Yamhill County Chapter

Chapter President

Hal Hagglund

MEETINGS CALENDAR

WHEN	WHO – WHAT – WHERE
Social half hour at 6:30pm, Meeting at 7:00pm.	Meetings are open to all – You need not be a member to attend. Location: OSU Yamhill County Extension Auditorium, 2050 NE Lafayette Avenue, McMinnville, OR 97128
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 7pm	Hunting by Bill Dollar, Yamhill Co. president of Oregon Hunter’s Association. (arranged by Susan)
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 7pm	Forest Insects by Christine Buhl, PhD, Forest Entomolgist, Oregon Dept. of Forestry.
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 7pm	Forest Policy Issues by Seth Barnes, Director of Forest Policy, Oregon Forest & Industries Council. (arranged by Mike)
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 7pm	Effects of Climate Change in Douglas-fir Forests by Dave Shaw, professor, O.S.U. College of Forestry and Extension Forest Health Specialist. (arranged by Susan)
Wednesday, May 22, 2019; Social Hour 6:00pm, Dinner 6:30pm	Annual Banquet Program and venue to be determined.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

WHEN	WHO – WHAT – WHERE
Wednesday, December 12, 2018, 10am	Local Working Group Meeting The Yamhill Soil & Water Conservation District (District) and the Yamhill USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service are hosting a Local Working Group Meeting on December 12, 2018 starting at 10:00am in the Miller Woods Conference Room, located at 15589 NW Orchard View Rd. McMinnville, OR 97128. The purpose of this meeting is to identify local natural resource concerns (example: roadside erosion, poor water quality, inadequate water storage, weeds), and specific areas in our county to determine future grant requests for funding. Your input is a valuable part of this process, and you are invited to attend. If this doesn’t pertain directly to you, but you know a landowner that may be interested, please pass this invitation along to them! Thank you. Sincerely, Thomas E. Hoskins District Conservationist The Yamhill SWCD and the NRCS are equal opportunity employers, and providers.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019	Horning Seed Orchard Tour 27004 S Sheckly Rd., Colton, Oregon with Marion-Polk Chapter.
Spring, 2019	Master Woodland Manager Training I am very excited to announce that our next local MWM training is coming right up, in spring 2019! This class will span Washington, Yamhill, Polk and Benton Counties under the shared direction of Brad Withrow-Robinson and myself. We have dates nailed down (starting April 6th) and applications will be available within the next two weeks. We have limited space in the class – so if you know of anyone that you think would be a great candidate for the MWM training, please send their names my way so that I can send them an application. Additionally, some of you in Washington and Yamhill Counties can expect to hear from me after the New Year about helping out here or there with some of the class sessions. I am hoping to combine a Columbia County MWM class with Clatsop County a couple years down the road. Finally, please let me know if you have an updated email, have moved, or have other pertinent life updates. I would like to share will you that we lost one of our MWM’s, Art Dummer (class of 2000) who sadly passed away this fall. Art was active in Washington County for a very long time and will be missed. Thanks again for all that you do and hope to see you in 2019. Have a wonderful holiday season, Amy Amy Grotta, Associate Professor Extension Forester – Columbia, Washington & Yamhill Counties Oregon State University\| Forestry & Natural Resources Extension 505 N. Columbia River Hwy, St. Helens, OR 97051 Ph: (503) 397-3462 \| Blog \| Twitter

WHEN

WHO – WHAT – WHERE

Wednesday, December 12, 2018, 10am

Local Working Group Meeting
The Yamhill Soil & Water Conservation District (District) and the Yamhill USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service are hosting a Local Working Group Meeting on December 12, 2018 starting at 10:00am in the Miller Woods Conference Room, located at 15589 NW Orchard View Rd. McMinnville, OR 97128.

The purpose of this meeting is to identify local natural resource concerns (example: roadside erosion, poor water quality, inadequate water storage, weeds), and specific areas in our county to determine future grant requests for funding. Your input is a valuable part of this process, and you are invited to attend.
If this doesn’t pertain directly to you, but you know a landowner that may be interested, please pass this invitation along to them! Thank you.
Sincerely,
Thomas E. Hoskins
District Conservationist
The Yamhill SWCD and the NRCS are equal opportunity employers, and providers.

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Horning Seed Orchard Tour
27004 S Sheckly Rd., Colton, Oregon
with Marion-Polk Chapter.

Spring, 2019

Master Woodland Manager Training
I am very excited to announce that our next local MWM training is coming right up, in spring 2019! This class will span Washington, Yamhill, Polk and Benton Counties under the shared direction of Brad Withrow-Robinson and myself. We have dates nailed down (starting April 6th) and applications will be available within the next two weeks. We have limited space in the class – so if you know of anyone that you think would be a great candidate for the MWM training, please send their names my way so that I can send them an application. Additionally, some of you in Washington and Yamhill Counties can expect to hear from me after the New Year about helping out here or there with some of the class sessions. I am hoping to combine a Columbia County MWM class with Clatsop County a couple years down the road.
Finally, please let me know if you have an updated email, have moved, or have other pertinent life updates. I would like to share will you that we lost one of our MWM’s, Art Dummer (class of 2000) who sadly passed away this fall. Art was active in Washington County for a very long time and will be missed.
Thanks again for all that you do and hope to see you in 2019. Have a wonderful holiday season,
Amy
Amy Grotta, Associate Professor
Extension Forester – Columbia, Washington & Yamhill Counties
Oregon State University| Forestry & Natural Resources Extension
505 N. Columbia River Hwy, St. Helens, OR 97051
Ph: (503) 397-3462 | Blog | Twitter

RECENT PAST EVENTS:

WHEN	WHO – WHAT
Wednesday, September 26, 2018; 7pm	Status of Native Fish in Oregon by Conrad Gowell, Fellowship Program Director, and Board Member Doug DeRoy of the Native Fish Society. (arranged by Leonard)
Wednesday, October 24, 2018; 7pm	How Tree Growth Affects Properties of Wood and Oregon Big-leaf Maple Syrup by Barbara Lachenbruch, professor emeritus, O.S.U. College of Forestry.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018; 7pm	Forest Herbicides by Bruce Kelpsas, herbicide specialist.

WEB LINKS

Oregon Forest Resource Institute	http://OregonForests.org
Brad & Amy’s TreeTopics Blog:	http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/treetopics
Tall Timber Topics Quarterly Newsletter:	http://extension.oregonstate.edu/newsletter/tall-timber-topicss
Join OSWA online	http://www.oswa.org/view-available-memberships
Download OSWA Membership Application	http://www.oswa.org/images/docs/OSWA-Membership-2015-printable-application.pdf

BYLAWS for OSWA YAMHILL CHAPTER:

Current Chapter Bylaws version May 26, 2004.

Yamhill is an energetic, friendly and fun chapter to be a part of.

Web Page Last Updated: 12-05-2018