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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

From the Executive Director 2

Welcome New Board Chair 3

Fall Workshop Season 3

Volunteer Opportunities 4

Dance of the Ancient Forest 5

Evening for Opal Creek 6

Jawbone Journal 6

Naturalist Spotlight 8 Naturalist Spotligh t THEIR OWN WORDS American Pika (Ochotona princeps) “This is an exceptional program that fit Wilderness: Part of the Geography of Hope the needs of our kids very well. This is By Katie Ryan an experience that will have a lasting ften heard, but rarely seen, these impact on their lives.” attle Ax to Jawbone ,” the radio programs this year. These students spent five are 702 Wilderness areas in the United shy mammals dwell in rocky squawks, as our first ever group of days learning about the amazing natural history States, protecting 107,436,608 acres of land. — Kalapuya High School teacher Oslopes throughout the Cascades. “B backpackers from Opal Creek of the ancient forest, as well as wilderness This specific designation is the “highest” given You have most likely heard the screech of Ancient Forest Center summits Battle Ax Peak. survival, Leave No Trace Principles , and back - by the government agencies, meaning it offers “You can only do so much in the class - The group of eight teenage girls and two Opal packing skills. Each group spent five days living the greatest amount of protection to the land. a pika if you’ve spent much time in the Creek instructors were mid way through their in the wilderness. They saw pikas peering out The Opal Creek Wilderness acquired legal pro - mountains of the Pacific Northwest. This room. Kids need to get their hands four -day route circumnavigating the pristine of the rocks, ate juicy huckleberries, swam in tection in 1996, thanks to the hard work and “eeeenk” call serves both as a defense of dirty.” Opal Creek watershed. As I answered the radio cold mountain lakes, slept under the stars, determination of many, many people . for their daily check in, I was meet with a loud and hiked among centuries old firs, hemlocks , personal territory and an alarm bell. Pikas appear much like rodents, but are — Chaperone, Buckman Elementary In short, the Wilderness Act defines wilder - “WOO-HOO !” After a long day of climbing, the and cedars . The group worked as a team, actually a member of the rabbit order. They are traditionally thought of as ness as: School group was rewarded with views of Mt . Jefferson, encouraging each other when the going was sub alpine creatures, and many do live in the high country. However, they are the Three Sisters, Mt . Hood, and the various rough and celebrating each day’s victories. just as happy in the lower elevations, including Jawbone Flats. Next time you “...lands designated for preservation and “Over the years, this experience contin - unlogged foot hills that make up the Opal Creek They returned to Jawbone on Friday smiling, protection in their natural condition...” walk through Starvation Meadow, listen carefully for the “eeeenk” of the Pika. watershed . As the group celebrated with photos, smelly, and proud of their accomplishments. Section 2(a) We were hearing their calls all season, but until recently hadn’t spotted one. ues to improve. Opal Creek is a trail mix, and high fives, it became very appar - Jawbone Flats sits amid 35,000 acres They are dwelling in the rocky slope beneath Sacred Rock. Pikas do not remarkable place with exceptional ent that this experience is one they will carry of protected forest . 20,827 acres of this is “...an area where the earth and its commu - with them forever. designated as Wilderness by the United States hiber nate, but instead rely on a steady supply of plant material to get through staff. Thank you for being so attentive nity of life are untrammeled by man...” to the well-being of my students .” 2007 marked the first year that Opal Creek Forest Service, and the remaining 13,538 Section 2(c) the winter. As the temperatures cool, the pikas are busy collecting twigs and Ancient Forest Center offered backpacking acres is designated as a Scenic Recreation stems which they pile neatly into piles called “haystacks.” These haystacks will — Buckman Elementary teacher opportunities for students, which grew from our Area. When the Wilderness Act was passed in “...an area of undeveloped Federal land serve as their winter food supply once the snow blankets the ground. desire to share the deeper wilderness with peo - 1964, it protected 54 individual Wilderness ple. We offered two sessions of backpack ing areas, totaling 9.1 million acres. Today, there CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 From the Executive Director: Discovered! Welcome New Board Chair Thor Hinckley

