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Update Douglas Small Woodlands Association Newsletter

VOL. XXIV No. 2 Spring 2020 S

Latest updates on DSWA activities, events

The new Tree School Oregon webinar series, hosted by OFRI and other members of the Partnership for Education, will feature weekly 90 -minute sessions starting in late April. Starting May 5, Local events the webinars will take place twice each Tuesday, starting at 10 OSWA annual meeting a.m. and again at 3 p.m. Weekly Due to the COVID-19 webinars are currently scheduled to take place through July 21, and all will be recorded and available By Jim James situation, the Tethered for later vExecutive Director, OSWA Thinning ewing. The fate of the 2020 OSWA Annual Meeting Demonstration Tour is We hope that you will consider tuning into any of the classes that may be of interest to you, while at is still unknown. The Annual Meeting postponed, likely till the same time, promoting awareness of this offering with the landowners and resource professionals Committee has prepared a great program Summer 2021. centered around the theme "Doing the Work on that you work with. The Tree Farmer of the Year Tour on Our All webinars will be advertised and archived on the Partnership'sWorking Forests: Wood, Water, Wildlife, nowYourForest.org. Sept. 19, 2020, and Twilight Walk in the and RecreationOFRI is now working very quickly to get the registration piece fully functional and is also adding .” Woods on Oct. 8, 2020, are still on our additional contentThe committee met -so you may wish to check back periodicallyrecently and has for here: calendar! More details in the Summer 2020 now rescheduled the https://knowyourforest.org/annual mTreeSchoolOnlineeeting to newsletter. Thursday through Saturday, Aug. 20, 21 and 22 Board meetings will resume with social and canceled the July 23-25 dates. distancing guidelines and sanitizing procedures We will meet again soon to evaluate the in place starting Tuesday, June 2, at 5 p.m. in Coronavirus issue and make a recommendation Douglas County Courthouse Room 310. to the OSWA Board on the actual annual meeting status. If a face-to-face meeting in August poses an unnecessary health risk, options might include moving the date to a different time, canceling the face-to-face meeting in 2020 altogether and conducting the required annual membership meeting by phone, or perhaps linking the meeting to the Oregon Tree Farm System INSIDE annual meeting on Saturday, Nov. 14 at the New Member Spotlight ...... Page 2 Oregon Garden in Silverton, by having a Tree Farm Chores ...... Page 3 separate OSWA event on Friday, November OSU Extension Events ...... Page 4 13th, or yet another option not yet March Mill Tour ...... Page 6 contemplated. Log Market Report...... Page 7 The status of the virus in Oregon will dictate Neighbor to Neighbor ...... Page 8 what options we select. Please let’s all stay safe!

New member

spotlight:

The Watkins Family

We may not be , but we support them! Our family recently joined the Douglas County Chapter of the DSWA Board Oregon Small Woodlands of Directors Association. We’ve never considered ourselves foresters, but we’ve always known the importance of the forest products Roy Brogden sector to our community. President Foresters and loggers and mill workers have always been the Suzi Armstrong foundation of our local Treasurer economy, and we feel it’s important for us in that larger Tami Jo Braz economy to support them. Both of us grew up in the Secretary periphery of the timber industry, Rick and Donna Watkins living the life of relative comfort Evan Barnes (the trickle-down economic resources. We now live in Coles Valley on timbered property and are excited about benefits) from the hard-working Ben Christiansen people of timber products and Continued on Page 13

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Plan summer/fall site preparation. Submit

Tree Farm Chores notifications on time. Arrange for contractors if May • June • July necessary. Check your Spray poison oak. If no trees are present, use seedlings. Walk though newly a 5% solution of Accord (Roundup) in late May- planted seedlings to June while leaves are full and green.

look for problems. At this time of year, seedlings should not show any signs of stress. Buds should be swollen or newly broken with lush, bright-green foliage emerging. Check the effectiveness of your weed DO IT RIGHT control measures. Nearly every vegetation management scenario has more than one option. THE FIRST TIME Spring and early summer is the time to evaluate Premium Christmas Trees and Seedlings the effectiveness of this year’s project and talk about improvements that you may want to make in www.kintighs.com 541-746-1842 the future. 38865 E. Cedar Flat Rd. • Springfield, OR 97478

