FOREST-TREE Clackamas County Farm Forestry Association, Inc. LEADER AN OREGON SMALL WOODLANDS ASSOCIATION CHAPTER VOLUME 30 • NUMBER 2 Quarterly Newsletter SUMMER 2018

keeping an eye on. He also spoke of forest is a win for the public and President’s Corner Roger Beyer’s report on the legisla- private forests. It’s a program that ture’s roughly 20% turnover in this should be put into operation GARY BUSH year’s election. He said we need to statewide, even on our wet side of t’s the first of introduce ourselves to these new leg- the mountains. I May, and I have islators to explain our position on I hope to see some of you at the to write this article the laws and bills that affect us, their OSWA annual meeting in Spring- for the Forest-Tree constituents. In 2019, if we get field, Oregon on June 28th thru June Leader before I can enough interest, we might take a 30th, and I hope we all have a great go outside and get meet and greet group of tree farmers summer! ■ some of my spring tasks done while to Salem and see if we can make an the sun is out. I thought I would fill impression. you in on the annual banquet meet- The next speaker was Dr. David ing and our speaker’s program. Leavell who spoke on fire in the for- 2018 Officers & Board Members We had to vote to fill three officer est. He was able to get ten different President, Gary Bush positions on the board. (Those government agencies and private 503.632.3567 • [email protected] whose terms were up and one new landowners to work together and Vice President, Rob Guttridge board member) Our new member, form a partnership to treat 15,000 503.656.3912 • [email protected] Ryan Poteet, who has been filling acres in Lake County and 30,000 Secretary-Treasurer, Tim Dahl Rob Guttridge’s spot on the board, acres in Klamath County to address 503.349.1756 • [email protected] has been elected because Rob volun- ecological restoration and wildfire Past President, Derek Craven teered to take on the Vice Presidency. risks while providing quality jobs for 503.829.3003 • [email protected] The other vote that needed to be local workers. They are treating these Board Member, Becky Widmark made was for the continuation, for forests to cut down on fuels and 503.367.0093 • [email protected] another year, of three officers. Gary lessen the danger of wildfires when Bush, President, Rob Guttridge, Vice Board Member, Matt Twist they hit. The Lake County plot is 503.810.9431 • [email protected] President, and Derek Craven, Past complete, and they are working on President, were all elected with Board Member, Bob Becker Klamath Forests now. 503.829.2118 • [email protected] motions passed unanimously. As an example, part of the Fre- Jim Schreiber spoke of the need Board Member, Ryan Poteet mont-Winema National Forest that 503.632.6912 • [email protected] for new board members to take over borders the Klamath Indian Reser- some of the leadership positions and vation is right next to a 300-house Board Member, Kevin Kaster 503.829.4167 • [email protected] committee chairs. I wish I could subdivision with only a one-lane remember all that he said, but the gravel road in and out, and no way Board Member, Bill Lenon 503.637.3190 • [email protected] need is there to keep the CCFFA to evacuate the people in case a wild- going into the future. fire cuts off the road. He said getting Board Member, Jim Schreiber 503.632.3978 • [email protected] OSWA Executive Director Jim all of these organizations together to James spoke about some legislation do the planning and get the funding Board Member, Sena Chase 503.730.5199 • [email protected] that was working its way through the is the hard job, but providing jobs to Oregon Legislative process to the local economy and lowering the Board Member, Kent Hempel become a bill that they (OSWA) are fire danger and creating a healthier 503.829.4767 • [email protected] PAGE 2 • FOREST-TREE LEADER • SUMMER 2018

and guide efforts to give Salmonids CCFFA and CRBC: Partners in the Watershed and all fish every opportunity to thrive. BILL LENON involved with the health of the coun- ty’s largest and main watershed, In recent years even more invasive “Best of all things is water...” including its tributaries and all the weeds and non-native plants have found their way into Oregon impact- —Pindar (c. 522 - c. 443 BC) various activities that impact it as a whole, is the Clackamas River Basin ing all of the forests and streams in ll of us live in a forested water- Council. CRBC is a non-profit, vol- Clackamas County. One of the ways A shed that either directly, or indi- unteer citizen stakeholder organiza- of dealing with this problem is edu- rectly, provides for wildlife, fish, tion. Members include both private cating our members, and all drinking water, irrigation, recreation and public interests, with Fish and landowners, in identifying and and the health of the entire eco- Wildlife, the Forest Service, local removing these invaders. Plants system. As tree farmers we have a Water Boards, PGE, interested citi- such as Giant Hogweed can cause vested interest in the health of this zens and many others. scarring, blistering and eye damage. system. This interest is not only mon- Among its varied projects, the Others choke out and overwhelm etary, but also directly involves our CRBC may be able to offer help to critical areas where valuable natives families, and our society. This article owners of timberland on the Clacka- provide fodder for wildlife and briefly focuses on the Clackamas mas, or on a direct tributary in places stream health. The Council works in River Watershed in which many of with instream and off channel partnership with organizations our members reside. However, all our restoration needs, to improve habitat including Clackamas Soil and Water surrounding watersheds, such as our for fish, wildlife and vegetation. Conservation District, the DEQ, and neighbor to the North, Bull Run, Assistance may also be available in the Clackamas River Invasive Species share common interests. cleaning up and opening plugged Partnership (CRISP), to remove One of the organizations most side channels and reactivating flood these invasives using both manual plains to help with dissipating water methods and the judicious use of pes- velocity and reduce erosion. Projects ticides and herbicides. Native trees, like this improve fish runs and pro- forbs and shrubs are then replanted. vide places where Salmon and Steel- In fulfilling the goals of watershed head can rest on their way up river to health the Council organizes projects spawn. CRBC also works with fish using grant monies from many biologists to improve river habitat sources, including many of those