I, of course , grew Get some friends together, rent a cabin in Jawbone Flats for the week - hen did you last fall in love? of falling in love with Opal Creek. So, up having Opal end, and go for it.” If you’re looking to plan some wilderness outings Like a blow to the gut? when my fellow Board members at Opal Creek all to myself before the rain begins (or maybe you’re a hiker who likes the rain!), pur - W Smitten, moonstruck, swept Creek elected me to serve as Board and shared the chase this book through the Opal Creek website (www.opalcreek.org). away, over the falls, stone in love? To Chair I was both honored and humbled . place only with Those of you who buy green power from Portland General Electric where you just want to be with the I know that with our talented staff and friends and rela - (PGE) already know that our newly restored Paul G. Allen Family beloved and do whatever you can to Board we can continue to offer world- tives. Now we are Foundation– Opal Creek Environmental Education Center was featured serve and protect her? To where she class educational opportunities and all sharing it with on the cover of their summer Renewable Report . PGE donated the makes you want to be a better person ? beautiful accommodations for visitors the world ! beautiful 400-square-foot photovoltaic solar array that sits atop the roof For me, this was not with my wife , from all over. I also know that in order It seems like and powers the new multi-purpose building, as well as providing backup Summit of Mt. Beachie with Mt . Battle Ax in the and she knows and understands. It has to preserve this wilderness, we need all Background, August 14th. Donors Lane Johnson, the media is beat - power for the entire camp . not come between us. She fell in love, of Opal Creek’s friends to rededicate Dave Taylor, Volunteer Leslie Atiyeh, Staff Members ing a path to our Watch for Return to Opal Creek on Steve Amen’s Oregon Field too, with the same beloved at the same themselves to its protection. Adam Mims, Katie Ryan, Tom Atiyeh, Guest Laney gate and beyond. Guide this October 11 at 8:30 p.m. PDT. This is a current and retrospec - Johnson plus trusty dog Minute Man. time, side by side . It was actually on one fell in love with the beauty of their sur - To that end, I invite you to join me Our latest media tive look at how far we ’ve come in the last 30 years. Producer/Reporter of our wedding anniversaries as we roundings and then fought on their own in falling in love again, by hiking exposure started with The Sunday Oregonian article At Peace at Opal Vince Patton and Senior Videographer/Editor Todd Sonflieth spent two walked down the road through the Opal to serve and protect them . through Opal Creek, staying a night or Creek , written by Terry Richards in the September 24 issue of last year. days filming in May to capture the awe and uniqueness of Opal Creek. Creek ancient forest into Jawbone Flats. I learned that in the 1980s and 90s, two in one of our beautifully restored His article focused on the serenity and relaxation that naturally sets in Their timing was perfect, as we were hosting a second grade class from Once in Jawbone, my wife and I Opal Creek was the object of a fierce cabins, or attending a workshop. You when we’re surrounded by the ancient trees of Opal Creek . Although City View Charter School who’d spent the whole year studying amphib - shared a night by the fire in Cabin #1 controversy between those interested in can also join us by participating in the Richards is a man who has been on K2 climbs, he spent most of his ians. Among some of their best clips were the kids searching for (the old Shiny Rock Mining Co . office) logging it and those interested in saving Volunteer Weekend at Opal Creek as we visit hanging out at Cabin 1 and soaking up the natural beauty. At amphibians with staffers Adam Mims and Claire Lukens, our Program and had a wonderful meal. The next day it. Out of that struggle grew an innova - pitch in for the fall clean-up on Peace at Opal Creek reminded us all that not only is Jawbone Flats a Director Katie Ryan explaining