From mkimsey at uidaho.edu  Fri Oct  6 09:11:58 2006
From: mkimsey at uidaho.edu (Mark Kimsey)
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:11:58 -0700
Subject: [Iesaf_palouse] Inland Northwest Wildland Urban Interface Conference
Message-ID: <f53ab7402087d.2087df53ab740@uidaho.edu>

A reminder that the early registration deadline is October 10 (next
Tuesday) for the 2nd annual Inland Northwest Wildland Urban Interface
Conference, October 18-19, 2006, Spokane, Washington.  Please register
by Tuesday, Oct. 10 at www.info.uidaho.edu/conferences.  Contact
Patricia Cohn, WSU Extension at 509-335-2877 or pcohn at wsu.edu for more info.

This conference is designed to give rural policy makers, local agency
staff, contractors, realtors, foresters, and rural residents an
opportunity to learn about current research and experience and apply it
to policies and activities in the wildland urban interface. This two-day
program will be held at Mirabeau Park Hotel & Convention Center, located
in Spokane Valley, Washington.

An optional half-day "WUI Eco-literacy Workshop" is also offered the
afternoon prior to the Conference, for those who would like to hone
their skills related to ecology, botany, rural social issues, and
wildlife habitat.
 
 
 
Patricia J. Cohn
Research & Extension Associate
Dept. of Natural Resource Sciences
P.O. Box 646410
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-6410
(509) 335-2877


From norrisboothe at hotmail.com  Wed Oct  4 08:33:00 2006
From: norrisboothe at hotmail.com (Norris Boothe)
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:33:00 +0000
Subject: [Iesaf_palouse] Nomination and Awards
Message-ID: <BAY110-W3078B0828EE0172098E74CF1D0@phx.gbl>

 
Dear Inland Empire SAF members,
 
Election time is fast approaching, and we would welcome nominations for officers by October 12.  
You can nominate yourself, or another SAF member with leadership potential for either position.  
If you  nominate someone else, please get their permission and committment to
serve SAF.  The following positions are open:

    1.  IESAF Vice Chair for 2007 
    2.  Executive Councilor 2007-2009
    3.  Chair Elect for each chapter
        
The Vice Chair serves for one year, cooperating with his counterpart in
Montana SAF to organize the joint IE/MT Leadership Conference in January
2008.  The Vice Chair is a voting member of the Executive Committee, who
becomes Chair in 2008.  IESAF intends to continue attendance by both
Chair and Vice Chair to the National Convention and House of Society Delegates
each fall.  Funding for expenses at those meetings has been available to
cover any costs not covered by your employer.  
 
Executive Councillor is a 3 year committment as a voting member of the
Executive Committee.  Councillor's primary duties are to contribute
knowledge and ideas at meetings.  Over the 3 years, you would have
opportunities to introduce new direction, projects and momentum to IESAF
and recommendations to the National Council.  

If you have ideas for improving SAF, this is a great place to start.  

Nominations are also due in January for the following 2006 awards.

    1.  Forester of the Year, awarded to outstanding to forestry by a member of IESAF.  
    2.  Communicator of the Year, awarded for raising public awareness about forestry.  The recipient
         does not have to be a member of SAF.

Please send your nominations to Terry Shaw, tshaw at uidaho.edu or to Keith Blatner, blatner at turbonet.com.  

