Columbia Gorge Chapter SAF

1998 Questionnaire

List which days of the week you can attend SAF meetings

Do you prefer noon or evening meetings?

Tue, Wed, Thur - Breakfast

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur - Noon or evenings ok, but only in early fall or late spring

Tue, Wed, Thur - Noon, but some evenings ok

Mon-Thur - Noon

Any week day or evening - Noon

Mon-Thur - Evening

Wed - Prefer evenings

Tue, Thur - first or third of month - either noon or evening

Tue, Thur - Evenings

Tue, Thur - Evenings

What are some contacts or prospective speakers we can talk to?

NMFS, BPA

Broad natural resource/land use subjects, not all forestry per se. A mix of protecting natural resources and forest management.

Tom Ortman - Timber harvest levels on Mt Hood (same one on GIPalso). Someone to discuss the status of the Northwest Forest Plan and forest health.

William Emmingham - OSU Ext Service

Jim Sedell - PNW Salmon Researcher

What topics would you like covered in the meetings or field trips?

Current issues (in the media) with an effort to help get out truthful responses to misleading information

Anything, but the socio-political side

Maybe some economics, wood products industry, research. Avoid the "regulation" type i.e. policy meetings

Salmon, Wild land corridors

Salmon

GIS, watershed restoration

Land use updates in the Gorge. Outputs from OR/WA Leadership Session. SAF Land stability policy. Stewardship practices on private lands.

When is the USFS going to use herbicides? How is Ranger District in Idaho doing that is managed by the State?

Forestry dealing with the total ecosystem

The use of GIS and landscape analysis tools

How often should we meet?

Every other month

Once a month

Once a month

Nov, Feb, June Field trip

Not more than once a month in the winter

Every other month

Once a month with no meeting in July or August, plus some project work to raise funds for specific cause - What causes do we want to promote and support?

3-4 times per year - Oct, Dec, Feb, April

At least every other month in the fall - spring

Once a month Jan - May and Sept - Nov.