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6th Grade Forestry And Natural Resources Tour (Photo) - 10/25/17

News Release CORRECTED VERSION Date: October 25, 2017 Contact: Ty Williams, ODF Astoria, 503-338-1398 6th grade forestry and natural resources tour Students spend a day in the forest learning about trees, water, wildlife, and being a steward of the place we live Astoria, ORE. -- Nearly 250 6th grade students took a hike at the Bill Lecture Demonstration Forest in Astoria on October 18 and 19. The hike featured 11 educational stations that related science, technology, engineering, arts, and math to forestry and natural resources. This field day, held annually for over 50 years, provides students an opportunity to learn about the forests that surround us. Topics included social, economic and environmental benefits that forests provide and how human activities affect forests. Other topics included water quality and watersheds, forest wildlife, how people use forests and streams, forest fungi, responsible recreation, forestry tools, wood products, natural resource careers, and fire. "Clatsop County is 94% Forestland--it is valuable for student to experience the place we live, the forest, and meet the people who call the woods their office," said Valerie Elder, Forestry & Natural Resources, Oregon State University Extension Services. This year's event was organized by Charley Moyer with the Oregon Department of Forestry and Valerie Elder, Oregon State University Extension Service. The event was held at the Bill Lecture Demonstration Forest for the first time. The Bill Lecture Demonstration Forest is located adjacent to the ODF Astoria District Headquarters near the Clatsop County Fairgrounds. For nearly two decades the Big Walluski Tree Farm, owned by the Christie Family, hosted the tour. John Christie was a small woodland owner, forestry professor at Clatsop Community College and ODF employee who was instrumental in developing and advocating this educational opportunity for local youth. The Christie Family legacy was carried on this year by a long list of volunteers from public natural resource agencies as well as natural resource private partners including: Dane Osis, Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation Jacob Vail, Lois Perdue and Jed Arnold, Hampton Lumber Erik Nelson, Weyerhaeuser Jason Mack, GreenWood Resources/Lewis and Clark Timberlands Kyle D Wilson, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Hatchery Program Joshua Saranpaa, Wildlife Center of the North Coast Melyssa Graeper and Joyce Hunt, Necanicum Watershed Council Susan Rhoads, Lewis and Clark National Park Ruth Reno, Talks about Trees Mark Standley, Jr., Mark Standley, Sr., Mike Luttrell, Denise Dethlefs, Big Horn Logging Tom Scoggins, Tillamook/Clatsop Chapter of the Society of American Foresters Vince Ferguson, David Bailey, Neal Bond, Skip Cadman, Erik Burgher, Avery Petersen, Oregon Department of Forestry A special thank you to Clatsop County Fairgrounds for providing a building for lunch and Pape CAT for donating the use of a John Deere 909 Feller-Buncher. Local schools participating this year included Astoria Middle School, Jewell School, North Coast Christian Academy, Astoria Classical Conversations, Salmonberry Hill School, and several homeschool students. The field trip was based on conceptual framework from the Oregon Forest Literacy Plan, Oregon Forest Resources Institute. The annual event is open for all 6th graders in Clatsop and Pacific counties. To be included in next year's event call 503-325-8573. ###

Attached Media Files: John Christie describes some of the tools used by foresters to a group of students during the 1965 6th grade forestry tour., Dane Osis, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, discusses some of the edible fungi that forests provide.,

6th Grade Forestry And Natural Resources Tour (Photo) - 10/25/17

News Release CORRECTED VERSION Date: October 25, 2017 Contact: Ty Williams, ODF Astoria, 503-338-1398 6th grade forestry and natural resources tour Students spend a day in the forest learning about trees, water, wildlife, and being a steward of the place we live Astoria, ORE. -- Nearly 250 6th grade students took a hike at the Bill Lecture Demonstration Forest in Astoria on October 18 and 19. The hike featured 11 educational stations that related science, technology, engineering, arts, and math to forestry and natural resources. This field day, held annually for over 50 years, provides students an opportunity to learn about the forests that surround us. Topics included social, economic and environmental benefits that forests provide and how human activities affect forests. Other topics included water quality and watersheds, forest wildlife, how people use forests and streams, forest fungi, responsible recreation, forestry tools, wood products, natural resource careers, and fire. "Clatsop County is 94% Forestland--it is valuable for student to experience the place we live, the forest, and meet the people who call the woods their office," said Valerie Elder, Forestry & Natural Resources, Oregon State University Extension Services. This year's event was organized by Charley Moyer with the Oregon Department of Forestry and Valerie Elder, Oregon State University Extension Service. The event was held at the Bill Lecture Demonstration Forest for the first time. The Bill Lecture Demonstration Forest is located adjacent to the ODF Astoria District Headquarters near the Clatsop County Fairgrounds. For nearly two decades the Big Walluski Tree Farm, owned by the Christie Family, hosted the tour. John Christie was a small woodland owner, forestry professor at Clatsop Community College and ODF employee who was instrumental in developing and advocating this educational opportunity for local youth. The Christie Family legacy was carried on this year by a long list of volunteers from public natural resource agencies as well as natural resource private partners including: Dane Osis, Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation Jacob Vail, Lois Perdue and Jed Arnold, Hampton Lumber Erik Nelson, Weyerhaeuser Jason Mack, GreenWood Resources/Lewis and Clark Timberlands Kyle D Wilson, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Hatchery Program Joshua Saranpaa, Wildlife Center of the North Coast Melyssa Graeper and Joyce Hunt, Necanicum Watershed Council Susan Rhoads, Lewis and Clark National Park Ruth Reno, Talks about Trees Mark Standley, Jr., Mark Standley, Sr., Mike Luttrell, Denise Dethlefs, Big Horn Logging Tom Scoggins, Tillamook/Clatsop Chapter of the Society of American Foresters Vince Ferguson, David Bailey, Neal Bond, Skip Cadman, Erik Burgher, Avery Petersen, Oregon Department of Forestry A special thank you to Clatsop County Fairgrounds for providing a building for lunch and Pape CAT for donating the use of a John Deere 909 Feller-Buncher. Local schools participating this year included Astoria Middle School, Jewell School, North Coast Christian Academy, Astoria Classical Conversations, Salmonberry Hill School, and several homeschool students. The field trip was based on conceptual framework from the Oregon Forest Literacy Plan, Oregon Forest Resources Institute. The annual event is open for all 6th graders in Clatsop and Pacific counties. To be included in next year's event call 503-325-8573. ###

Attached Media Files: John Christie describes some of the tools used by foresters to a group of students during the 1965 6th grade forestry tour., Dane Osis, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, discusses some of the edible fungi that forests provide.,