Sincerely, 
Nominations and Awards Committee

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From tshaw at uidaho.edu  Fri Oct 13 15:21:32 2006
From: tshaw at uidaho.edu (Terry Shaw)
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:21:32 -0700
Subject: [Iesaf_palouse] Inland Empire SAF Nominations and Requested
	Testimonials
Message-ID: <0J7300LZXI3WE2@mailA.its.uidaho.edu>

Greetings IESAF Members,

This year IESAF nominations deadline date for 2006 IESAF Forester and 
Communicator of the Year awards is January 15th, 2007.  I encourage 
everyone to recognize those special individuals by submitting there names 
with a brief candidate description to Keith Blatner 509-335-4499 or 
blatner at wsu.edu {HYPERLINK "mailto:blatner at wsu.edu"}by January 15th, 2007.  A listing of National and 
IESAF nominations and awards can be viewed under the drop 
down "Events" at our web site www.iesaf.org. 
Charlene Schildwachter, Senior SAF National Director of Marketing and 
Membership is requesting testimonials for a new member brochure.  Please 
see Charlene's message below.  Testimonial responses should be sent to 
me Terry Shaw  at tshaw at uidaho.edu.

Thank you for SAF support.

Terry Shaw
Chair - Inland Empire Society of American Foresters





Dear Terry,

Your assistance is requested. We are writing and designing a new
member brochure and would love to have some updated testimonials from
a variety of our members.

Following is a list of job types as well as organizations we would
like represented by member testimonials. 

 - The Nature Conservancy
 - Policy - director, legislative affairs, government relations
 - Urban Forester
 - Manager / Executive
 - Forestry Consultant
 - State Forester
 - TIMO (Timber Investment Management Organization) - manger /
 forester - Student 

Please ask the member to supply the following details: 

 - Specific Testimonial - What products, services, meetings,
 publications, and resources have really helped them and how? What do
 they value most about their membership? 

 - Full Name, Title, and Organization
 - E-mail Address - So we can follow-up for clarification and final
 approval.



From mkimsey at uidaho.edu  Thu Oct 19 06:00:40 2006
From: mkimsey at uidaho.edu (Mark Kimsey)
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:00:40 -0700
Subject: [Iesaf_palouse] November 2nd SAF Meeting
Message-ID: <f2c9356e32ae6.32ae6f2c9356e@uidaho.edu>

Palouse-Snake River Chapter November 2006 Meeting

Title:  School/Columbia Complex Fire Update: NEPA & Litigation

Presented By: Monte Fujishin

WHEN: November 2nd, 2006

         Social Hour @ 5:30 pm
         Dinner @ 6:15 pm
         Presentation @ 7:00 pm

WHERE: The China Inn, Lewiston, Idaho(2007 16th Ave.)

MENU: Menu Selection

COST: Variable

RSVP: Please RSVP to Mark Kimsey at 208-885-7520 or mkimsey at uidaho.edu
by Wednesday, November 1st.

FORESTER?S RAFFLE: $1/ticket or $5 for 6 tickets

*Note: Each Palouse-Snake River Chapter meeting is worth 1 CFE credit.


If there is any interest in carpooling for those in Moscow, please let
me know.  I can provide a vehicle to transport up to 7 people.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mark Kimsey
Intermountain Forest Tree Nutrition Cooperative
Department Forest Resources
College of Natural Resources
University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1133
Phone: 208.885.7520
Mobile: 509.330.0640
Fax: 208.885.7442


From mkimsey at uidaho.edu  Fri Oct 27 08:49:53 2006
From: mkimsey at uidaho.edu (Mark Kimsey)
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:49:53 -0700
Subject: [Iesaf_palouse] Nov. 2nd SAF meeting
Message-ID: <fe82cff97bb8.7bb8fe82cff9@uidaho.edu>

If there is any interest in carpooling for those in Moscow, please let
me know.  I can provide a vehicle to transport up to 7 people.  Please
RSVP a space by Wednesday evening.

Palouse-Snake River Chapter November 2006 Meeting

Title:  School/Columbia Complex Fire Update: NEPA & Litigation

Presented By: Monte Fujishin

WHEN: November 2nd, 2006

         Social Hour @ 5:30 pm
         Dinner @ 6:15 pm
         Presentation @ 7:00 pm

WHERE: The China Inn, Lewiston, Idaho(2007 16th Ave.)

MENU: Menu Selection

COST: Variable

RSVP: Please RSVP to Mark Kimsey at 208-885-7520 or mkimsey at uidaho.edu
by Wednesday, November 1st.

