F1 - Wilderness Management

To submit or request F1 WG-News Information, send an email to Bill Borrie.

CHIEF OF FOREST SERVICE CALLS FOR GREATER PROTECTION OF LAST REMAINING

December 14, 2000

Chief Mike Dombeck recently called for the U.S. Forest Service to increase protection for the last remaining roadless areas on our national forests and grasslands. In a speech given on September 9, 2000 at the National Wilderness Conference in Denver, Dombeck expressed his concern about the future of wilderness, calling these lands part of every citizen's birthright. Dombeck pledged the maintenance of the character and integrity of the nation's wilderness resource:

"Although many roadless areas might never qualify for full wilderness protection, they supply some of our cleanest water in largely undisturbed landscapes of scenic splendor. As refuges for rare and endangered species, they form important biological reserves. They provide abundant recreation opportunities in settings similar to wilderness opportunities that are easier to manage than actual wilderness recreation. They are a precious national resource that we must not and, as long as I am on this watch, will not lose".

The full text is available at: http://www.fs.fed.us/intro/speech/Wildfinl_web.htm

Wilderness Management Distance Education

September 1, 2000

On-Line Course Announcement!

Beginning the week of October 16th, 2000, the wilderness management distance education course, Wilderness in the American Context, Recreation Management 495ab, will be offered online with a facilitated discussion group at the University of Montana's School of Forestry. Professors Bill Borrie, Wayne Freimund, and Perry Brown, Dean of the School of Forestry, and Arthur Carhart Wilderness Training Center Staff members will participate in the discussions.

This course provides a broad perspective of what wilderness is and how the idea developed, and exposes the student to some of the differing values, ethics, and expectations of wilderness held by society. It offers an account of the wilderness idea, and where it originated, tracing the beginnings of the conservation movement from the Greek philosophers to today. RECM 495ab also examines the early history of wilderness preservation that ultimately led to federal protection in the Wilderness Act. Legislation since 1964 and how each agency applies these laws are also discussed. RECM 495ab is an excellent course for managers and students interested in a firm academic foundation in wilderness philosophy and law.

More information can be obtained by call the Course Instructor, Steve Peel, University of Montana, (406) 243-6956 or Chris Ryan, Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center, (406) 243-4630, or by visiting www.wilderness.net/education.cfm

The Wilderness Information Network

July 17, 2000

The Wilderness Information Network (http://www.wilderness.net/) is the best on-line source of information on wilderness and wilderness management. It is dedicated to compiling and making available all sorts of information about wilderness management to various audiences: educators, researchers, land managers, policy persons, and the genral public. The Wilderness Information Network is visited by nearly 10,000 people every month!

One of the latest projects of the Wilderness Information Network is a searchable database of all wilderness areas in the National Wilderness Preservation System. At http://www.wilderness.net/nwps/map.cfm you can search for information on each individual wilderness area using a simple map interface.

The Wilderness Information Network also compiles some of the latest news about wilderness and wilderness management. The Wilderness Newsbriefs (http://www.wilderness.net/news.cfm) portion of WIN is targeted specifically to the general public, who is able to sign-up to receive news about widlerness via email on a semi-regular basis. And, there is a lively discussion forum at the Wilderness Information Network where all sorts of issues related to wilderness, wilderness management, and current issues are discussed by the general public, researchers, and managers from all over the world (www.wilderness.net/forum/default.cfm).

The Wilderness Information Network hosts the internet homes of the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute (www.wilderness.net/leopold/), the only research group in the nation dedicated to developing the knowledge needed to improve management of widlerness and other natural areas; the Wilderness Management Distance Education Project (http://www.wilderness.net/wmdep/), which offers accredited university courses that provide a comprehensive study of wilderness management, including wilderness philosophy, ecology, recreation, and planning; and the International Journal of Wilderness(http://www.wilderness.net/ijw/).