EDITOR Rob Guttridge ...... (503) 656-3912 ASSOCIATE EDITOR Jean Bremer ...... (503) 655-8631 CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Glenn Ahrens Tim Dahl 15555 S. Hwy 211 Molalla, OR 97038 John Foster Jim Schreiber PRODUCTION Buying logs / timber / timberland Minten Graphics . . . . .(503) 769-9683 Douglas-fir / Hemlock Anyone is welcome to use, with usual credit, any article in the Forest-Tree Leader unless noted otherwise. To assure no interruption in receiving this newsletter, please contact the Dylan Fritz, log buyer 360.477.6959 CCFFA of any change of address. The newslet- ter may not be automatically forwarded, even when you have filled out a forwarding order with the Post Office. We gladly accept “Letters to the Office 503.829.9131 Fax 503.829.5481 Editor”, but may edit for maximum interest to all readers: Intent will not be changed. Other Interfor sawmill locations in Gilchrist, OR, The views and opinions expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily the opinion Port Angeles, WA and Beaver, WA of the CCFFA members or of the editors.

CCFFA Web Site: www.ccffa-oswa.org SUMMER 2018 • FOREST-TREE LEADER • PAGE 3 agencies previously listed. As grant the ecosystem, even in forestland tion available on line. And some monies are made available CRBC where no streams exist. Trees, after Council accomplishments can be projects such as Shade Our Streams all, shade the land, help keep mois- found by typing “A Meandering provide landowners opportunities to ture in the ground and ensure our Adventure” in Google or typing improve and maintain healthy water- aquifers retain and hold that mois- https://crbc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Sto ways and forests. The Council also ture, as illustrated above. Eventually, ryMapCrowdsource/index.html?appi provides outreach education, moni- rain that falls in our forests also d=7661fcb346ed446f85a37b4dd055b toring, and information and guid- flows and seeps out of hillsides and 9b3 in any browser. Or just type in ance to property owners and all who forms tiny streams that merge into clackamasriver.org/ to get more live and recreate in the Clackamas larger creeks and rivers. We must information about all of CRBC’s River Basin. And, for those with remember that our forestland, even activities and contributions. small streams which feed into larger without visible streams, actually con- Hopkins Demonstration Forest at streams such as Eagle Creek, there tributes to a large part of the health http://extension.oregonstate.edu/clac are excellent educational resources of all watersheds, ours included. All kamas/hopkins-demonstration-forest available through CRBC as well as of us as forestland owners must be also has information about hands-on OSU’s Extension Service. In addi- committed to operating with these opportunities in forest management, tion, for all landowners, OSU Exten- ideas in mind. For landowners, OSU as well as classes in forestry. sion Service provides classroom and Extension Service as well provides I urge you to take a look at both. ■ field activities to help with all classroom and field activities for edu- forestry issues, and an opportunity to cation to help further our goals. Tree William Lenon is a small woodlot learn about things which can impact School is also a great educational owner, CCFFA and CRBC Board our forests and tree farms. and hands on opportunity to learn member. One story of the origin of Port- about things which can impact our land’s Bull Run water supply system forests and tree farms. in the late 1890’s offers insights into CRBC has educational informa- watershed heath. After surrounding forests had been cut down in SE Portland, the water table ran dry. Clackamas County Parks and Forest is pleased to support the The depletion of water, normally Clackamas County Farm Forestry Association. As a forest land supplied by a once viable, forested steward, we are proud that our sustainable forest management watershed, forced the city to look to program helps to ensure that our timberlands are grown and Bull Run. That experience in turn harvested in a manner that is environmentally sensitive, provides apparently led to an understanding community benefit and is economically viable. The revenue of the need for a healthy watershed generated from the sale of timber on County-owned forest lands and promoted new laws to protect Bull Run. But watershed health does directly supports the County Parks program. not rely solely on laws. Individual land and forest owners must also do their part. Ultimately, it is all of our responsibility. As timberland owners, hopefully we all feel that obligation to be good stewards of our forests The County Forest Program is currently looking for timberland of and land and maintain a healthy any age to enhance its portfolio and long term management environment. And CRBC can help. strategy. Please contact the Clackamas County Forester if you For those of us who grow com- have or know someone interested in selling or donating their mercially, it is important to get our timberlands to trees to grow as fast and well as pos- Clackamas County For more info contact Andrew Dobmeier, sible so as to maximize our often Parks and Forest considerable investments in time, County Forester, program. [email protected] money and effort. It’s also important phone 503-742-4425. to understand our responsibilities and the effects our actions have on