New DSWA Members Welcome to our new members! Mark and Katie Jones James and Erin Mahaffy Anita Rosemeyer Bill and Lisa Stearns

Karen Tolley Bruce Tufts BUYING SMALL WOODLAND LOGS Rick and Donna Watkins SINCE 1941

Locally owned, privately held, and a proud supporter of our community

Species we buy: Douglas Fir, Hemlock, Grand Fir, White Fir, Lodgepole Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Incense Cedar, Red Cedar

Our location: 398 Del Rio Road, Roseburg, Oregon (Just across from the Fish in Winchester).

How can you find out more information? dcfp.com/sell-your-timber/

For a quote on current prices, please call: John Blodgett at (541) 430-0218 or email him at [email protected]

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on specific changes that can be made to the directory to improve its form and function. View anytime at: https://www.forestry.oregonstate.edu/forestry-and- natural-resources/stay-home-fnr. Questions? Contact Lauren at [email protected]. MULTI-SESSION ONLINE LEARNING Are you interested in attending an upcoming OPPORTUNITIES: workshop or event? Want to get on the OSU Tuesdays, April 21 – July 28. TREE Extension forestry mailing list? Contact Alicia SCHOOL OREGON. This is a free, 15-week Christiansen at 541-236-3002 or webinar series that will include many of the classes [email protected]. that were set for Tree School Clackamas, along with some new classes developed exclusively for Tree OSU Extension is working to keep our School Online. Tree School Online is brought to you communities safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. by OSU Extension Forestry and Natural Resources All Extension county offices are closed. Many with the Partnership for Forestry Education Extension programs have been postponed or (https://knowyourforest.org/about). FREE to attend canceled. Until we can resume regular activities, we all sessions, but advanced registration is required at are launching a variety of web-based programming https://knowyourforest.org/TreeSchoolOnline. opportunities. Sessions will be recorded and available on the All of these virtual learning opportunities are website previously mentioned. posted on the Forestry and Natural Resources Wednesdays, June 10 – July 15. Extension “Learn from Home” webpage (link below). MAINTAINING A HEALTHY FOREST IN AN New opportunities are added frequently, so check UNCERTAIN CLIMATE. Discover practical, cost- back often. effective approaches to strengthen your forest’s Below is a list of current virtual learning resilience to wildfire, bugs, & drought. Knowing the opportunities for forestland owners and enthusiasts. risks and taking action to mitigate these impacts on We hope you can tune in and take advantage of these your forestland can save you money in the long run, unique learning opportunities, all from the comfort of while improving the health of your forest. Forestland your own home! owners of all sizes & management objectives are https://www.forestry.oregonstate.edu/forestry- welcome to attend. FREE. Registration info coming and-natural-resources/stay-home-fnr soon! Want to know when registration is open? Email LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES YOU CAN Norma Kline at [email protected] to get VIEW ANYTIME: on the interest list. ONLINE CHRISTMAS TREE CLASSES. Two classes offered: Learn how to use the web to find Christmas tree growing information and learn how to map your Christmas tree farm using Google Earth Pro. Both are available to view anytime at: https://agsci.oregonstate.edu/nwrec/programs/christm Trivia Challenge: as-trees. Questions? Contact Judy at Each year in Oregon, what percentage of the [email protected]. annual growth rate is harvested? HOW TO USE THE OREGON FOREST A. 29% INDUSTRY DIRECTORY. Learn how to connect B. 36% with forest product buyers, sellers, and service C. 41% providers using the Oregon Forest Industry Directory D. 52% (https://www.orforestdirectory.com/). This webinar has two primary purposes: (1) Learn how to conduct See Page 11 for the answer! common searches, such as for log buyers and service Courtesy of the Douglas Timber Operators’ providers in your area as well as how to add your “Forestry facts” information to the directory, and (2) Give feedback Page 4 of 14

