Living with Forests in Wildfire Country - seminar 4/30/09

This program is taught by forest owners, so there will be ample information based on real life experiences. Sorry for the short notice. Phone included if you'd like to inquire about repeats.

On Thursday, April 30, 2009, at 7-9 PM, in Leavenworth WA, the Barn Beach Trust will present “Living with Forests in Wildfire Country,” a seminar to help people prepare for the approaching fire season. The seminar will take place in the Barn at Barn Beach Reserve, located at 347 Division Street.

With fire season coming, it’s a great time for forest landowners to learn what they can do to protect their property and give themselves peace of mind. Whether you are a forest land owner, or your home is located in the forest, or you just live in a community on the east side of the Cascades with forests nearby, it’s important to understand what it means to live with forests in wildfire country.

The seminar will be presented by Leavenworth area forest landowners Tom Davies and Ross Frank, both of whom have extensive forest land management experience and expertise.
Topics to be covered at the seminar include:
v Forest ecology
v Forest health
v The role of fire in forests
v How property owners can assess wildfire risks to their land and structures
v What property owners can do reduce these risks.

For more information, please contact Jeff Parsons, (509) 548-0181

Tom Davies and his wife, Cynthia Neely, own forested land near Leavenworth. Tom’s credentials include a Masters Degree in Forest Science and a Ph.D. in Biology, both from Yale University. He serves on the Leavenworth Neighbors Fire Education-Fuels Reduction steering committee and is actively working to restore his family’s 120-acre ponderosa pine forest. He is past-President of the Barn Beach Trust.

Ross Frank and his wife, Marianne, own Red-Tail Canyon Farm, a draft horse ranch and a registered tree farm. Ross is a graduate of the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources. He currently chairs the Chumstick Wildfire Stewardship Coalition and serves on the Board of Directors of the Barn Beach Trust. He is a past board member and chairperson of the Chelan County Conservation District.