the rarity of Opal Creek’s uncut water - I met with the Opal Creek Development tive program to maintain the ecosystem November 10 th & 11 th . Here in great place to visit as a student or workshop participant, it also offers shed, and myself adding a bit of historical perspective. Director and heard the story about how and educate the public about the value Portland, I’ll look forward to meeting the ideal setting for personal rejuvenation. And if that exposure doesn’t make the office phone ring off the this all came into being. of ancient forests. Today, Opal Creek you at Evening for Opal Creek , to be held This past spring we were excited to have a national cover story in hook just wait until Oregon Ballet Theater does their rendition of I learned about the Native Ancient Forest Center directs an educa - at the Multnomah Athletic Club on the March/April 2007 issue of Audubon Magazine entitled A Rare Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream October 13 -20. The set Americans who lived in these forests tion center in the old mining camp of Thursday , November 29 th from 6 to 8:30 Jewel by Jane Braxton Little . The one million readers of Audubon design is inspired by the ancient and mystical forest of Opal Creek. before the Europeans arrived. I heard Jawbone Flats in the Detroit Ranger pm. Call the Opal Creek office at 503- Magazine got a peek into the thriving, fascinating amphibian population Based on all the exposure we are receiving , our woods continue to be about the old-time miners moving in District of the Willamette National 892-2782 to RSVP for this event, or for that inhabits Opal Creek. Braxton Little also traced Opal Creek Ancient more and more active with new visitors . We’re excited to be reaching a hoping to strike it rich, who instead Forest. more details on any of our programs or Forest Center’s evolution from a conservation group to an environmental wider audience with the dynamic, innovative educational programming found more lead than gold. Then I Many of you already know this story cabin rentals. education organization . At the same time , the local magazine Metro that our old friends like you have come to expect. As a thank you for sup - heard how, over time , these same miners and probably have your own experience Parent ran a piece authored by Editor Marie Sherlock : A Family porting us all these years, we are offering a new member benefit, detailed Educational Adventure at Opal Creek . Sherlock brought her two on page 7 . teenagers to our Wilderness Survival Family Workshop , and ultimately So my recommendation is to follow Gerald’s advice - Rent one of Fall Workshop Seaso n at Opal Creek “declared the weekend a resounding success.” Not only did the experi - our cabins , get out into the backcountry of Opal Creek , and enjoy it ence provide quality family time, but both children and parents were with your friends ! engaged and interested in the educational activities of the workshop. If you haven’t gotten out to a workshop yet, eat and use to dye our clothes! You will Just released is Paul Gerald’s third addition of 60 Hikes Within 60 there are still plenty of chances to participate enjoy exploring for mushrooms, learning to Miles: Portland . This publication provides some excellent information on in an Opal Creek program this year . Below are identify common species, discovering their a variety of outdoor adventures that are all close to home. The six-page Tom Atiyeh the remaining workshops for 2007. Please role in the forest, and trying some tasty Opal Creek story ends in a great plug : “ Basically, it’s hiker heaven. Executive Director contact Michele in our Portland office at 503- treats. 892-2782 or [email protected] Wilderness First Responder: to further inquire about our weekend learning 10/26-11/4 STAFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS MISSION opportunities. Essential for anyone who spends significant long-term patient care, wound management, Tom Atiyeh Michele Katie Ryan Thor Hinckley Susan Hay Ancient Forest Mushroom Workshops: time in remote places or has a professional straightening angulated fractures, reducing Executive Director McKinzie Program Director Promoting ancient 10/13-14; 10/20-21 career in the outdoors, the Wilderness First dislocations, litter packaging , and administer - Board Chair Josh Kling Keegan Heron Assistant Program Kaola Swanson forest stewardship The forest surrounding