We Need you! Douglas Small Woodlands Association works hard to keep us connected and learning. We could really use your help. We need volunteers or a pool of folks to call who could help us with check in, set up, or clean up at events, or stamp lickers when we have the quarterly newsletter mailing party. We know our members are busy and no one can help every time, but if we have a few people we can call on, every task is a little easier. These amazing peer-to-peer events and educational tours, that bring together seasoned professionals, newbies, and everyone in between, are only possible with the help of our dedicated board and member 3171 NE Stephens St. Roseburg, OR. 97470 volunteers. 124 SW Douglas Winston, OR. 97496 Please consider helping us! Open to Members and Non-members Alike “Many Hands Make Light Work”

!Lone Rock Timber, a Roseburg-based, family- owned company since 1951, is actively buying timberland with or without standing timber on it. We currently own timberland throughout Western Oregon and are looking to expand our ownership by being willing to pay above current log market values for standing timber. In addition to timbered properties, we are also in the market for bare land or pre-merchantable trees, and have the expertise to perform harvesting and marketing of timber for .NWFP. the owner with the option to purchase the bare Fred Sperry, CF, ACF land prior to requirements. As long- Principal Broker‐ (541) 868‐6567 term owners, Lone Rock treats its ground at the fred@nwforestproperes.com highest levels of stewardship and is widely Lauren Read, Broker recognized as one of the finest land management (541) 206‐9248 lauren@nwforestproperes.com organizations in the state. Bill Marre, Broker‐Forester (503) 260‐8509 For more information, please contact: bill@nwforestproperes.com Mackenzie Smith Buy and Sell with confidence. Put our experience to work for you! We broker forest and rural properes—with or without homes. Phone: 430-1911 THE NATURAL CHOICE FOR FOREST LAND REAL ESTATE

Email: [email protected] Professional Foresters - Experienced Brokers Licensed in Oregon — Brokers in Eugene and Portland

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Photo by Tami Jo Braz DSWA members toured the Douglas County Forest Products mill in March. Mill tour draws 32 members

By Roy Brogden DSWA President Thirty-two Douglas Small Woodlands MAssociation members met at Douglas County Forest Products Co. on March 12 for a tour. We were welcomed by John Blodgett Jr., son of owner John Blodgett Sr. The company has been in business since 1941 at several different locations Gabe Crane and Tami Jo Braz organized this before arriving here. informative tour. The mill makes 2x4 and 2x6 boards in different lengths. Two shifts of 170 employees operate the mill, which needs 85-100 loads of logs per day to meet production. Employees are flexible in accomplishing all tasks necessary for production. Lumber is cut, graded and certified before being stickered and sent to the dryer. Power for the mill comes from their co-gen plant, which utilizes wood waste to generate electricity. Some excess electricity is produced. After kiln drying, lumber is wrapped and stacked for shipment. At the end of the tour, John Blodgett Sr. discussed the importance of small woodland owners providing timber to the operation. We enjoyed cookies and water provided by Margaret Fabrezius of Northwest Farm Credit Service. We thanked John Sr. & John Jr. for their excellent tour and discussion of our future wood supply. Page 6 of 14

interest from China as log prices get low enough to be competitive. Chip markets were oversupplied prior to the LOG stay-at-home orders. After the orders were given, many pulp facilities dwindling supply as mills curtailed and residual chips were not available. MARKET This brought a little life back to the chip market. Pulp logs prices are $25-30/ton. REPORT