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Report on the Mid-Winter Educational Program JIM SCHREIBER improvements and where fish are pre- sent, improved water quality and fish our CCFFA Mid-Winter Educa- passage. If your woodland/farm has tional Program was put together a Y wetlands, springs or streams that are little differently this year. Instead of within the Clackamas River Drainage having a potluck, followed by a pro- System, and you need some physical gram, followed by the clean-up, it was (and in some cases financial) assis- suggested that we consider tagging tance, you can get further information along with an already established by contacting CRBC at the numbers event; we advertised it all over the listed below. place. A little over 35 people attended the As we have been using the Spring- presentation and several questions water Grange Hall for our potluck were answered following. We should and program, we discussed the possi- note that a couple of the people in bility with their program people and attendance who are CCFFA/OSWA decided to tie in with their 1st Satur- members have participated in the day of the month breakfast that has CRBC programs, and they gave a been well established. summary of their projects; comments Following an all-you-can-eat for $5 were positive and they encouraged breakfast of biscuits and gravy, other members to take a look at the sausage, eggs and pancakes, we programs available. Cheryl McGinnis, Executive Director adjourned to the main hall for our of the Clackamas River Basin Council. We have thanked Cheryl for her event at 11:00 A.M. taking the time from her busy life on Our guest speaker was Cheryl a Saturday morning to make this pre- it seems like a good way to go, tying McGinnis, Executive Director of the sentation. For additional information in with such local events, then we can Clackamas River Basin Council, who on CRBC and their programs, you explore other options and locations. walked us through a good presenta- can contact Cheryl at 503-303-4372, We would also like to hear ideas on tion of the goals and objectives for ext. 100. subject matter for the program. You CRBC and provided a picture As for the future of our mid-winter can provide this information to any of overview which illustrated some of educational program, we would like the CCFFA board of directors their completed projects, as well as feedback on both the program and through their contact numbers shown some of the projects currently under- the method of conducting the event. If on the front of Forest-Tree Leader way. Their work has shown some newsletter. ■ good results, in the area of both improved fish habitat and water quali- ty. One of the principal efforts of CRBC is to improve fish habitat and migration throughout the basin. Working with landowners, and with major assistance from Portland Gen- eral Electric, 2017 fall fish passage counts are up; PGE counts for Chi- nook Salmon passing above Estacada was up 195% and Coho Salmon increased by 384% of the 10 year aver- age. Director McGinnis also conducted an overview of the programs available to farmers and woodland owners in Over 35 people attended the Mid-Winter Educational Program. If you have input the control of invasive species, habitat for future programs, please contact a board member.

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Culverts and Beavers JOHN FOSTER n the late 1980s my partners and I I had a woodland parcel that we planned to do a timber harvest on. However, there was a slight problem. A stream identified as Clear Creek bisected the parcel and we would either need to install culverts or build a bridge in order to cross this medium size stream. The first thing required was a written plan presented to the Oregon Department of Forestry for their approval before the project could be started. We found the Oregon For- est Practices Officer to be very helpful and cooperative to work with. We Metal fence posts placed in the stream were able to install several culverts to prevent beaver dams. side by side for the stream crossing. they use to build dams crosswise in What was required to install these their mouths as they swim to their culverts could be an article in itself, John Foster with a culvert installed in construction sites, and these perpen- which I will not get into. If I remem- the late 1980s. dicular obstructions seemed to baffle ber right (which many times I do not) them and prevent them from re-block- the culvert or culverts required would prevent beavers from damming cul- ing the culverts. We did not have old need to be able to withstand the verts. They had driven used road grader cutter blades available for our stream flow of a 50-year storm. Later grader cutter blades perpendicular to use, so we purchased metal fence in 1996 a storm of that size may have the bed of the stream, spaced about posts and drove them into the bed of happened in our area and what we three feet apart, approximately fifteen the stream approximately two and had installed did not wash out. We to twenty feet upstream from the cul- one-half feet apart across the creek had installed three 36-inch culverts 30 vert inlets. (Cutter blades are bolted upstream from the culverts. This was feet long and built a rocked road over onto the bottom of road grader done over fifteen years ago, and seems them. blades: when they wear out they are to have solved the beaver problem Approximately a decade later we replaced keeping the road grader because the damming of these culverts did run into a problem which was not blade itself from wearing down.) has not occurred again. related to the rainfall: beavers had Beavers carry the cut branches that ■ decided to dam up the culverts in order to make a small lake above them. The stream had started to flow over our road and increase the odds of the road being washed out. We then used a backhoe to unplug these culverts. The beavers were not deterred, and kept re-blocking them. Around this time I had been to a small woodland meeting in Washing- ton state, and one of the education sessions at that meeting was about road construction and maintenance. In that session the instructor had shown a slide of what they used to

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on-site mulching as an option for Fuels Reduction: Thinning, Pruning, & Mulching managing slash after a thinning or harvest operation. It can also be a ROB GUTTRIDGE whose forestland is within a few miles great choice for pre-commercial thin- of town, or near their own or neigh- s air-quality restrictions and fire- ning of dense young stands. Rather bors’ homes, may want to consider A safety concerns mount, folks than being burned in piles or hauled offsite for disposal, much of the log- ging debris can be incorporated back into the forest soil. Mark and Nancy Schmidt hosted a tour and demonstration on May 12 for thirty or so CCFFA members at their tree farm in Beavercreek. Mark and Nancy were nominated for CCFFA Tree Farmer of the Year last year, and this was an opportunity to see some of the reasons for that nomi- nation. It was also an opportunity for us to see a demonstration by Chris Lindsay of American On Site Brush Grinding and Mulching (www.aoslandclearing.com) of the machine used for some of the work that has improved their property to its About 30 CCFFA members attended the tour of Mark and Nancy Schmidt’s tree current condition. farm in May. The machine that does the mulching is a bit like a bulldozer, but with a high-speed, high-capacity rotary grinder up front instead of a big dozer blade. It doesn’t push things out of its way; it turns them into mulch as it walks over them. It doesn’t need an infeed conveyor, outfeed con- Purchasing alder, maple and ash saw logs, veyor or tub; the earth itself is the sur- face holding material against its spin- pulp logs, and timber. Also hemlock saw ning grinder blades. logs and timber. Many of the thousands of young trees (originally planted as Christmas trees in 2002) near the Schmidts’ home have been de-limbed up to Centralia, WA (360) 736-2811 around six or seven feet, while leaving at least two-thirds of their height in Longview, WA (360) 577-6678 live crown. Mark showed the chain- saws he used for the pruning and Mount Vernon, WA (360) 428-8583 described the methods he and Nancy used, emphasizing the importance of Eugene, OR (541) 689-2581 protective gear and safe work proce- dures. Mark would use a power saw Coos Bay, OR (541) 267-0419 to shear off the dense lower branches from each tree, and Nancy would lay Garibaldi, OR (503) 322-3367 those branches in windrows between alternate rows of trees.