Opal Creek produces Responder (WFR) course will prepare you to ing medications. You’ll complete this course Assistant Cook Director Instructor Ted Helprin Doug Macy a large diversity of mushrooms every fall. make difficult medical decisions in remote with the tools and confidence to manage L.J. Messenger Ali Jackiw Nathaniel Vice Chair Rick Schaefer through educational Join past Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center settings. Taught by the Wilderness Medicine patients in the backcountry for multiple days. Development Assistant Assistant Cook Talbot instructor John Villella as we hike through the Institute (WMI), this course is fast-paced and The intensive 80-hour curriculum is nationally Adam Mims Craig Jacobson Peter Schoonmaker Claire Lukens Instructor experiences inspired by tall trees, learning about the amazing world engaging. You’ll spend half your time outside recognized and supported by the Wilderness Facilities Director Secretary Lead Instructor David Seideman of the classroom learning hands-on skills Medicine Institute’s Medical Advisory Panel, Joe O'Neill Opal Creek’s natural of mycology that holds it all together. Look Emily Magner high and low in the ancient forest of Opal through realistic emergency scenarios. In addi - and is quickly becoming an industry standard Facilities Assistant Adam Lane Head Cook and cultural history. Creek for the curious organisms that come tion to scenarios, you’ll participate in a full- for all outdoor professionals. Kathy Rivera Treasurer scale night mock rescue. WMI’s curriculum Office Manager in so many shapes and sizes... that help the forest grow and decompose... that we can encompasses a wide range of topics including

2 • OPAL CREEK ANCIENT FOREST CENTER FALL 2007 3 • OPAL CREEK ANCIENT FOREST CENTER FALL 2007 Geography of Hope Fall 2007 Dance of the Ancient Forest continued from cover Volunteer Ali Jackiw we breathe, the water we Opportunities he true awesomeness of the ancient forest is not wardrobe department begins to assemble the costumes drink, and the wildlife we limited to its scientific wonders and biological themselves: searching for fabric of the right texture, dying cherish. Tfascinations alone- the sublime landscape exhibits textile swatches until the ultimate color is accomplished, In addition, these Evening for Opal Creek Committee an immense beauty that inspires artists and poets as well as and then cutting and stitching each garment to fit the Portland Based untouched areas provide the leaping, twirling dancer that it will adorn on opening Now Thru November 29, 2007 scientists. That is why Sandra Woodall, designer for this perfect laboratory for scientific season’s Oregon Ballet Theatre (OBT) performance of night. research. The data collected in Be part of a sociable, fun, and creative team Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream , decided to visit It’s amazing to see this process in action, and reminds pristine areas such as Opal that puts together our annual fundraiser. There Opal Creek as inspiration for her motif. After a day filled me that the gifts of wilderness are indeed bountiful. All I Creek allows scientists to see are many ways to get involved. Ask friends and with forest exploration, Sandra left with an abundance of can think is how cool it would be if some of the students how the planet is changing over businesses for silent auction donations, create photographs and watercolor paintings depicting the flora, that we serve could get this exciting “behind the scenes” time. Most significantly for us at eye-catching displays and beautiful gift bas - fauna, and beautiful waterways of Opal Creek. Needless to peek. Opal Creek Ancient Forest kets, send invitations or make friendly follow- say, she was not lacking in ideas. The basement of OBT’s Lucky for us, the Oregon Ballet Theatre is just as dedi - Center, wilderness provides a up phone calls. To Get Involved Contact rehearsal space is now abuzz with whirring sewing cated to education as Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center. living laboratory for students to Alison Wiley at 503-341-1210 or machines, as busy seamstresses work to transform images of On Thursday, October 18, our two organizations will part - experience, explore, and discov - [email protected] . Indian Pipe flowers and Usnea longissima strands into fairy ner to present a special educational performance that er the wonders of