Volume 14, No. 4
April 2003

Executive Board Meeting
The next Executive Board meeting will be 7:00 AM Tuesday, April 29th at the Hood River Charburger. All members are invited to attend. Future meetings are May 27, 2003, same time and place. If you have comments or suggestions and can't make the meeting contact one of the chapter officers below.


Next Chapter Meeting
May 13, 2002 6:00p.m - China Gorge Restaurant - Hood River, OR - Last Fire Season in Central Oregon - What does this year look like? - Bob Young - District Forester ODF Prineville, OR. Bob will discuss the causal factors of last fire season and why it was so severe. In addition, Bob will look at what may be on store for this summer.

June Tour - Plans are set to go to Rick Strachan's place on Fir Mountain. Rick has been doing some innovative wetland restoration work on his forested property. At this time the date we have settled on is June 14, 2003 at 0900. We'll met at the parking lot across from the China Gorge restaurant. From there we can car pool up to Rick's place. Bring your own lunch. Rick plans to be done by noon and you can leave from Rick's place if you want.This will be a joint meeting with the Mid Columbia Small Woodlands association so there will be landowners from Oregon or Washington.

Meeting Ideas - Rick Strachan is soliciting ideas for chapter meetings. If you have ideas contact him at the number below.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Future Chapter Meeting - October 14, 2003 - Again we'll take the summer off from meetings for field season. Please plan on this date for our next meeting. I'll get back to you on location and time.

 

We've been having some major problems with meeting attendance. If you have input as to what is the best time, place, location or meeting topic please contact me or one of the officers.

Chapter Web Site - NOTE - The site location has changed - check your links

The newsletter is posted here:

http://community.gorge.net/natres/cg_saf.html

and the OSAF site at:

http://www.forestry.org

 

2003 Officers -

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

 

Chair Elect - - Rick Strachan, Miami Corp., Hood River , OR 541-354-1937

Treasurer - Ole Helgerson, WSU Extension, Stevenson, WA 509-427-9427

 

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

 

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