FORESTER?S RAFFLE: $1/ticket or $5 for 6 tickets

*Note: Each Palouse-Snake River Chapter meeting is worth 1 CFE credit.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mark Kimsey
Intermountain Forest Tree Nutrition Cooperative
Department Forest Resources
College of Natural Resources
University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1133
Phone: 208.885.7520
Mobile: 509.330.0640
Fax: 208.885.7442


From mkimsey at uidaho.edu  Tue Nov 21 14:37:15 2006
From: mkimsey at uidaho.edu (Mark Kimsey)
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:37:15 -0800
Subject: [Iesaf_palouse] December SAF meeting
Message-ID: <f59090d61edd2.1edd2f59090d6@uidaho.edu>

Palouse-Snake River Chapter December 2006 Meeting

Title:  How Regular Folks Perceive Forests, Fires & Management

Presented By: Bill Robinson, Robinson Research

WHEN: December 5th, 2006

         Social Hour @ 5:30 pm
         Dinner @ 6:15 pm
         Presentation @ 7:00 pm

WHERE: The Hilltop Restaurant, Pullman Washington

MENU: Menu Selection

COST: Variable ($6 - $15)

RSVP: Please RSVP to Mark Kimsey at 208-885-7520 or mkimsey at uidaho.edu
by Monday, December 4th.

FORESTER?S RAFFLE: $1/ticket or $5 for 6 tickets

*Note: Each Palouse-Snake River Chapter meeting is worth 1 CFE credit.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mark Kimsey
Intermountain Forest Tree Nutrition Cooperative
Department Forest Resources
College of Natural Resources
University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1133
Phone: 208.885.7520
Mobile: 509.330.0640
Fax: 208.885.7442


From mkimsey at uidaho.edu  Tue Nov 28 05:35:21 2006
From: mkimsey at uidaho.edu (Mark Kimsey)
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 05:35:21 -0800
Subject: [Iesaf_palouse] December SAF meeting
Message-ID: <fdcea7767698.7698fdcea776@uidaho.edu>

Palouse-Snake River Chapter December 2006 Meeting

Title:  How Regular Folks Perceive Forests, Fires & Management

Presented By: Bill Robinson, Robinson Research

WHEN: December 5th, 2006

         Social Hour @ 5:30 pm
         Dinner @ 6:15 pm
         Presentation @ 7:00 pm

WHERE: The Hilltop Restaurant, Pullman Washington

MENU: Menu Selection

COST: Variable ($6 - $15)

RSVP: Please RSVP to Mark Kimsey at 208-885-7520 or mkimsey at uidaho.edu
by Monday, December 4th.

FORESTER?S RAFFLE: $1/ticket or $5 for 6 tickets

*Note: Each Palouse-Snake River Chapter meeting is worth 1 CFE credit.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mark Kimsey
Intermountain Forest Tree Nutrition Cooperative
Department Forest Resources
College of Natural Resources
University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1133
Phone: 208.885.7520
Mobile: 509.330.0640
Fax: 208.885.7442


From mkimsey at uidaho.edu  Mon Dec  4 11:21:16 2006
From: mkimsey at uidaho.edu (Mark Kimsey)
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 11:21:16 -0800
Subject: [Iesaf_palouse] December SAF Meeting Canceled
Message-ID: <f4e91715a74f.a74ff4e91715@uidaho.edu>

Dear All,

The December 5th SAF meeting is canceled.  Weather, holidays, and busy
work schedules have resulted in only 1 RSVP for Bill Robinson's Tuesday
presentation.  We will try and reschedule Bill for the January meeting.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!

Mark 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mark Kimsey
Intermountain Forest Tree Nutrition Cooperative
Department Forest Resources
College of Natural Resources
University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1133
Phone: 208.885.7520
Mobile: 509.330.0640
Fax: 208.885.7442