the area’s Volunteers Receive Free Attendance to the costumes and stage props. promises to bring the wonder of the ancient forest to the ecology, geology, and botany. Opal Creek backpackers head out to summit Whetstone Mt. Event Thursday , November 29 . Includes dinner I visited this very basement to meet Sandra and observe stage. This performance, which will have an audience of There is nothing that can com - and wine ($100 value) for you and one guest . the creative process unfolding. Among the reams of silken approximately 2,000 students from the Portland metro pare to sticking your hands in a area, will incorporate excerpts from the ballet itself with retaining its primeval character and influ - fabric and countless costume sketches, one begins to see cold mountain stream to search for macroinver - interactive theater, dance, and science education. ence, without permanent improvement or Volunteer Weekend Trail how inspiration gathered in the ancient forest leads to the tebrates or feeling the thick, rough bark of these Maintenance & Tree Planting human habitation...” Section 2(c) magnificent performance giant trees as you measure their massive size . Jawbone Flats & Horn Ranch that you see onstage. November 10 – 11, 2007 “... affected primarily by the forces of nature, Through our backpacking trips, students can A Midsummer Night’s Dream Sandra roots through the with the imprint of man’s work substantially experience what it is like to actually live in the Stay overnight at Jawbone Flats in the heart opens at the Keller Auditorium on photographs taken on unnoticeable...” Section 2(c) wilderness, filter water from the streams, cook of the Opal Creek Wilderness and rally round Saturday, October 13. Tickets can her visit to Opal Creek, basic (but oh so tasty) meals after a long day some exciting projects while getting your be purchased online at and decides which plants “...having outstanding opportunities for of climbing, and sleep in a tent under the hands in the dirt! Help improve the quality of http://www.obt.org/ or by calling and animals she wants to soli tude or a primitive and unconfined stars that shine clearly in the absence of light the trails surrounding Jawbone Flats or par - 503.2.BALLET. incorporate into her type of recreation...” Section 2(c) pollu tion . st designs. From each cho - ticipate in Opal Creek’s Carbon Offset 1 Showtimes For many of us, our lives become busy with sen photograph, a blue - annual tree planting at the Horn Ranch. Saturday, October 13, 7:30 PM “... devoted to the public purposes of many elements of modern human existence: print is born. A costume There will also be a handful of small building Sunday, October 14, 2:00 PM recre ation, scenic, scientific, educational, family, work, and social obligations. There may be resembling the object of projects around camp. All projects require Friday, October 19, 7:30 PM conservation and historic use “ Section 4 periods when it is not possible to spend time in inspiration slowly some manual labor, but you’ll be rewarded Saturday, October 20, 7:30 PM

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time, Jawbone Flats is a perfect base camp for t The Keller Auditorium fabric or a flower stamen r recre ational use and protection of natural waiting for? Contact Michele McKinzie at a explorations into this prehistoric forest that is still M resources. As our populations grow, and wild 503-892-2782 or 222 SW Clay St. morphing into a fairy’s flourishing today. From forest to stage — Sandra Woodall paints watercolors of the Opal places become fewer and further between, [email protected] . Portland, OR prickly hat. Then OBT’s Creek wilderness. The Opal Creek Wilderness is a piece of these Wilderness areas have an increasing Suggested $25 Donation to Cover land to be cherished. It is up us to ensure that role in our culture, society, and quality of life . Food Preparation and Costs it, and the other remaining wild lands on this Opal Creek T-shirt Design Contest Having natural lands, where human impact is planet, continue to thrive. Above all, we must kept to a minimum , helps our fragile ecology Outreach Event Support remember to follow Leave No Trace Principles remain intact. The more we learn about the Portland Metro & Beyond our artwork could be the next Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center T-shirt that will dazzle us. The winning piece will be printed on T-shirts to