March 11th, 2015

AGENDA TOPICS

    Field Trip Friday March 13^th

    Officer Announcements

    Logging Sports- Last Practice this SUNDAY

    Ryan and Patrick from Edison

    Friday March 13^th at 1pm

    Google doc will be sent out to coordinate rides- leaving at 12pm, Tour starts at 1pm

    Graduating Seniors!! If you’re a member of the Society of American Foresters and in the Professional Option of the FNR degree program AND WANT A FREE RING send Kevin your SAF ID and ring size ASAP!! (by April 10^th)

    The deadline to have your ax ready has been extended from March 13^th to ASAP (most likely not a flexible ASAP, so huuurry)

    Forestry Camp applications due Friday!!

Bean Feed

    We are going to have two Bean Feeds in April: one for the new campers and one for SAF bay area 

    April 27^th we are having our Bean Feed for new campers. It’s really important that we come out and make the new campers feel welcome  

Logging Sports

    This Sunday is the last logging sports practice of the semester

    Come out this Sunday to make the site look nice for summer! Food! BBQ! Wooh!

    Starts at 10am

    Rides? Talk to Justine

Timber

    Submit your Timber cover designs to Calforestrytimber@gmail.com by April 15^th

    April 3^rd meet up to write articles!!! Friday at noon, location TBA

Other Things:

    Merchandise? Talk to Luke

Ryan and Patrick from Edison

    Site Background- an hour east of Fresno, mixed conifer forests. Near Shaver Lake, 20,000 acres

    Working for a power company is cool because foresters get a lot of leeway in how they manage forests (power company doesn’t really know much about forestry)

    Resource Inventory- systematic random sampling, GIS

    10 year harvest rotation with about 1,500 acres treated per year

    Timber Cursing done a single- tree selection basis

    Prescribed fire- burn as much as possible, one of the few private companies that does broadcast burning

    Wildlife biology- look to wildlife to gauge whether managing land well (recruitment and surveillance)

    Big on cooperative research- Rob York on gap based silviculture, Kings River experimental watershed project, pacific fisher project, coop prescribe burn slated for whenever USFS is ready, and partnership with graduate students at UC’s

    Recent Challenges- insect-driven mortality due to drought, wildfire. Mill might shut down in response to toad listing

    What does the future hold?

    Stewardship of the environment while working with the community (interest to preserve Edison in good light (not “Edison, ahh! They’re timber beasts!!”)

    Sadly, all positions filled for this summer (there were only 2). Next summer though, they are going to have a lot of positions open, so keep it in mind