We offer a variety of programs and services throughout the year for both youth and adults, including shortcourses, individual workshops, field days, and site visits.
Forestry, Watershed & Fisheries Project
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WSU Ferry County Extension is providing area youth with an opportunity to gain skills and knowledge about the ecology and management of forests, watershed and fisheries through hands-on educational experiences. WSU Ferry County Extension and the Ferry County Commissioners have partnered to utilize USFS Title 3 Funds to establish the Forest, Watershed and Fisheries (FWF) Project in Ferry County. Through the Forest, Watershed and Fisheries Project, 1365 Ferry County youth participated in structured out-of-school activities last year. The FWF Project encourages youth participation and leadership, emphasizes skill building and provides educational opportunities in an environment that supports long-term, productive interactions between youth and adults. Youth involved in structured out-of-school activities are more likely to contribute to their communities.
Events include:
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Mapping the Future in All DirectionsTo know the land is to love the land. WSU Extension forester Emily Burt provides Ferry County youth and their families the tools they need to better understand their local environment and become good stewards of it. More than 100 – and counting – county residents have learned how to use GPS to make critical land-management decisions, including mapping timber disease areas and locating critical landmarks. Today, one particular 4-H Club is putting that new knowledge to work in a different way; they are mapping a tourism route of the county that highlights its natural beauty and history and marketing it to visitors to the area. It gives them a head start on a forestry career and the local economy another economic development tool. Order poster. |
Forest Stewardship Coached Planning
Participants meet for 9 weeks with other landowners and natural resource professionals to learn about a variety of stewardship projects. |
Saturday field day allows for hands-on learning of key topics. |
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The Coached Planning shortcourse, offered in partnership with the Department of Natural Resources, is the "flagship" of the forest stewardship program.This popular, practical, hands-on shortcourse program began in southwest Washington in 1992. Since then, thousands of forest landowners across the state have learned about being stewards of their forestland and have prepared their own personalized forest stewardship plan with guidance and "coaching" from natural resource professionals.
The Coached Planning program is designed to help forest landowners develop customized management solutions to meet their own unique ownership objectives. Whether you own 5, 50, or 500 acres of forest, if you want to expand your knowledge, tools, and confidence for managing your forestland, this course is for you.
Forest & Range Owner Field Days
 Learning how to recognize forest health problems and how to manage forest to maintain a healthy condition. |
Statewide Forest & Range Owner Field Days are offered each summer both east and west of the Cascades. These field days offer a hands-on, "in-the-woods" educational experience for the whole family. Topic stations include forest health, thinning, pruning, riparian management, wildlife habitat, and more. Locations vary from year to year, so chances are there will be one near you soon. The next local Field Day will be held at K <> K Ranch, located in Republic on June 20, 2009 9:00 am - 4:30 pm. Registration information will be available soon. Informational Flyer & Lodging information. Check for announcements of scheduled field days on the Events Page. You can also browse scheduled events on our Statewide Forest Stewardship Calendar. |
Site Visits
If you have forestland in Ferry County, WSU Extension offers free site visits to answer your questions and provide advice. If you are interested in scheduling a site visit or would like more information, contact Emily Burt. If your forestland is in another county, you may be able to arrange a site visit through the DNR or your local WSU Extension Forester. |
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Workshops
The workshop, finishing its eighteenth consecutive year, gives loggers the opportunity to learn about new technology, current timber markets, healthy forest practices, business practices and logging safety. Participants also have the opportunity to exchange ideas and share information; a rare chance in an industry as independent and geographically isolated as logging. The 18th Annual Loggers Workshop was held at the Colville Ag Trade Center on March 18th, 2009 from 8:00am - 3:30 pm. Topics included fire behavior, selecting leave trees, DNR forest practice update, skidder safety and more. For more information contact Emily Burt. This free workshop emphasizes GPS use for outdoorsmen and recreational GPS use for youth and families. Participants learn how to use a GPS unit to find a destination, mark site locations, map trails, basic map and compass use, and much more! Flyer. A workshop was held on April 21st. If you would like to pre-register for a fall workshop, contact Emily Burt or by calling (509) 775-5235. Held in conjunction with the Ferry Conservation District participants learn key components to assessing their home and yard for potential wildfire danger, tips for decreasing risk and improving defensible space, simple landscaping practices for beautification and fire prevention, and firescaping techniques - landscaping with native, fire resistant plants. Portable sawmills can be a powerful tool for forest management, sustainable lumber production and economic gain. Do-it-yourself sawmills are attracting more people now than ever as large mills close and forest owners increase awareness of niche markets and forest health. Some of the topics covered include: sawing efficiency, environmental and economic benefits of portable milling, mill ownership, and wood marketing in NE Washington. Live sawmill demonstrations run throughout the day. |
Announcements
10/30/08 - Ties to the Land is coming to Republic this fall. Learn how to keep your family forest in the family with this award-winning succession planning seminar. Brochure and registration form.
10/30/08 - Registration is now open for the 2009 Forest Stewardship Coached Planning Class. If you want to expand your knowledge and gain confidence for managing your forest, this class is for you. Brochure and registration form.
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