be when travelling through any wilderness area. natural history of the planet and our impact Ongoing as Needed design! Let your imagination wander… A sparkling waterfall that worn by Opal Creek supporters far and wide, and the winner will also These great places deserve to be treated with Y upon it, the more we learn that all organisms catches the sun’s rays? A group of enthusiastic kids chasing salaman - receive six shirts for friends and family. We can’t wait to check out your respect, care, and awe. As Wallace Stegner said , Do you love Opal Creek and want to tell oth - are interconnected and we are a part of this ers about it? Help us spread the word about ders? A mountain brook gurgling up amazing creative abilities. Mail your submission to: “We simply need that wild country be available “web of life.” In the future our very survival our programs, cabins rentals and forest at from the earth? A to us, even if we never do more than drive to its Attn: T-shirt design contest may be dependent on wilderness. These pro - various fun events including, Earth Day, giant Western Red edge and look in. For it can be a means of reas - Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center tected areas improve our air quality, by nurtur - Muddy Boot Organic Festival, Last Thursday Cedar? We want to suring ourselves of our sanity as creatures, a 917 SW Oak St., Ste. 412 ing the trees and plants that produce oxygen and more throughout the year. No experience see what you come part of the geography of hope.” Portland, OR 97205 through their photosynthetic process . Many necessary. Spunky, smiling and happy people up with! welcome. Contact Michele McKinzie at Wilderness areas, such as Opal Creek, which Sources: www.wilderness.net You have until Please make sure your entry is done in black and submitted on an 1. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/07/060707094220.html 503-892-2782 or is home to the headwaters of Salem’s water 2. http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/SNT/noframe/pn169.html [email protected] . March 1 to create an 8.5” x 11” white sheet of paper. Don’t forget to include your contact supply , also protect watersheds for neighbor - eye-catching design information with your submission. Only one entry per person. ing communities. Wilderness protects the air

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Evening for Opal Creek s our mission becomes more public and We are also very excited to announce a On Thursday, October 11 at 8:30 p.m. Alison Wiley new people discover what we have to new membership package: the Opal Creek PDT , Oregon Field Guide will be airing Aoffer, our summer cabin rentals grow Family Membership. For $50, you and your Return to Opal Creek , a special on Opal I’m the wife whose husband recently fell in love with another in the 6. You want to meet this goofy wife-husband team that gets smitten steadily in popularity. This year we’ve decided immediate family, no matter how big, can enjoy Creek Ancient Forest Center. The program pages of this newsletter. The one who doesn’t mind because she shares and moonstruck over some old trees. to institute a policy that will give Opal Creek 10% off all cabin rentals and workshops, a can be seen on Oregon Public the same beloved: the Opal Creek ancient forest. 7. It’s more fun to hang out and chat with people who love ancient members a chance to book their cabins subscription to our biannual newsletter, invita - Broadcasting, which is Channel 1 0 in the I’m living out my love by chairing our enchanted Evening for Opal forests than watch movies at home the last Thursday night in before reservations open to the public. This tions to all our events, and an early bird mem - Portland area. We’ll be hosting a special Creek fundraiser. It’s on Thursday night , November 29, from 6 to 8:30 at November. way we can ensure that our beloved supporters bers-only reservation period. Membership is viewing, complete with refreshments, for all the Multnomah Athletic Club, and involves wine, delicious food , and a 8. You’ll be buying Christmas or holiday gifts regardless and buying (you!) are able to visit Jawbone Flats. As a valid for an entire year from the date of pur - our members- check the website silent auction . I want you to come, and what’s more, I want you to buy member, you can book your 2008 cabins with chase. As always, individual memberships cost (www.opalcreek.org) for more