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no Report for Q2 2020 path, and leave a trail.” By Steve Courtney Roseburg Forest Products -Ralph Waldo Emmerson Uncertainty is the best word to describe wood products markets in late April of 2020. COVID-19 has upended economies around the world, with the U.S. being no exception. All of the stay-at-home orders around the country have limited the demand of wood products. Fortunately, in most states wood products industries have been deemed essential and allowed to work. Most other www.NorthWindHFarmers Flyingelicopters.com for • Farmers1-800-590-4143 businesses, including construction in some states, have been told to shut down, thus reducing CHERRY DRYING demand. This has led to curtailments in many of the mills in our area. ULV As this is written, many jurisdictions are –Fruit f y & mosquito implementing steps to let people work again. Will applications that allow the economy to rebound quickly? Or, will there be an increase in folks affected by the SPRAY virus? Let us hope for fewer positive COVID-19 –Row crops tests and a better economy. Until that occurs, most –Tree fruit mills are going to approach markets with caution. There are mills in the area buying logs. POLLEN Douglas-fir is currently in the $550-$625/MBF Farmers–Improve set Flying for Farmers range depending on log size and quality. Hemlock –Improve seed and white fir are in the $475-$550/MBF range. set fruit size CHERRY DRYING Incense cedar has been trading in the $650- $700 range. DRY BUCKET ULV Hardwoods have been trending down prior –Baits –Fruit f y & mosquito to the recent virus issues. Northwest –Fertilizer applications Hardwood closed their facility in Coos Bay. –Seed With the trade issues, and now the virus issues, SPRAY it has been a tough time in the hardwood SPECIAL PROJECTS –Row crops business. –Precision herbicide application –Tree fruit Demand for logs in Japan has been steady. –External load lifts There are places in the Northwest that are seeing POLLEN –Improve setContact our Field Staf Page 7 of 14 –Improve seed set fruit sizewww.NorthWindHelicopters.com 1-800-590-4143 DRY BUCKET –Baits –Fertilizer –Seed SPECIAL PROJECTS –Precision herbicide application –External load lifts Contact our Field Staf www.NorthWindHelicopters.com 1-800-590-4143

Neighbor to Neighbor: Why We Belong

Marline Koch

By Tami Jo Braz For Marline Koch, Upper Cow Creek is where her life, nature and art have met. As you approach Rocking Horse Ranch, you see a lifetime work of art. Every detail, from fence post to feline perch, radiates artistic flair and appreciation for beauty. A close look at each gateway, gable and garden path reveals an imaginative utilization of every resource, natural or manmade. In the 1940s, adventurer Herbert Koch and wife, Esther, came out West from Brooklyn, N.Y., on a train and looked at more than 200 properties before settling on Applegate Creek, a tributary of Cow Creek. Esther, who was raised in luxury, now faced an outhouse and no electricity, running water, phone or car. Herbert didn’t believe in cars. Photos by Tami Jo Braz They had one son, Andrew. Meanwhile, after Marline Koch Herbert passed away in 1958, Esther and Andrew, thinking timber and land were a good investment, source to the house. Marline thought, “I gotta keep purchased more of the sections on Upper and him!” …and she did. Andrew and Marline married Lower Applegate Creek and held their breath. It in 1964. was heavily logged, burned hot, goat-grazed and in Esther, Andrew, and Marline purchased several need of serious restoration. other parcels adjoining the original homestead as Marline was born in Lindsay, Calif. As a young the opportunity arose. They bought a land-locked woman, she volunteered to come live in the parcel in the 1970s between Sugar and Meadow country with her aunt and uncle and help with creeks, just down the road. Then they were able to their beautiful Arabian horses on their newly procure a corner access. The parcel was thinned purchased land on Upper Cow Creek Road. During and a gravel pit developed. Over time, Champion this time, she met the neighbor’s son, a hard- Development and many area landowners have working young man named Andrew Koch who was built a good road system for access and fire helping with firewood. protection. Later, the Sugar Creek parcel was One day he pulled out a 5’ log butt, cut rounds, secured for full access to Upper Cow Creek Road. and they rolled downhill and landed near an The multiple parcels today total 787 acres. irrigation ditch and “it split the earth in two, and In the early years, Andrew and Marline started after that water started trickling out,” Marline said. building and framed in a log house using logs from From that day on, the family tapped the gravity Continued on Page 9 Page 8 of 14