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and pruning to keep them busy for a little while yet, but they are confident that they can keep up with what needs to be done. The slash produced by thinning and pruning can be unsight- ly, and potentially a fire hazard for a few years until it decays. Grinding it into mulch and incorporating it directly into the soil is a great solution to immediately reduce the fire hazard and leave a good-looking, easy-to- walk-on surface. ■

Mark Schmidt describing the process. hired American On Site to mulch Although their plan had been to every other row, giving the remaining harvest 75% of the Christmas trees in trees room to grow. They were happy 2011, leaving the rest spaced at 10 x with the results, and for the last three 10 to begin growing into a forest, their years have been thinning and pruning buyer did not take them all, and they the remaining trees, windrowing the A BALANCED APPROACH were left with several acres of tightly slash between alternate rows to be ▲ spaced, overgrown Christmas trees—a efficiently turned into mulch by the TIMBER MANAGEMENT potential fire hazard surrounding same machine they’d hired in 2015. ▲ ALTERNATIVES TO their home. In the Spring of 2015 they The Schmidts have more thinning CLEARCUTTING ▲ FOREST PLANNING AND RESTORATION ▲

These forests have been independently certified as well managed.

PORTLAND FORESTERS - 503-222-9772 Scott Ferguson Barry Sims Mike Messier CORVALLIS FORESTERS - 541-435-0383 Mark Miller Matt Fehrenbacher Shane Hetzler Pamela Hines, Office Manager 503-409-2888 [email protected] www.troutmountain.com Forest stewardship for productivity and diversity

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New Member Spotlight: The Brunos

JIM SCHREIBER apparent that their small brush mower was not up to ur CCFFA new member visit that task, and it also became took me and my wife, Carole, for O obvious to them that the a drive on Springwater Road, along free time available from their the Clackamas River rim country. professional lives was not When we turned off the main road, we going to be sufficient to the found ourselves winding down a nar- tasks confronting them. row road to the bottom land property They checked around and of Bob and Kay Bruno. Their 22 acres found a local contractor lies along the Clackamas River, and as who came in and did a we approached their property we mulching job on the large could see what was basically a very Scotch broom and berry large meadow, interspersed with some thickets. stately white oak trees, a few Douglas- Their property along the firs and patches of blackberry (the lat- Clackamas River has a ter were more noticeable along hillside riparian strip consisting of drainage depressions). We met Bob large white oak, Oregon ash and Kay at their house, and from that and some red alder; the Kay, Bob and Sage. point we could see the complete lay of riparian area plus the house the land. Bob talked about the prop- and improved property leaves them a erty and pointed out some key areas clear palette of about 15 acres on where they had made improvements, which to begin implementing their as well as some areas where their next goals. They would like to expand on challenges lay; we could see what they the present white oak inventory by had to work with because it was really planting more of those, and also an open landscape. planting some western redcedar where They have owned the property for possible. just over two years, after it had sat One of the challenges confronting vacant for almost a year. It had been them is the need to have species which clear-cut several years back, and it will thrive in wet areas; the property had not been re-planted. Since moving sits below the rim of Springwater in, they have spent much of their free Ridge, and drainage from the slopes time working on the infestation of causes pools to form in the swales of Scotch broom, blackberries and some the meadow lands. There is one small other brush clumps. It soon became seasonal stream that is more defined and some control measures can make it less prone to spreading out into low- lands along its flow path. As for the thickets along this stream, and other MintenKim Minten, GraphicGraphics Designer low-land swales, they want to keep [email protected] them (albeit under control) for wildlife White oaks and Douglas-fir trees. 503-769-9683 habitat. I suggested that they not rule out We talked about species options Newsletters additional Douglas-fir, where feasible, that would give them a broader choice Logo design or the possibility of including Valley of seedlings. They recognize that Business cards, ponderosa pine; the latter could be letterhead, planting white oak is a very long- envelopes used along and around the water col- range return on investment, but they Brochures lection areas and the seasonal stream. Forms are willing to make that commitment. Another challenge is the fact that