details and your ticket ahead of time online . Why, you ask, might I choose to buy a them at the Opal Creek silent auction makes your money go twice as far. us beginning this November 19. Reservations $35. Please contact Ali Jackiw in the Portland the location. $50 Evening for Opal Creek ticket right now on the Opal Creek website for 2008 will be members-only until the first office (503-892-2782) to become a member 9. Speaking of gifts, you have one of those annoying relatives-who- (www.opalcreek.org )? Well, let me count the reasons you might. of the year. or buy a gift membership for a friend. already-has-everything... except a personal flight over the Opal 1. You love this ancient forest too and love is better when expressed. Creek wilderness in George Atiyeh’s private plane . 2. It’s been months or years since that great experience you had at 10. And buying a ticket online before November 1st enters you into Opal Creek or in another wilderness area, and you want to keep a special drawing for that private flight . Thank You! (donors between 2/23/07 and 8/31/07) that part of yourself alive. Forest Patrons ($500+) Bruce Carsten Michael “Wild Man” Lobdell Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brennon 3. You have a cool , young , single friend/niece/sister who needs to EVENT DETAILS John and Jane Emrick Gail and Robert Cordell Robert Lockett and Adrienne Wolf-Lockett Caravan Coffee meet and bid on a date with the cool young Facilities Director of Susan Hay and Michael Becker Rosie and Daniel Duron Randall McGowen Friends of Trees OCAFC , Adam Mims. WHAT: Evening for Opal Creek fundraiser Ted and Nicole Helprin Lisa Jeffries Rene Minz and Robert Brasted Jr. Halton Rental — Cat Rental Store Thor Hinckley and Alison Wiley JoNan LeRoy Doralee Mortensen “John Mills Concrete, Inc.” 4. You’ve never heard Northwest environmental legend Bob Pyle WHEN: Thursday, November 29, 6-8:30 Mike and Karen Lippsmeyer Jim and Roberte Lipscomb Heidi Nelson Lane Johnson speak about the ancient forest and now is the time. Jack Lyford William Marcus Randy Olsen Loren Lukens WHERE: Multnomah Athletic Club, 1849 SW Salmon St. Doug Macy Ute Munger Linda Peterson Microsoft 5. Typically you’d spend about $50 on restaurant food and wine SPEAKER: Bob Pyle Ernest Robert Munch Cindy Pederson William and Guenndolyn Purnell Craig Jacobson and Kendra any way , but this ticket makes you feel way better about yourself . David Seideman and Jennifer Hersh Donna and D.L. Pickens Rosa Ramirez Morris-Jacobson The Lifton Family Charitable Trust J. Chris Rasmussen Wendy Robinson Ernest Robert Munch Mehealani Scarratt Barbara Sandow John and Karen Oakey Forest Benefactors ($250+) Marlene Tufts and Tom Upchurch Anthony and Terry Scribner Office Furniture Rental Aaron Courtney and Anne Nichol Egon and Bonita Voigt Vicki Skryha Leanne and Paul Pace Jawbone Journal Jeffrey Flowers David & Susan Waki Jack and Shirley Sloan Portland General Electric J. Peter Hughes Nancy and Norman Ward Christine Smith and Michael Schuster Rejuvenation Stephen Pendleton and Kathleen Farrell in memory of Elizabeth Skinner Ginny Stevens River Bend Sand and Gravel Spring and summer are always a flurry of May 10th -11 th – The posts and beams July 27th – Joe sees a Black Bear loping Peter and Josephine Pope Brenda Stevens Salem Road and Driveway activ ity at Jawbone Flats. We have enjoyed under Cabin 11 are replaced, ensuring the cabin along the road, just west of Stack Creek, during Members ($35+) Courtney Storrs United Rentals Mike and Petra Berger Cynthia Tai meeting and working with the many school will remain standing on Bachelor Hill for another an early morning run to the Horn Ranch. Forest Stewards ($100+) Forest Stewards ($100+) Max and Malinda Brown Sean and Jamie Tate Grant Funders groups, workshop participants, and cabin 70 years. August 13th -17 th – The residents of Richard Atiyeh Rainey Castleberry Jean Townes and Thomas Smith Autzen Foundation renters that have come through so far this year . May 14th -15 th Susan and Norman Baker Richard Chase John and Diane Tracy Barbara Grutze Roessner Fund of Oregon – A crew from Oregon Public Jawbone Flats from the 1960s and 70s return Christopher Childs and Elizabeth Anne March 31st-April 1st in memory of Elizabeth Skinner Christine Veloon Community Foundation – Seasonal staff Broadcasting visits Opal Creek to film a story for a week with their families. Lots of laughs