RSVP NOW! 3rd Annual Soiree & Silent...
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2016 Summer Newsletter • Forest Field Days: 20 behind, 20 ahead • Spring 2016 Forest Field Day Summary • Service Learning = Forest Learning • 3rd Annual Soiree & Silent Auction Details RSVP NOW! 3rd Annual Soiree & Silent Auction This event is not to be missed! Come, bring a friend, enjoy the live music, beautiful view, delicious hors d’oeuvres, and tasty wine (beer available, too!). Register on-line by visiting our web site at www.foreststodayandforever.org Thursday, September 15th, 6-9pm Sweet Cheeks Winery Tickets are $15/ person one glass of wine and a raffle ticket included Music by Keltocalypse A combination of Old Time Traditional and Celtic Returning from last year! Event Details
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2016 Summer Newsletter
• ForestFieldDays:20behind,20ahead• Spring2016ForestFieldDaySummary• ServiceLearning=ForestLearning• 3rdAnnualSoiree&SilentAuctionDetails
RSVP NOW! 3rd Annual Soiree & Silent AuctionThiseventisnottobemissed!Come,bringafriend,enjoythelivemusic,beautifulview,delicioushorsd’oeuvres,andtastywine(beeravailable,too!).
Register on-line by visiting our web site at www.foreststodayandforever.org
Thursday,September15th,6-9pmSweetCheeksWineryTicketsare$15/personone glass of wine and a raffle ticket included
MusicbyKeltocalypseA combination of Old Time Traditional and Celtic Returning from last year!
Event Details
ForestFieldDayswithstandsthetestoftime.Thepro-gramhasrunsince1992withsomeofthesameschoolsparticipatingsincetheverybeginning!Overtwodecadesand40,000middleschoolers,certainlysomethingisworking-andwewanttoensureitcontinuestoworkformanyyearsintothefuture.
ForestsToday&ForeverisembarkingonacurriculumrevisiontoensuretheongoingrelevanceofForestFieldDaystoschools.Theoriginalcurrriculumhasseenonlyminorchangesandrevisionsoveritsmanyyears.Withfederalandstateeducationstandardsinplaceandtheex-pectationthatteachersinstructtothestandards,changesandmodificationsarenecessarytobetterassistteachersinmeetingclassroomlearningobjectives.Science,Math-ematics,LanguageArts,andSocialSciencestandardsareaddressedbytheupdatedForestFieldDayprogram,makingitatrulyinterdisciplinarycurriculum,anddemon-stratingthemanyconsiderationswhenmanagingforests.
Whiletherevisionison-goingthrough2016,therehavealreadybeensomeexcitingchanges.Ifyouarefamiliar
withourprogram,youknowthatForestFieldDaysisacurriculumcenteredaroundarole-playactivitywheresiblingsinherittheirgrandmother’streefarm.Thestu-dentstakethecurriculumconceptsintothefieldwheretheyengageinhands-onlearningthatassiststhemincreatingafive-yearmanagementplan.ThemanagementplanactivityalignswiththeSciencestandard,whichasksstudentstoexamine human impacts on the environment.
Additionally,wehavemadethecurriculumevenmoreeducationalbyincorporatingGoogleEarthProorESRIforstudentstocreatetheirforestmanagementmaps.Thechangetodigitalmappinggivesteachersawaytoincorporatetechnologyintotheirclassrooms,andofferscareerlearningbygivingstudentsaglimpseintohowanindustryforesterorlandownermightgoabouttheverysametaskaskedofstudents.
Thestrongerlinktoeducationstandards,whichistheintentoftherevision,allowsForestFieldDaystoremainarelevantprogramforschoolparticipation.Withtheorig-inalspiritandintentofthisgreatprogramintact,welookforwardtothenext20yearsofsharingthevalueofourforestswithmiddleschoolers,andhelpingthemunder-standandappreciateactivemanagement.
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PromotingForestStewardshipThroughEducation
Summer 2016
Forest Field Days: 20 behind, 20 ahead
Left:DickPowellofStarkerForeststeachesstudentsaboutsoilsduringForestFIeldDaysintheearly1990s.Right:DickPowellteachesstudentsaboutsoilsjustthisspringduringForestFieldDays.
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Spring 2016 Forest Field days SummaryForestFieldDaysatBaumanandHappyValleyTreeFarmsserved754studentsfromfiveschooldistricts.Studentswereguid-edthroughtheexperiencealongside111teachersandchaperones,whoalsolearnedaboutforestmanagementofwesternOre-gonforests.
