UW SAF Fall Quarter 2003 in Review

Meetings- We had two official chapter meetings this quarter. Some highlights from the official meetings are:
" Presentation on the World Forestry Congress (SAF chapter attendees: Michael Andreu, Anne Andreu, Ara Erickson, Mariano Amoroso, Edie Sonne Hall).
" Awarded 5 new members $15 towards member dues (Chris Raynham, Derek Beauchemin, Jessica Larson, Julie Forcier, Daisuke Sakuma)
" Voted on and passed a formal policy on how to use the Dean-allocated budget for student participation in SAF or other national/international forestry-related conferences
" Planning for future events (field trips, talks, outreach projects)

Minutes for October 8 and October 29 chapter meetings are on the UW SAF web site, http://www.cfr.washington.edu/saf/minutes/index.html

Events Organized and/or Hosted by SAF UW Student Chapter

" Old Growth Trees around New York City- On Thursday November 20, SAF hosted a talk by UW alumnus Daniel Karpin. Daniel received his BS in Forest Science (with a double major in Physics) from UW in 1970. He is now a consultant and engineer (invented the Nd-doped glass for car headlights), but has a long-time interest in finding old growth stands in the Northeast. Daniel showed slides of Old Growth stands right in Manhattan proper as well as many stands just outside the city. Thanks are due to chapter officers Ara Erickson and Phil Chi along with Prof. Tom Hinckley for organizing this event. For more information see, http://www.championtrees.org/oldgrowth/index.htm

" DNR Policy Director Craig Partridge on Certification of DNR lands- On Friday, December 12, SAF invited Craig Partridge, Policy Director at Washington Department of Natural Resources, to speak to interested students and faculty about the history, status, and issues concerning green certification of DNR lands. Craig gave a very informative summary of the mandates for DNR trustlands, the timeline for certification and the DNR, and the status for both FSC and SFI certification. Craig agreed to come back again after SAF students have had time to form opinions on what DNR should do. We had good turn out for this event including undergraduate and graduate students as well as CFR faculty and staff, including Dean Bare. Thanks to Alicia Robbins for facilitating this event.

" Forest Club, Wildlife Society, SAF Tree Trimming Social- SAF helped sponsor a holiday social on Thursday December 4. Attendees decorated the CFR Christmas Tree and took a much needed break before fall quarter exams. Julie Forcier and Phil Chi led the SAF effort.

Future Events- Future event ideas abound but we need your help putting them together. Please contact the appropriate contact person if you are able to help with any of these or other events for winter quarter

" MLK Service Day- We are thinking about organizing an SAF group to participate in one of the many volunteer opportunities on MLK Day (Jan 17). Please contact Alicia Robbins, astr@u.washington.edu, if you are interested in volunteering on that day.
" Non-industrial Private Landowner Field Trip- We are putting together a field trip to the Christmas Tree Farm (where the Forest Club cuts the Christmas Trees) and Stinson's Tree Farm. Please contact (Anny Schmidt, anny522@u.washington.edu, or Michael Andreu, andreu@u.washington.edu) if you would like to help plan this event.

" Tour of the Port of Tacoma or Port of Seattle- We are interested in learning about the inspection process to control for invasive species, pests etc… on imported goods. We have contacted a Patti King who has agreed to host a tour guide from the Port of Tacoma and were recently contacted by the Homeland Security People responsible for inspections to confirm their willingness to host a field trip. Tentative dates for this trip are: January 9th or preferably Jan 16th or later in February. Derek Beauchemin and Michael Andreu are organizing this effort and they can be contacted if you have questions or would like to be included on this field trip. (dbeauch@u.washington.edu or andreu@u.washington.edu,).

" Still on the Docket is a Spring Tour of the Trees of Greenlake with noted tree expert Arthur Lee Jacobson. We will be charging for this event a fee to cover costs.

If you have any other ideas please contact Edie Sonne Hall, edie@u.washington.edu.