Neighbor: Continued from Page 8 the property. Andrew took a job helping to build a fish hatchery in Washington state, so Marline stayed and finished the house. She used siding from a 100-year-old, fallen barn, ran the electrical wiring herself, bartered for the plumbing, and even fashioned interior cabinetry. The family pedaled a bike to pump water to an elevated tank for the week’s household use. They built a playground of logs and iron bars in the trees near the house for two sons, Marcus and Brian. Marline said the boys grew up like wildlife, exploring all over the area without fear. The Koch family would travel to nearby Red Mountain in late winter to salvage cut bank seedling trees. They could lift hundreds a day and covered acre after acre. Marline would look for an “armpit” or shady side of the stump for protection or “micro-siting.” They would scrape to mineral soil, plant a seedling, then mulch with bark to channel water toward the young tree to give it a better start. Today the parcels produce sustainable wood at an astonishing rate. Andrew and Marline logged many times over the years, always thinning for forest health, leaving the best and taking the rest. Over the years, the Koch family has developed Marline continued to salvage cut bank a trail system on every parcel, not only for family seedlings. She would “drag ‘em home and find a but also for community enjoyment, even place, cause if there is an open place, you want to developing connecting trails from Cow Creek to fill it,” she says. Particularly, she would heel in a Red Mountain and Angel’s Camp. seedling at every fence post and thought “I’ll never In the early 1980s, Champion Forest Products have to replace another post!” bought property near Sugar Creek for tree After Andrew passed away in 1983, Marline improvement experiments. Marline worked for 10 just “keeps on, keepin’ on.” She stays fit by years with Champion’s head forester, where she practicing daily “barnyard yoga,” the strength she always asked questions to keep him talking while they worked together on the ground. Trees were Continued on Page 10 grafted and or pollinated to produce more vigorous tree species. The nursery raised millions of seedlings each year for their timberlands and to sell. Test plots were planted and monitored. Marline feels like this experience was better than a college education. Today, along the abandoned Champion parcel, you can see the test plots now 40 years old. Groups of four trees, each with a metal tag identifying the mother and father tree. For years Marline went back and moved the tags as the trees grew, but most are now impossible to find. Page 9 of 14

Neighbor: Continued from Page 9 says, that develops as you balance, reach and stretch as you accomplish necessary homesite and woodland tasks. When walking the property, she always takes a in case there is an invasive weed or a water bar that needs cleaning. The years at Champion fostered a love of learning, testing and trying. She is not only creative, she is inquisitive. Marline has grafted almost all known invasive English hawthorn trees hawthorn for acres around the home site. To on the property to a beautiful, domestic, dark pink accomplish this, she propagated hundreds of cuttings from one tree cutting in Roseburg, then grafted the cuttings to the rootstocks all over the fields. She has also grafted eating apples to crab apples, domestic plums to wild plums, and has tried many other experiments. In addition to this, for 55 years, first Andrew and now Marline have been keeping and recording data, hosting a weather station for NOAA. Marline has fostered a sense of community of folks as various tenants have lived on the Applegate parcels over the years. In the early years, the “Gypsy Jokers,” a motorcycle gang, lived in the “Biker Barn,” which kept the vandals out, as the road through the parcel leads to trouble in a lot of cases. Now, Vince and Katie and Bill and Joyce reside on the parcels with solar power and gravity water. The families all have different skill sets and look out for and help each other. Marcus and Brian always came home to help with projects two or three times a year. As the years went by, they brought their families, daughters in-law Kari and Laura, along with grandchildren Bryce, Erin and Andrew, the next generations, to develop and foster a love of the land. Marline tries to instill her passion for and pure enjoyment of the cherished lands she has spent most of her life on. While the family walks and clears trails together, burns debris piles, and works together to complete projects on the tree farms, they learn about the forest, discovering the wonders to behold and appreciate. Marcus passed away last August. The family is still trying to recover from his loss… Marline’s stewardship management plan has been certified by the American Tree Farm System Continued on Page 11

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Neighbor: Continued from Page 10 since the 1970s. She recently updated her Trivia Challenge Answer: stewardship plan and re-certified with ATFS in Each year in Oregon, what percentage of the annual 2019. She has been a member of DSWA for growth rate is harvested? almost as long and loves coming on the tours to A. 29% keep learning from others, while imparting a bit B. 36% of her own wit, wisdom and practicality. Marline C. 41% laughed, “It’s not rocket science, all you really D. 52% need to know is the green end up, that’s what the Hoedads say!” Oregon’s yearly timber harvest is only 41% of the growth rate, meaning two trees grow for every one Author’s note: After walking the properties harvested. with Marline, I could feel her artistic sense of beauty and pure joy in her undertakings, her wonder and delight of natural and manmade elements, her common sense and creativity, her ingenuity and resourcefulness to utilize every available means. I came home with a different appreciation and creative eye to my everyday activities around our home site and tree farm.