are Connie Jo Barnes Dickinson Kandy Wagner Burning Foundation begins to arrive in Jawbone, as we complete a for Oregon Field Guide. Our piece should air on had, stories shared, and good times enjoyed . Rick Brown Amelia Clark and Ted Lowry Janene Willy Business Objects Foundation Rebecca Clausen major roadwork project . Local Opal Creek sup - October 11 at 8:30 p.m. PDT, so be on the August 30th Stephen and Cindy Cartwright Emily Wilmerding Collins Foundation – The first mushroom feed of Sam Coleman Nancy Coffelt Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation porters Paul and Leanne Pace donate 100 tons lookout. the year is had, and we enjoy fresh white and Sandra and Alan Cole of gravel, the equipment to spread it out, and Larry and Marcy Davis Other Amount Jackson Foundation July 4th – Temperatures reach the 90 s at yellow Chanterelles, Chicken of the Woods, and Richard Dulude and Pamela Olson Helen Curtis Jubitz Family Foundation their time to help with the project. The ride in Gretchen and Willard Dakin James Barrett Jawbone, and we celebrate our independence Matsutakes. Kay and Peter Eilers Paulette Bierzychudek Oregon Parks Foundation from the gate is smoother now, just in time for Annely Germaine Elizabeth Draper Peter H. Michaelson Foundation with an all-staff work party hauling firewood out David Drescher Scott Burress the start of the season, and we are extremely Jason Glynn Troy Gagliano of the forest and stacking it in the meadow to Glenda Goodrich Jim and Nell Froning thankful to the Paces for their help. The forest is turning its thoughts to fall and Karen Garrison Scott Havis Corporate Donors bake in the sun. It is tough to think about the Jim Green Stephanie and Terry Hellickson Assessment Systems Corporation April 14th -15 th – Our spring Volunteer days of fires in the wood stove when it is so hot winter, as are we here in Jawbone. The Douglas Molly Kohnstamm Charles Graham David Greenwald John and Robin Katzenstein “Commercial Employers, Inc. — DBA Weekend is a great success, as our dedicated outside, but we will be thankful for the wood Tree Squirrels are busy harvesting cones for their Rufus and Kay La Lone C.P. and Betty Love Commercial Truck Leasing and Frederick and Leeann LeClair Marlene Hadduck Rental Co.” volunteers complete the rock wall for the new when the temperatures drop again. winter cache, the nights are noticeably cooler, Thelma Haggenmiller Kathryn Lynch and the days shorter. We look forward to the in memory of Elizabeth Skinner Marianne Ott D. Pedersen & Friends education building. July 14th -15 th Jeremy Miesner Reid Hanson Elkhorn Golf Resort, LLC – Our Board of Directors visits return of the rains, mushrooms, salamanders, Andy Harris Ann and Michael Parr April 20th – We celebrate the opening of the Jawbone Flats for the annual on-site meeting. Lucia and Paul Norris Alec and Laurie Rowell New Renaissance Book Shop and bright red vine maples. If you haven’t been Cathie Olcott Robin and Timothy Harrower Pacific Security Capital new and improved Commissary building, now a Great ideas are hatched, passions are renewed, Ralph and Linda Hedberg Paul and Linette Studebaker to visit yet, fall is a great time in the forest . Shawn and Teri Ottosen Lynn Thurston dedicated education building. Many old friends and Board and staff end the weekend ready to Eric Park and Grace Lee-Park June and Ed Hemmingson of the organization return to celebrate this mile - take on the next challenges facing our organization . Roy and Kathie Peeler Marti Johnson David Soloman Elaine and Grant Jones In-kind Donors stone. July 16th – Our Wilderness First Responder – The Residents of Jawbone Flats J. Michael and Leslie Kearsey Richard and Carole Allen May 5th - The new and improved Cabin 7 is certified staff respond to a medical emergency Forest Supporters ($50+) Beth Kerwin Hillary Atiyeh Atiyeh Bros. officially done and rented for the first time. on a nearby trail, a fall resulting in a broken Joel Scott Ario Kurt Kimsey Beulah Blake and Jacquelyn Allen Colin and Linda Lamb Bi-O-Kleen Everyone who has had the pleasure of staying wrist and bruised ribs. We use our medical in memory of Elizabeth Skinner Francis Lenski Boyd Coffee Company in Cabin 7 this season has been thrilled with skills to take vitals, splint the injuries, and send the improvements . the hiker to the hospital with detailed notes.

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