Also on the Wilderness Information Network is information about the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center (http://www.wilderness.net/carhart/), a United States federal government inter-agency training center devoted to training federal and state land managers who have wilderness management responsibilties. The Carhart Center also develops school curricula on wilderness for primary and secondary education levels. The Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center was formerly located at the Historic Ninemile Ranger Station near Missoula, Montana, but recently moved to the University of Monatana campus. The Staff of eight includes representatives from each of the four federal wilderness-managing agencies.

Not only does the Wilderness Information Network provide a huge amount of information concerning wilderness, wilderness management, wilderness education, and wilderness research; it also provides the most comprehensive list of other on-line wilderness information (www.wilderness.net/links.cfm).

The Wilderness Information Network is a cooperative project of the University of Montana, the Arthur Carhart Wilderness Training Center, and the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute.

Forest Service Releases Proposal for Future Management of Roadless Areas

June 13, 2000

Forest Service Chief Mike Dombeck, on Tuesday, May 9, 2000, outlined the proposal to end road construction in nearly one quarter of the 192 million acre National Forest System. The proposal addresses more than 54 million acres of inventoried roadless areas and additional unroaded areas on national forests and grasslands. Also released today was a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) explaining the basis for the proposal.

The proposal: prohibits new roads in 43 million acres of inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest Service System; provides opportunities for additional protection for the inventoried areas and other smaller unroaded areas through local forest planning; and defers until 2004 the decision on providing additional protection for an additional 8.5 million acres on the Tongass National Forest.

"Rapid development and shrinking open space make our remaining roadless areas increasingly valuable to many people," said Dombeck. "New roads pose the most immediate threat to the many social and ecological values of these areas," he continued.

The proposal "seeks to balance local needs with maintaining the values of our remaining roadless areas. At the same time, roadless areas would remain open for public use, access and recreation," Dombeck said. To help people review, understand and improve the proposal, more than 300 meetings are scheduled throughout the country. Every national forest and grassland will host two types of meetings.

Committee Named to Study Fixed Climbing Anchor Issue

June 13, 2000

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2000 - Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman today appointed a 23 member committee to help determine the Forest Service policy for the use of fixed climbing anchors in designated wilderness areas in the National Forest System. The committee is comprised of a diverse group of individuals, including representatives from the Forest Service, the climbing community, environmental groups, as well as the recreation industry.

"I am pleased with the process we've chosen and believe it will yield an appropriate resolution to the fixed anchor debate," said Jim Lyons, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment. "I believe the balanced composition and expertise represented on this panel will ensure that the interests of the climbing community will be protected while, at the same time, protecting these valuable natural resources."

The use of fixed anchors in wilderness areas has been a subject of discussion for several years and became an issue in 1998 after a Forest Service ban on the use of nylon and metal anchors in Idaho's Sawtooth Wilderness was extended to all wilderness areas nationwide. This nationwide ban subsequently was lifted pending the outcome of the negotiated rulemaking process. Under the negotiated rulemaking process, the committee will work with a neutral facilitator to work toward a consensus on language for a proposed rule to regulate the use of fixed anchors in Forest Service wilderness areas.

The committee meetings will be open to the public and meeting schedules will be announced in the Federal Register and on the Forest Service World Wide Web site at http://www.fs.fed.us/. The Forest Service will incorporate the committee's recommendations into a proposed rule that will be published in the Federal Register for public comment.

Members of the Fixed Anchor Negotiated Rulemaking Committee named today are:

• Lloyd Athearn, American Alpine Club, Golden, CO
• Kathleen Beamer, Recreation Equipment Inc. Seattle, WA
• Frank Buono, Prineville, OR
• David Custer, Cambridge, MA
• Sam Davidson, The Access Fund, Salinas, CA
• Larry Gadt, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC
• Brian Huse, National Parks and Conservation Association, Oakland, CA
• Stephan Jackson, National Outdoor Leadership School, Bridgton, ME
• Myrna Johnson, Outdoor Recreation Coalition of America, Boulder, CO
• Jon Krakauer, Boulder, CO
• Craig Mackey, Outward Bound, Golden, CO
• William Maher Jr., Alexandria, VA
• John McCarthy, Idaho Conservation League, Boise, ID
• Douglas Medville, National Speleological Society, Reston, VA
• Patrick Mullaney, The Mountaineers, Seattle, WA
• George Nickas, Wilderness Watch, Missoula, MT
• Phil Powers, American Mountain Guide Association, Lander, WY
• Kevin Proescholdt, Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness, Minneapolis, MN
• Scott Silver, Wild Wilderness, Bend, OR
• Jay Watson, Wilderness Society, San Francisco, CA
• Jeff Widen, Sierra Club, Durango, CO
• Rick Wilcox, Mountain Rescue Service, Eaton, NH
• Steve Wolper, Ketchum, ID
• Philip Harter, Neutral Facilitator, The Mediation Institute, South Royalton, VT

Contributed by:

Bill Borrie, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Program Coordinator
Outdoor Recreation Management
School of Forestry
University of Montana Missoula, MT

Wilderness Caucus Formed in US Senate

March 20, 2000

A Wilderness Caucus has been formed in the Senate to defend existing wilderness and designate new areas. The caucus, announced 8 September 1999 by Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI), is bipartisan. Members of the caucus include:

• Russ Feingold (D-WI)
• Evan Bayh (D-IN)
• Robert Bennett (R-UT)
• Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
• Richard Durbin (D-IL)
• Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
• Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL)
• Bob Graham (D-FL)
• John McCain (R-AZ)
• Patty Murray (D-WA)

The objectives of the caucus are:

• to assist Members of Congress in defending existing wilderness areas (and other federal land resources already protected in the public trust) from activities that have the potential to significantly affect the qualities for which they were designated;

• to support and provide advice to Members seeking opportunities to designate new wilderness areas; and

• to provide Members with a bipartisan forum in which to discuss wilderness and other public land protection and management issues and learn from others' expertise

• to educate Members about the Wilderness Act and other federal land management statutes, and to improve understanding of the appropriate uses of various federal land management designations and the federal financial and management requirements needed to implement them.

Senator John McCain said, "I proudly join my colleagues as a founding member of this newly created Senate Wilderness and Public Lands Caucus. I congratulate my friend,

Senator Feingold, for his bold spirit and commitment to the active protection of our public lands. I accepted Senator Feingold's invitation to participate in this new Caucus

because we share a responsibility to protect the natural resources that sustain our world and grace the quality of our lives.

"On this day, we commemorate the success of the 1964 Wilderness Act with a renewed commitment to responsible preservation. In the more than 35 years since the Act's passage, Americans can more readily cherish and enjoy pristine lands in their natural state, unencumbered by growth and development. An important goal of this new Caucus is the desire to improve our process for making important land management decisions impacting our public lands.

"Developing consensus policy for public lands protection is of particular necessity and importance for western states. In Arizona, more than 80 percent of lands are held in public ownership, with 4.5 million acres designated as wilderness. Arizonans enjoy wilderness in such places as the Superstition Mountains, Cabeza Prieta, Baboquivari Peak and the Red Rock Secret Mountain.

"Many more difficult land management decisions will require our thoughtful consideration. For example, the state of Arizona has grappled for more than ten years over the question of wilderness suitability for the state's largest national park, the Grand Canyon National Park. Arizonans are still engaged in deliberations of this important decision, as well as determining appropriate land management decisions for other areas in our state.

"Each of us is well aware that public land management is divisive and, if not carefully developed, can usually result in unfair games of give-and-take between land-users and conservationists. A fine balance between competing users has proved to be possible, and it is this balance toward which we must strive. I am joining with my colleagues in this Caucus because I believe that any decisions we make in the Congress for public land policy should heed the spirit of bipartisanship, promote the ethics of stewardship and multiple use, and protect individual rights. In general, we must ensure that all viewpoints on land-use issues are given fair opportunity to be heard.