CCFFA Web Site: www.ccffa-oswa.org SUMMER 2018 • FOREST-TREE LEADER • PAGE 9 the land is barren of the required number of trees-per-acre to maintain Is it Time to Think About Carbon Markets? the “forest tax deferment.” Replanti- LISA KILDERS help forest owners in the Pacific ng the acreage is becoming more Northwest learn more about forest t the Clackamas Soil and Water important from a financial position. carbon sequestration and carbon mar- Conservation District, we try to They are currently discussing the issue A ket opportunities. with the county tax assessor’s office, create or promote programs that ben- and a plan for reforestation is being efit our natural resources. We also try Carbon market opportunity worked on. Bob asked about the to make a difference for landowners, Do you have forestland with older, riparian area, but It appears to be an whether it is by increased production well-stocked stands? Carbon markets adequate area for current streamside or efficiency of their operation or just may provide you with the opportunity rules. It could use some work remov- by improving their bottom line. to monetize these forests in the form ing partially downed trees and some Today we are helping to promote a of payments for carbon offsets. invasive species. I told him we would program that may help unlock carbon Developing and marketing these include follow-up information on con- markets for small family forests. This offsets can be a lengthy and expensive tacts for assistance possibilities for program is being offered through the process that deters most family dealing with this area. Pinchot Institute for Conservation landowners. Through this program, Bob and Kay are owners of a with funding from the USDA Natural ...... continued on next page southeast Portland small animal vet- Resource Conservation Service to erinary clinic that requires a consider- able amount of time, but they have begun adding additional personnel so that they can pry out more personal time to enjoy life and their new prop- erty. Bob graduated from Veterinary School in St. Kits, and has been prac- ticing vet services for 30 years. He enjoys hiking, some skiing and now, working around the farm. Kay is a veterinary graduate of Oklahoma State and she too has been practicing veterinary medicine for 30 years. She likes gardening, both flowers and veg- etables, and once everything settles down would like to get a horse. Both like to travel and hope to do more soon. They have two grown children; son Derek is an electrical engineer and daughter Olivia is currently attending the University of Denver. In addition to Sage, the lab shown in the photo, 503-684-8168 they have a small black Pug and a 1-800-783-6818 larger mixed breed dog for pets; the www.nwforestryservices.com latter two are rescue dogs. We did FAX (503) 684-9158 enjoy the time we spent with Bob and Kay and look forward to seeing them around at CCFFA events and pro- ■ Professional Forest Management ■ Mapping and GIS grams; time permitting of course. If ■ Timber Inventories and Cruising ■ Appraisals you do come across them, take the time to say hello, I’m sure you will 11825 SW Greenburg Road, Suite 200 • Tigard, Oregon 97223-6466 find it interesting. ■

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you may receive finan- Management Plan cial and technical assis- Then comes the tance designed to help management plan. you understand what is Landowners will need involved in a carbon to complete a new project, and overcome Management Plan or transaction and devel- update an existing one opment costs. to include carbon. Cost- Participation is now share funding is avail- open to landowners in able from your local Clackamas County. Natural Resources Con- Here is how it works servation Service office. Assessment What to expect First, contact the If you decide to Pinchot Institute for develop offset credits Conservation. They can from your forest, you Natural Resources Conservation Ser- complete an initial forest carbon would not be allowed to harvest any vice to conduct detailed carbon inven- assessment to estimate how much car- timber for the first six years of the tories. The inventory will be conduct- bon your forest might be storing. This agreement period. From year seven ed by qualified personnel under the includes gathering some basic informa- onwards, limited harvests are allowed, supervision of Pinchot, with most tion about your forest’s age, location, keeping in mind that owners are legal- properties requiring one to two weeks species composition, and growing site. ly bound to maintain carbon stocking for completion. Based on this information, the Pin- levels for which they have been paid Completing an inventory DOES chot Institute will provide an estimate and that any carbon removed from NOT commit you to entering into a of the carbon stored in your forest the forest is not eligible for payment. carbon offset project. Data resulting and how much might be eligible for Time commitments for carbon pro- from the inventory will be processed offset credits. Not all properties are a jects are substantial. The ‘crediting with an in-depth report that outlines good fit for forest carbon projects. period’ is twenty-five years from the your forest’s species composition, size Forests that have been harvested with- when the project is initiated. That distribution, and carbon content. in the last 30-40 years, or are under means you would be paid for all the Contractual offers to landowners approximately 70 acres may not have carbon currently on your property, would then be made on a case-by-case enough carbon to be eligible. plus whatever you grow and choose basis. Be patient! This process may not to remove over the next twenty Inventory take up to six months to a year. You years. These payments will be spread If your forest is found to have would then have ample time to review out over that time period. enough potential carbon and you the terms before deciding whether to would like to move ahead, the Pinchot enter a contract to develop carbon Ready to get started? Institute will use funding from the offsets for the market. If you are ready to get started or just have questions, contact Pinchot Institute for Conservation at 503- 420-3600 or contact Brian Kittler at [email protected] or Josh Fain at [email protected]. ■

You might want to attend the July 12, 6:00-8:30pm forest tour at the Stewart family’s Raincloud Tree Farm to see an example of how forest carbon markets can work for family forest owners. Jon and Janice Stewart are the first forest owners in Oregon to enroll in a forest carbon sequestration program with Forest Carbon Works.

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Tree Farm Overstory often/regularly, sometimes or rarely. • 88% of Tree Farmers said they ROB GUTTRIDGE want to do as much as they can to n February 2018, the American make their woods more healthy and I Forest Foundation conducted an productive. online survey to gauge the value of • 92% said it is important for them Tree Farm to Tree Farmers and to to actively manage their land to assess how we can increase and achieve their goals. improve Tree Farm for all stakehold- ers. 1,348 Tree Farmers responded to • 88% said it is important for them the surveys. Here are a few highlights to become more knowledgeable from those surveys. about good stewardship and wood- (79%) also said they take actions to land management. • Almost a quarter of Tree Farm- keep Tree Farm certification, at least ers (24%) rated the services provided sometimes. • 76% said it is important to them by Tree Farm as “very valuable” and to leave their land to their children • Close to half of Tree Farmers another 46% said they are “some- or other heirs. what valuable”. Overall, Tree Farm- said they display the Tree Farm logo, ers’ ratings averaged 3.0 on a 4-point promote Tree Farm to friends and • 60% of Tree Farmers said it is scale, a scale value marked as “quite family and participate in advocacy, at important to them to generate some valuable”. least sometimes. income from their land and close to half (44%) said they rely on woods for • A little less than half of Tree • The vast majority of Tree Farm- at least some part of their income. ers (86%) said they would recom- Farmers (43%) said they attend Tree mend Tree Farm to friends and fami- Farm events at least sometimes, and To Tree Farmers, membership in ly members who are also woodland a similar number said they meet Tree Farm signals, first and foremost, owners. informally with other Tree Farmers. that a woodland owner cares about their woods and is a good steward of • About two-thirds of respondents • Two aspects of Tree Farm mem- the land. Slightly fewer proportions (64%) said they have contributed bership—information and ideas for also checked that Tree Farmers meet money to Tree Farm. Within this woodland management and connec- high management standards, are part group of contributors, Tree Farmers tions with forestry professionals— of their local forestry community, were equally distributed with regard were rated as very or somewhat valu- and care about the environment. ■ able by three-quarters or more of to how frequently they contribute— Tree Farmers. Both these services are focused on helping landowners man- age their land better. Foresters visits, certification, and being part of the local forestry community were also important to the majority of Tree Farmers. • Three-quarters of Tree Farmers said that Tree Farm stands for their values.