ForestFieldDaysispossiblebecauseofthegeneroussupportofmany.ThankyoutoTom Bauman & Lindsay Reaves(LaneCounty)andtheUdell Family (LinnCounty)fordonatingtheirforestland,allowingstudentstoexperienceandlearnaboutOregon’snumberoneresource.Thankyoutothe69 volunteers,whogenerouslydedicatedover500hoursthisseason,toteachstudentsbysharingtheirskillsandexpertise.ThankyoutoOregon Forest Resources Instituteforprovidingthetransportationfundingthatallowsourprogramtoremainfreetoanyschoolintheareathatwishestoparticipateinourprogram.Finally,thankyoutoourspon-sors and donors whoprovidethefundingessentialfororganizing,coordinating,andequipingthisgreatprogram.
Thank You, Forest Field Day Volunteers! Baker Surveying: DanBakerBLM: TeresaCoble,ShawnnaDao,JessicaLeroy,JanRobbins,EmilyTimoshevskiy,JulieTurnerCoast Range Conifers: EdCummingsGeneral Trailer Co.: DannyBivensGiustina Land & Timber: MarkGiustina,CaryHart,GarrettYarbroughGiustina Resources: AustinLunn-Rhue,KevinMerrittInternational Paper:MargeHuseman,MattJones,SarahKamassai,SteveKinnaman,BryceMason,WilliamMcMahonNature Conservancy: AmandaStamperNorthwest Community Credit Union:DwightDzierzekNorthwest Timberland Consulting & Surveying, Inc.: HarveyChristensenODF:DaveKjosness,BrianPetersonOSU Extension: SteveBowers,RobinGallowayTalk About Trees: LeslieBradner,MaryLoftinRoseburg Resources Co.: TylerClaxton, EthanFielder,BenHainleySeneca Jones: RyanBeyer,AshleyBridges,AshleyJones,TiffanyPieper,KevinTuers,TedReiss,CaseyRoscoe,BillWynkoopStarker Forests: DickPowellUSDA, NRCS: JasonMartinUSFS: ErickLarkin,EricRisdalWeyerhaeuser: NoelleArena,AnnaGrabhorn,TaraHamilton,ScottMarlega,TiffanyRoddy,JeffYostOther: RitaAdams,MichaelAtkinson,TomBauman,SueBowers,SteveCafferata,WyldaCafferata,JimHallstrom,RayHewitt,BobJohnson,ValKime,RonLeonard,MikeMcDowell,JordanRyder,DarrelSpiesschaert,ChristyTye,DenisVanWinkle
We apologize for misspellings, or if we have left off a name. Please do contact us so we may correct!
Left:RyanBeyerofSenecaJonesshowsstudentshowtoageatree;Middle:Studentspracticemeasuringtreeheightswiththeclinometer;Right:MaryLoftinofTalkAboutTreesteachesstudentsaboutwildlifewithmodeltracksandscat.
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Service Learning = Forest LearningThanksto8thgradersfromO’HaraCatholicSchoolforthehardworktohelppreparefortheForestFieldDayprogramsatBaumanTreeFarm!Havingvisitedthetreefarmas7thgradersforForestFieldDays,thestudentswereenthusiastic,andtheirteacher,ClintLarson,wasexcitedtogivebacktotheprogram.
The528thgraderswerenotafraidtogettheirhandsdirtytomakethesitewelcomingforthehundredsofstudentssched-uledtovisitduringthisspring’sForestFieldDays.Studentspulledinvasives,clearedpaths,spreadgravel,cuttrail,shov-eledwoodchips,andmore!Therecreationtrailnowhasafreshpathofwoodchips,theriparianpathatthewaterstationhasafreshblanketofgravel,andthereisnotaninvasiveinsightalongthewildlifetrail.
Whileworkingintheforest,learningopportunitiesabound...studentsgotupcloseandpersonalwithbananaslugs,learnedtoidentifyinvasivespeciesandpoisonoak,andevenlearnedalittlebitaboutforestthinning.Aftertheserviceprojects,FTFEducatorandtreefarmowner,LindsayReaves,touredthestu-dentsthroughayoungforestuptoavistawheretheycouldobservethetreefarmfromabove.Programslikethisbuilduponpriorlearningexperiencesandreiteratetheimportanceofforeststewardshipandsoundmanagementpractices.Welookforwardtothenextyear’sgroupofO’Hara8thgraders!
Director: Beth KriskoEducator: Lindsay Reaves
Formoreinformation,seeourwebsite:www.ForestsTodayAndForever.org
ContactBethKrisko:[email protected] Today & Forever is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization.
EightgradersfromO’HaraCatholicSchoolhelpprepareforForestFieldDays.
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