"We should find our inspiration in the example of a hero of mine, and a statesman of the highest virtue, Mo Udall, whose grace and wisdom should inspire every American. Mo once taught a freshman Representative from the other side of the aisle a valuable lesson. He reached across party lines to enlist me in the effort to tackle environmental problems in our home state.

"Mo's faith in the pursuit of cooperation and consensus enabled us to enact landmark legislation placing 3.5 million acres of pristine Arizona lands into the Wilderness Preservation System. Contrary to the predictions of naysayers and competing political interests, Mo Udall brought the Arizona congressional delegation together with broad support from the public. This was no simple task, but it worked, and Mo Udall demonstrated to his colleagues and constituents a successful formula for bringing together people of good faith and different perspectives to achieve a common purpose.

"This new Caucus gives us an opportunity to uphold our commitment to responsible preservation while protecting the rights of all Americans for public use of lands. I encourage our colleagues, of all minds on this issue, to join in the Caucus so that our recommendations and discussions can be fully representative of all interested parties.

Wilderness Management Panel

February 29, 2000

In November the Pinchot Institute for Conservation announced the formation of a select panel to examine the record of the federal wilderness agencies in wilderness stewardship over the past 35 years and to recommend ways to ensure sustainability of the system in the next century. Perry Brown, dean of the School of Forestry at the University of Montana, chairs the panel.

Members of the panel are Bill Meadows, president of the Wilderness Society; Joe Sax, professor of environmental regulation at the University of California-Berkeley; Norman Christensen, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University; Hanna J. Cortner, professor at the School of Renewable Natural Resources of the University of Arizona; Deborah Williams, executive director of the Alaska Conservation Foundation; former US secretary of the interior, Stewart Udall; Thomas C. Kiernan, president of the National Parks and Conservation Association; William Reffalt, retired chief of refuges for the Fish and Wildlife Service; and George Siehl, retired recreation specialist with the Congressional Research Service.

An organizational meeting of the panel was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in early December 1999. At that time, the wilderness program leaders for the Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and Bureau of Land Management reviewed their management programs and issues of concern to them. The panel also heard issues and concerns from federal wilderness researchers and from selected individuals providing an historical perspective on wilderness stewardship.

The panel has moved into a fact-finding stage and will reconvene during the late spring or early summer of 2000. Then, it will hold a public listening session to elicit issues and concerns from the many voices interested in wilderness stewardship. The panel expects to complete its work in 12-14 months from its initiation.

WG Technical Sessions: THERE'S STILL TIME....until MARCH 15....

February 24, 2000

and room--to submit additional technical sessions for the 2000 SAF national convention!

Still mulling over that great idea for a session? Know a couple of compadres with papers or info to showcase? Don't lose steam just because it's last minute.....Get on the stick and pull it off!

March 15 is the final deadline for the convention program. New sessions proposed must come fully loaded with speakers and abstracts between now and March 15, but the window is still open!

(February 15 was the deadline for the national call-for-papers, i.e., the first deadline for abstracts.)

SAF Considers Revision of Forest Cover Types of the United States and Canada

February 11, 2000

The Society of American Foresters Science and Technology Board has developed a technical advisory committee to investigate the need to update the 1980 SAF publication, "Forest Cover Types of the United States and Canada." The forest cover type book is SAF produced and is used to classify forests by its species composition into forest types. These forest types are used across the world for comparisons and to determine trends in area, volume, growth, removals, mortality, land-use change, etc. This is one of the unifying themes between forest industry, environmental organizations, and federal, state, and local governmental agencies. This classification system is used to determine historically, currently, and over time what forests exist, what they contain, what changes are occurring, and what we expect in the future.