• More than three-quarters of Tree Farmers said they read Woodlands magazine and Forests and Families emails at least sometimes, with majorities saying they do so often or regularly. Four in five Tree Farmers

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day with Daniel, looking at the OSU Extension Forestry Update Eagle Creek burn in the Columbia Gorge and discussing how to devel- GLENN AHRENS, OSU Extension Forester ceed via a process of landscape op partnerships, fire-adapted com- assessment, landowner outreach and ildfire Season Again munities, and reduced fire risks in support, grant funding and multi- With the lush green growth of our area. W party agreements. The result is effec- spring, it is hard to think about red While there is controversy and tive implementation of risk-reduc- flag fire conditions. But fire season debate about how to manage wild tion treatments across large areas of usually starts in June or July every forests deep in the woods, there is mixed private and public ownership. year, so fuel hazards and ignition broader acceptance of the need for The two 30,000-acre projects in the risks are likely to be on our minds managing forest fuels and fire risks Klamath-Lake Partnership are again soon. While concerns about in the wildland-urban interface. among a growing number of land- fire may be increasing, so too is our Here, the natural fire-driven forest scape-level projects emerging across understanding of and capability for system has been replaced with urban the drier forest areas of Oregon. management of wildfire risks. This development, rural-residential, and I think we should take a similar was well-illustrated by our guest managed farm/forest lands in which approach here in northwest Oregon, speaker Daniel Leavell at the natural disturbance drivers are large- to develop partnerships for forest CCFFA annual meeting and pro- ly absent. Some kind of manage- health and wildfire preparedness in gram (April 12, 2018). Daniel’s pre- ment system will be imposed on this communities at risk. In my territory sentation made the case for develop- ecosystem and it is up to us to try to (Clackamas, Marion, East Mult- ing partnerships and applying fire design it to be sustainable and nomah, and Hood River Counties) science to address forest fire risks resilient. there seems to be much less concern across landscapes and communities. In terms of wildfire preparedness, about fire, but it is still a fire-driven Compared to our relatively moist a promising approach is to strive for forest ecosystem. Development in forests in northwest Oregon, the developing more Fire Adapted Com- the wildland-urban interface, high threat of wildfire seems much more munities in the wildland urban inter- fuel hazards, seasonal recurrence of urgent in the fire-prone landscapes face. And in the woodlands and severe fire weather, and human- of southern and eastern Oregon. forests adjacent to communities, caused ignitions combine to put This is where the Klamath-Lake manage for fire resilient forests with communities at risk in northwest Forest health partnership is taking manual, mechanical, or prescribed Oregon. After the CCFFA annual off with Daniel’s leadership. Well- fire tools on the edge of wildlands. meeting, I was able to spend the next organized partnerships like this suc- More natural fire and ecosystem processes are likely to continue as the main drivers deep in the woods, FORESTLAND FOR SALE in OREGON & WASHINGTON high in the mountains, and away from the edges in less accessible pub- We market forest properties in lic lands and wilderness areas. western Oregon and Washington The growing population of wild- land-urban interface residents in the ✓ Free consultation ✓ Property visit rural-residential and farm forest zones have an increasingly impor- ✓ Professional Forester ✓ Licensed Broker, tant role to play. The vision for OR & WA See the “Forestland for Fire Adapted Communities ✓ https://fireadapted.org/ is “residents Sale” tab on our website! ✓ 40 years experience accept responsibility for living in a high fire-hazard area and take steps to be prepared”. Elements of this [email protected] include: • Community Protection—fuel 503-695-6419 breaks and known safe areas. • Defensible Space—vegetation man- Solutions from a practical forestry and financial standpoint agement around homes reduces

