped wtih the seedling pick up days.