Volume 13, No. 4
April 2002

Executive Board Meeting
The next Executive Board meeting will be 7:00 AM Tuesday, April 30th at the Hood River Charburger. All members are invited to attend. Future meetings are May 28, same time and place. If you have comments or suggestions and can’t make the meeting call one of the chapter officers below.


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Next Chapter Meeting
June 15, 2002– Forest Management Tour – Host - The Campbell Group June 15 -10:00 am (Note time change) to 2:30 pm - Meet at Campbell Group office at 139 Draper Springs Road, Glenwood WA. To get to the office from “downtown” Glenwood turn west on the Trout Lake hwy for about 2 miles then turn north (right) onto Draper Springs Road. Office is about 1 mile north. Bring your own lunch.

Highlights – Campbell Group foresters will show us reforestation, site preparation, under burning, harvesting and root rot management practices on their land. Small woodland owners are invited to attend. If you know someone that might be interested feel free to ask him or her.



2002 Officers: Your chapter officers for this year are as follows:

Chair – Ole Helgerson, WSU Extension, Stevenson, WA 509-427-9427

Chair Elect – Patrick Allen, Campbell Group, Glenwood, WA 509-364-3331


Member At Large – John Lowe, Retired at Mt. Hood, OR 541-352-1053

Larry Hoffman – Newsletter Editor, Oregon Dept. of Forestry, The Dalles 541-296-4626

Finances: We have $921 in our Checking and Savings accounts.



UPCOMING EVENTS

Next Meeting

October 8, 2002 – Probably noon meeting. We’ll be taking the summer off again, so plan on attending the fall meeting. I’ll get a notice out to you in September with program, date and location. Once again, if you have suggestions contact Ole, Patrick or me.

Chapter Web Site – NOTE – The site location has changed – check your links
Http://community.gorge.net/natres/cg_saf.html

Project Learning Tree
There will be no PLT sessions this spring or summer. There will be a need for help this fall when school begins. If you would like to help to teach teachers - Contact Patrick Allen 509-364-3331 if you are interested in helping this educational effort.

2002 OSAF State Meeting – The date for the 2002 meeting has been set for May 8, 9 and 10, 2002 in LaGrande, OR. OSAF executive meeting is held on the 8th at 1:00pm with the general sessions starting at 8:00 am on the 9th. Mark your calendars.