CCFFA Web Site: www.ccffa-oswa.org SUMMER 2018 • FOREST-TREE LEADER • PAGE 13 threat. • Homes constructed and main- Tree Planters Aplenty in Oregon—But can you tained to resist ignition. • Good access, ingress, and egress for get the help you need? residents and emergency responders. According to the Oregon Forest Resources Institute, an average of • Residents prepared for evacuation. about 40 million trees are planted for reforestation in Oregon each year. OSU Extension can help develop A rough estimate of what it takes to accomplish this is about 40,000 to the partnerships with local, state, 50,000 work days of professional tree planter time (800-1000 trees plant- and federal public agencies and pri- ed per person per day). Since the overall reforestation success rate is very vate landowners. Much depends on high, there are a lot of good tree planters in Oregon. Indeed, the full list private landowners being active par- of licensed Labor contractors in Oregon shows over 250 companies pro- ticipants and community leaders, viding forest labor crews, most with 21 or more employees (to see the list, neighborhood by neighborhood. If or search the internet for “licensed Oregon labor contractors” or go to you are interested in joining the http://www.oregon.gov/boli/WHD/FFL/docs/ffl_contractor.pdf). In addi- effort, there are many ways to help, tion to the licensed companies with employees, there are quite a few tree starting with your own place. planters who work individually and may not be on the list of licensed • Promote and participate in labor contractors. periodic Wildfire Education Are you able to get the help you need planting your trees? While there are programs such as the Citizen Fire many professional tree planters out there, relatively few of them may be Academy. Contact the Extension available at any given time because they are fully booked to meet the large office for future events. demand in Oregon. For many family forest owners, tree planting projects • Be a leader for Firewise homes and are relatively small and infrequent. This can make it difficult to get services communities http://firewise.org/ from tree planters who are geared up for big jobs, working for landowners Here are some resources to con- who regularly plant large numbers of trees. I have heard back from many sider: people who call the companies on our service-provider lists with the result Firewise Resources being that none are available (at least not this year...maybe next year?). https://www.nfpa.org/Public- OSU Extension in most counties tries to maintain a list of service Education/By-topic/Wildfire/Fire- providers to help people find contractors for their forestry projects. We wise-USA/Firewise-USA-Resources update our lists periodically by talking with contractors we can reach by Fire Adapted Communities: The telephone to determine if they want to be on our list and then getting Next Step in Wildfire Preparedness some description of the services they provide. The result is a relatively https://catalog.extension.oregon- short list—our last update in my office was 2015 and there are only 13 state.edu/em9116 contractors who listed tree planting among their services. Fire FAQs: The Oregon Forest Industry Directory is another place to look, search- Have the size and severity of for- ing by type of services. http://www.orforestdirectory.com/search-by/ser- est wildfires increased in Oregon and vices. There are over 80 service providers in Oregon who list “Reforesta- across the West? tion—Tree Planting” as one of their services in the Directory. About 33 of https://catalog.extension.oregon- these are located in West Central or Northwest Oregon, but regardless of state.edu/em9194 their home office location, many companies cover a wide region. Salvage Cutting: What are the A major benefit of belonging to CCFFA and other chapters of the effects on fire behavior and severity? Oregon Small Woodlands Association is the opportunity to share experi- https://catalog.extension.oregon- ences and make connections. When it comes to tree planting- and other state.edu/em9195 services for that matter - it would be extremely valuable for CCFFA to Managing Wildfire for Resource help its members get connected with good service providers (and even Benefit: What is it and is it beneficial? better, to serve as a reference pertaining to quality of services). Here are https://catalog.extension.oregon- two options for you to help OSU Extension provide a better list of service state.edu/em9193. ■ providers for woodland owners. 1) Ask your contractors to add their business to the Oregon Forest Industry Directory at http://www.orforestdirectory.com/user/register 2) Contact Glenn Ahrens at the OSU Extension office with the name, Advertise in the type of services, and contact information of your contractor. ■ Forest-Tree Leader

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SUMMER 2018 Clackamas-Marion Forest Protection Association CALENDAR Annual Meeting Report

Sat., June 9 • 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM JIM SCHREIBER Columbia Gorge, which was man- Community Forestry Day—learn by caused, and the Whitewater fire in ost of the OSWA/CCFFA doing! Hopkins Demonstration Forest the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness area chapter’s woodland owners fall M that was lightning-caused. The Thurs., June 14 • 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM within the boundaries of the Eagle Creek Fire did spread into Log On 2018; Forestry Advocacy Clackamas-Marion Forest Protec- forestlands protected by ODF. Training Conference, Eola Viticulture tion Association (C-MFPA) district Center, Salem Kristine Babbs, President of boundaries (If you are not sure, Keep Oregon Green, reported that Thurs., June 21 • 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM check your county tax bill and look the number of man-caused fires Twilight Tour: Green Acres Forest, for a charge listed under forest was 558. This number is down Clackamas Woodland Farmer of the patrol assessment). The C-MFPA’S slightly from 2016; but not yet back Year Nominee, Estacada board is made up of industrial for- to the low of 512 in 2013. Man- est owners such as Weyerhaeuser Thurs., June 28-Sat., June 30 caused forest fire acreages have and Port Blakely, PGE, Clackamas OSWA 2018 Annual Meeting now exceeded lightning-caused fires Holiday Inn, Springfield County Forestry, and a small (in the structural fire service, we woodland owner. The board, in knew the three leading causes of Tues., July 10 • 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM conjunction with ODF, plans for Twig Weevil Field Day, TBA fire were “men, women and kids”). cooperation during fire season and With a potential for another long on such issues as coordinated fire Wed., July 11 • 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM fire season in 2018, the efforts on CCFFA Board Meeting, Hopkins prevention efforts, wildlife depreda- fire safety will be stepped up, espe- Demonstration Forest tion and environmental concerns of cially in the Fire Safe Program areas forest owners. The board meets Thurs., July 12 • 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM of flammable fuels removal from twice annually to receive a report Twilight Tour: Family Forest Carbon around structures. CCFFA has had from the Oregon Department of Markets in Practice: Raincloud Tree input into these programs, and has Forestry on the happenings within Farm Tour, Estacada been active in pushing the agreed- the forest district boundaries. upon efforts through Forest Tree Sat., July 14 • 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM I have had the privilege of repre- Leader articles, mailers and educa- Community Forestry Day—learn by senting CCFFA on the C-MFPA’s doing! Hopkins Demonstration Forest tional contacts. Fuels Reduction & advisory board for the past 8 years, Cost Share Programs funding for Sat., Aug. 4 • 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM along with other groups and agen- East Clackamas County has been CCFFA Annual Picnic/Clackamas cies such as Keep Oregon Green extended until December 2018. Woodland Farmer of the Year Tour (KOG), Oregon Forest & Industries Funds are still available as of April Rainbow Forest Farm, Redland Council (OFIC), the National For- 15th. Contact Oregon Department est Districts, the Oregon Depart- Sat., Aug. 11 • 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM of Forestry at 503-829-2216. ment of Fish & Wildlife, among Community Forestry Day—learn by Last year we focused on estab- doing! Hopkins Demonstration Forest others. CCFFA makes a summary lishing good working agreements report on the association’s activities with the logging contractors, with Sat., Sept. 8 • 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM for the previous months. Community Forestry Day—learn by IPL Self-inspection information Last year, at the April 2017 doing! Hopkins Demonstration Forest and articles for checking on the meeting, the fire operations direc- contractors working in your wood- Wed., Sept. 12 • 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM tor for ODF predicted a normal lands for safe operations. Last year, CCFFA Board Meeting fire season. We all know how that fire safety and operational notifica- Hopkins Demonstration Forest went; they were a little more cau- tions and violations issued by the tious this year. Fire season in 2017 For more information on these events, ODF Stewardship Foresters contact Jean Bremer at the OSU lasted 99 days, which is above the dropped by 60% on small wood- Extension Service office in Oregon City, 10 year average. The district assist- land operations. WE DONE phone 503-655-8631 or email ed US Forest Service in two large GOOD FOLKS! ■ [email protected] fires, the Eagle Creek fire in the