The members of this committee are Terry Sharik, Keith Moser, and Tom Schmidt. This initiative is based on input that the 1980 publication needs to be expanded to cover additional forest types, to include correlations with landscape classification systems, that additional North American classifications outside of the United States need to be added, and other improvements. We want to make SAF's Forest Cover Type descriptions more user friendly with expanded descriptions and types.

We would like to receive input from those that currently use the 1980 publication because changes in the current forest type classifications might have a large impact on how forests are classified, inventoried, and compared. Questions that we would like addressed include:

• Do you use this publication, and if so, how often and for what purposes?
• Do you ever find the current book inadequate, and if so, why?
• What additions would you like to see included?
• Do you use other publications for similar purposes?
• If you use other publications, what are they and what are their advantages?
• What would the perfect forest cover type book contain and look like?

If we determine that there is a need to update the 1980 publication, we will begin in the summer of 2000. The process that we envision is to determine user needs, other sources of classification, opportunities to combine with these other sources of classification, a time schedule, and who can help. There are numerous opportunities to get involved if you're interested, just let any of us know. We look forward to hearing from you.

Contact information:

• Tom Schmidt -- mailto:schmidt_thomas/nc@fs.fed.us
• Terry Sharik-- tlsharik@cc.usu.edu
• Keith Moser-- 4ester@csi.com

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR WORKING GROUP OFFICERS

February 11, 2000

The SAF Working Groups are beginning the process of electing new officers. We are soliciting names of WG members who are interested in leading their WG in the future. This is a great opportunity to serve your profession, provide leadership on important issues, and gain leadership experience. (WG chair-elects attend the SAF Leadership Academy.)

Please contact the chair-elect of the Working Groups you have selected (listed below) with your suggested nominees for the open positions. Terms will begin January 1, 2001.

Most chair-elect and some secretary positions are open for nomination. The incumbent chairs-elect will become the new chairs when the current chairs complete their terms at the end of 2000. Additional information on working groups can be found at: http://www.safnet.org/science/wgdesc.htm

Working Group Chairs-Elect

A - Resources Measurements

• A1: Inventory--Dave Hamlin (dhamlin@masonbruce.com; 503/224-3445)

• A2: Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry--Kass Green (kgreen@pacificmeridian.com; 510/654-6980)

• A3: Biometrics--David Marshall (dmarshall/r6pnw_olympia@fs.fed.us; 360/753-7673)

• A4: Geographic Information Systems--Guang Zhao (zhaog@columb30.dhec.state.sc.us; 803/898-33952)

B - Forestry Systems

• B1: Nonindustrial Private Forestry--Michael Jacobson (mgj2@psu.edu; 814/863-0401). Nominate chair-elect only.

• B2: Urban and Community Forestry--Kamran Abdollahi (kabdo@prodigy.net; 225/771-6291). Nominate secretary only.

• B3: International Forestry--Tom Hammet (himal@vt.edu; 540/231-2716)

• B4: Agroforestry--Bruce Wight (bwight@telspec.itc.nrcs.usda.gov; 402/437-5718, x 36)

C - Ecology and Biology

• C1: Forestry Ecology--Keith Moser (4ester@csi.com; 850/893-4153, x 247). Nominate chair-elect only.

• C2: Soils--Deborah Page-Dumroese (dumroese/rmrs_moscow@fs.fed.us; 208/883-2339)

• C3: Water Resources--George Ice (gice@scrc-ncasi.org; 541/752-8801)

• C4: Range Ecology--Jon Wilson (fofw075@unlvm.unl.edu; 308/532-3611, x 139)

• C5: Wildlife and Fish Ecology--Ben Wigley (wigley@clemson.edu; 864/656-00840). Nominate chair-elect only.