Professional contact list

–USDA/FSA, Phil Morton: 541-378-3546, [email protected] – ODF Roseburg Stewardship Foresters, 541-440- 3412 • Shannon VanDeventer, • Keith Waldron • Jay Morey • Brett Nixon – Oregon State Fish and Wildlife Habitat biologist: Bill Cannaday 541-440-3353 – Douglas Soil and Water Conservation District, Walt Barton, 541-957-5061 (office,) 541-580- 7101 (cell), [email protected]

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“When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react two ways. Either by losing hope or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.” -Dalai Lama

SMOKEY SAYS

ALWAYS BE CAREFUL Only you can prevent wildfires

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Watkins: Continued from Page 2 Kenneth Ford Family Legacy.” A quote from the taking a more active role in managing our forests book forward, written by Donna: and woodlands. By foot or by hoof, this land and its “Having grown up in Roseburg, I, trees offer so much to our family. We recognize that like many of my community, knew of so many families are connected by the management Mr. Ford. Because Roseburg Lumber of private, federal, state, county and tribal forests. was a major production company in Those connections go back in our family history. Douglas County during the 1950’s, Rick’s dad formed “Walt’s Towing & 1960’s and 1970’s, many small Ambulance” in 1953. Walt’s Towing was an early businesses thrived by providing member of Douglas Timber Operators in the 1960s services or products needed by the because of DTO’s participation in “LandRad,” company. My father owned a local which provided radio communications for timber shoe repair shop. The loggers provided operators in the vicinity of Douglas County and a steady flow of traffic to his store southwestern Oregon. DTO owned and operated one because they were in constant need of of the many radio frequencies in that radio system having their caulk boots refurbished.” located atop Lane Mountain. The ambulance part of Carrying on the family tradition of woodland the family business needed communication involvement, Rick and Donna’s nephew, Matt throughout that area, so the Watkins family joined Hill, became the executive director of DTO in DTO to enhance communication with the logging 2018. crews and the hospitals. While we love what forestry does for our Rick and his parents – Walt and Evalyn Watkins community, we’re not ready to quit our day jobs – provided services to repair mammoth-sized just yet! We continue our involvement in assisting radiators for logging equipment used at the landings, our son, Brad, in the day-to-day operations of the Cat shop and radiators for logging trucks. While Rick’s Medical Supply not directly related to timber or forestry, Donna’s uncle “Bunkie” Hill owned and operated the “Timber Room” bar in downtown Roseburg. The establishment was certainly patronized by a fair share of people in the industry. It seems anyone who’s involved with forestry in Douglas County also takes pride in improving our local fisheries. Our family has supported DTO’s Umpqua Fisheries Enhancement Derby and the fisheries restoration projects it funds. We really enjoyed supporting “Rock Ed,” at ODFW’s Rock Creek Fish Hatchery. Donna’s great grandfather (Tip Hill) built the first Oregon Department Fish and Wildlife hatchery on Canton Creek off Steamboat Creek. Tip homesteaded land on the Umpqua River near its confluence with Rock Creek. He was a carpenter and was later hired by the State of Oregon to build that hatchery, after which he built the hatchery on Rock Creek, which was very close to his land claim. In 2012, Rick and Donna sponsored classroom chairs that were engraved with Hill family members’ names for the Rock Ed classroom. In 2015, Donna was privileged to be a part of the publication of “Southern Oregon Timber: The

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DSWA SPRING CALENDAR

Due to COVID-19: • Tethered Thinning Logging Demonstration Tour is postponed, likely till Summer 2021 • Board meetings will resume with social distancing guidelines and sanitizing procedures in place starting Tuesday, June 2, at 5 p.m. Douglas County Courthouse Room 310. • Tree Farmer of the Year tour Sept. 19, 2020 and Twilight Walk in the Woods Oct. 8, 2020 are still on our calendar! Look for details in the Summer newsletter. • OSWA Annual Meeting date change – see cover story. Page 14 of 14