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level. We had to balance our bodies Tree Farming 101 for Ma and Pa as well as our backpacks as we very JANE STONE in January. The eight big boxes bare- carefully put one foot down at a ly fit into our one-ton pickup. It is a time, with eyes on our feet, as we he log trucks rolled away. What’s well-known fact that deer love to moved through and stomped down next? It’s up to us now... time to T dine on baby cedar trees, so tubing is and or cut 4-6 foot tall weeds. By learn the basics of tree farming... necessary. now the trailing blackberries had we’ve heard the lingo at Tree School In December we wrote a check to covered over wood debris and rocks. and saw good examples on tree farm Oregon Department of Revenue for Ma says the bull thistles are the very tours. the timber severance tax, and in Feb- worst. After two days Pa took her to It’s spring and the clear-cut ruary we gathered our logging town to buy a pair of heavy duty, ground is brown, with 13 little brown income and expenses information to double front jeans! mountain peaks (slash piles, you turn in to our tax preparer. What tools did we use? We pulled know). Quick! Let’s level those little During our logging project, we a small trailer around on our perime- mountains before burning season had a new road cut around one end ter road, with two garbage pails full ends. The first day is a family affair. of the logged-off area. The curve had of water. We made many trips from The grand kids were grand. A small to be gentle enough for a log truck to top to bottom and back up again to generator and leaf blower finally got maneuver. We soon ordered rock to refill the backpack sprayers. We each the fire going. Pa and I finished the make it usable year-round. Later we had pruning clippers. Pa used his dozen piles within a fortnight. We hired a neighbor with a dozer to cut hands and long arms to reach into learned that each pile is a two-day us a cross over road, but narrower, the tube to straighten the leaders. process. On the second day we push and no gravel applied. Now was the Ma’s favorite little tool was a Chi- the edges in and re-kindle the fire to time to establish these. nese chopstick, which she pushed level the area. In the spring, we consulted our through the tube and gently lifted the Summer showers brought forth OSU Extension agent about weed cedar leader to reach toward the sky. some green. By fall we recognized control. We also consulted a MWM The second time through the jun- quite a spectrum of weeds. We knew (master woodland manager) who gle was much easier, because we had they would reappear next year. Oh, had grown cedars without chemicals. made trails through the weeds. All what to do? That would be the harder way to go. that we tried to do was get sunlight In the fall, we measured our clear- We considered the pros and cons for to the plant and water it. This sec- cut area (approximately 5 acres), and a couple of months while we ond time we got the job done in 48 decided that we would plant cedar watched our weeds grow. By then it hours over four days. We expect to trees with 12x12 foot spacing. Part of was too late to spray and so we go through at least two more times the ground is a drainage draw, which accepted our fate. this summer, unless a heavy rain is more than damp during rainy sea- After almost two months without arrives. Yes we see some little cedars son. From a CCFFA tour, we rain, Ma and Pa organized and already severely scorched, but learned that cedar can do well on dry began to conquer the giant weeds remarkably few. ground as well as wet areas, so this and begin the water brigade. The Why didn’t we just employ a gave us confidence to plant cedars in seedlings were looking pretty good, forester to oversee it all and hire out our situation. We took advantage of but no rain was in the forecast. We all of the work? For just a little the CCFFA membership discount just had to give all 1,575 little plants money, we could have done nothing! and placed our order for seedlings in a good drink, or we could lose one Well, we like to do things our- November. (It is required to pay in year of growth, plus lots of work and selves. We are glad that we can do advance, but recently there has been money to buy and replant next year. these things. We look forward to a scarcity of seedlings available, so It took Ma and Pa 74 hours of watching these little trees grow. Our this was necessary.) strain and pain over five days to give whole family will come and walk The next step was to call a each plant one pint of water. We through these trees in the years to “planter” and have him come look used two backpack sprayers (never come. They will watch the growth at our situation. We wanted the used for chemicals). The long hose process and enjoy all of nature, time seedlings planted right, for sure! We and wand allowed us to apply the and time again, as we do. ■ also had to order and go to pick up water directly to the stem at ground the Vexar tubes and bamboo stakes

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