• C6: Physiology--Alex Friend (alf2@ra.msstate.edu; 601/325-2779)

D - Management and Utilization

• D1: Forest Genetics and Tree Improvement--Michael Stine (mstine@lsu.edu; 225/388-4137)

• D2: Silviculture--David McGill (dwmcgil@westvaco.com; 304/392-6334)

• D3: Forest Production and Utilization--Philip Araman (paraman@vt.edu; 540/231-5341)

• D4: Fire--Fred Gonzalez (fgonzalez/r6pnw_colville@fs.fed.us; 509/446-7500)

• D5: Forestry Pathology and Entomology--Michael Ostry (mostry/nc@fs.fed.us; 651/649-5113)

E - Decision Sciences

• E1: Economics, Policy, and Law--David Wear (dwear/srs_rtp@fs.fed.us; 919/549-4011)

• E2: Land Use Planning Organization and Management--Pete Bettinger (bettingp@ccmail.orst.edu; 541/737-8549)

• E4: Management Science and Operations Research--Kevin Boston (kboston@smokey.forestry.uga.edu; 706/542-1186)

• E5: Technology Assessment and Future Analysis--Carolyn Adams (loggerchic@aol.com; 516/352-5237)

F - Social and Related Sciences

• F1: Wilderness Management--Anne Fege (afege/r5_cleveland@fs.fed.us; 619/674-2901)

• F2: Recreation--Bruce Slover (bslover/r9_superior@fs.fed.us; 218/365-7600)

• F3: Education and Communication--Shawn Spencer (shawn_barb@email.msn.com; 718/390-8030)

• F4: Human Resources--Donna Story (dstory@lamar.colostate.edu; 970/4491-8660)

• F5: Philosophy and History--Todd Morgan (tamorgan@selway.umt.edu; 406/721-7435)

1999 SAF National Convention - Portland, Oregon

June 29, 1999
Working Group (WG) Technical Sessions

The excellent response to the "call for papers" has resulted in a wide variety of technical sessions. Speakers will share their experiences, research findings, and assessments of the future.

WG sessions allow participants to learn from one another and share their own pathways to solving problems.

Tuesday, September 14, 1999

8:00 am-5:30 pm

Click here to see your WG involvement in the Technical Sessions:Tech Sessions

Working Group Field Workshops

Take a first-hand look at how the broad range of natural resource issues is being addressed on the ground in the Pacific Northwest. Field workshops are sponsored by SAF working groups and are a unique and popular feature of the national convention. They expand on the learning objectives of the general and technical sessions.

Most Sessions are Wednesday, September 15, 1999

8:00 am-5:30 pm

Click here to see your WG involvement in the Field Workshops:Field Wk.Shops

Full Convention Program & Registration

SAF Convention Registration is easier than ever! Do it "on-line" at:'99 NAT CONV.

Faces of Fire Working Group Technical Session and Field Workshop (T1) Itinerary

May 20, 1999

Faces of Fire in the Pacific Northwest

Tuesday, September 14

Portland, OR

WG Sponsors: D4, D2, F2, F1

Organized by Fred C. Gonzalez,USDA Forest Service, D4 Chair Elect

To learn how you can earn up to 8 CFE CREDITS, check out SAF's complete REVISED description of this WG Technical Session and Field Workshop at:

FACES OF FIRE Itinerary

Remember you can also register directly for the SAF National Convention in Portland at:

SAF-PORTLAND

1999 SAF Convention Field Workshop Announced - D4, D2, F2, F1 Members Invited

May 10, 1999
Faces of Fire Working Group Field Workshop

Tuesday, September 14 - Wednesday, September 15, 1999

The Fire, Silviculture, Wilderness Management, and Recreation Working Groups will embark on a 2-day field workshop through the majestic Cascade Mountains. The theme of the workshop will be the many faces of fire as participants review the effectiveness of prevention, suppression, and prescribed fire activities in protecting, maintaining, and restoring the rich ecosystems of this area while also protecting the people. The field tour will blend the interests of these four specific working groups as the tour travels through east of the Cascade Mountains from Mt. Hood south to Mt. Washington. Along the way the participants will observe several designated Wilderness areas, experience vicariously the multitude of recreation opportunities available in this area from alpine and water skiing to driving through this gorgeous scenery, and studying the differences and dynamics of Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine forests adjacent to each other.

This field workshop will start in Portland and go east to Mt. Hood. The first leg will take participants to the Wildwood Recreation Area. At this location participants will focus on community relations between government and citizen, observe the success of interagency management of recreation along the Mt. Hood corridor, see the many levels of interpretation services used in this area, and view live salmon.

On the second stop for the afternoon participants will focus on the ecological aspects of fire. The topics will include plant succession following disturbance, witness various disturbance impacts to the forest today from mega-droughts in the 14th and 15th centuries to fire exclusion in the 20th century, and the management opportunities and challenges that are available today including the President's Forest Plan.

Stop three will focus on fire suppression with a mosaic of past large fires in the background. Here participants will learn about mobilization plans to suppress large fires, cooperation made available to wildland fires from structural fire fighting resources through the Oregon Conflagration Act, and state emergency plans for Oregon, Washington, and California.

The evening will be spent at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation with dinner and program. See the Kah-Nee-Ta internet site at: http://www.kah-nee-taresort.com/ for additional information about available recreation activities and facilities at this resort.

The following morning, after breakfast at the resort, the tour will continue by visiting the Crooked River National Grasslands. Here the effects of fire exclusion with subsequent grassland restoration activities will be seen. In addition, there will be examples of the wildland urban interface problem shown with local solutions.

Later that morning, the group will find itself on the Sisters Ranger District, Deschutes National Forest. This has some of the most beautiful stands of ancient ponderosa pine imaginable, intricate recreation issues, silviculture challenges, and fire complexity. To address these many topics the group will divide with one group concentrating on fire, silviculture, insects, and disease; and the other group focusing on recreation and wilderness. Both groups will have opportunities to discuss complex management involving human desires (recreation), natural systems (fire, insects, disease, weather), and politics (social and economic) at these stops.

The last stop, following lunch along the Pacific Crest Trail, will look at law enforcement, wildland and structural arsonists, incendiary devices, and ecotage. Following this stop, the tour participants will be returned to Portland.

The Working Group Officers have worked extremely hard to make this an educational and recreation tour that we believe you will enjoy. There will only be two buses for a maximum of 94 participants that may attend this tour. Please come and join us.

View this and other Working Group field workshops, or register on-line for the 1999 SAF Convention at:www.safnet.org/calendar/natcon.htm

JOIN US AT THE PORTLAND SAF CONVENTION!

May 6, 1999
WHAT: Wilderness Sessions at the 1999 Society of American Foresters (SAF) Meeting

WHEN: September 13-17, 1999

WHO: Society of American Foresters' Members, USDA Forest Service folks, and others.

WHERE: Portland Oregon (convention center), Forest Park, and Mt. Hood areas

We invite you to join the F1 Wilderness Working Group at the 1999 Society of American Foresters (SAF) meeting in Portland, Oregon on September 13-17, 1999. Registration information is in the May edition of the Forestry Source and on SAF's convention web page at: SAF Convention

Please attend these sessions and field trips:

Wilderness and the City Park field trip on Wednesday, September 15: A day of near-wilderness in Portland. Visit Tryon Creek State Park, the World Forestry Center and Audubon House, all sites of in-town environmental education programs. Get a sense of how city youth learn about natural areas and biological conservation. Then hike all afternoon in 5,000-acre Forest Park, a few miles west of downtown Portland. Learn how biological values of natural areas in a city compare to those in wilderness, reflect on personal experiences in this almost-wilderness in the city, and have fun!

F1 Working Group meeting on Tuesday evening, September 14. We encourage students, working group members, colleagues and other attendees to join us.

Technical session on Wilderness Management on such subjects as environmental ethics of wilderness visitors, the experience of solitude, differences between wilderness and front-country recreation expectations, and ecosystem principles applied to wilderness.

Technical session-Forests and Religion: Perspectives, Influences and Values: Organized by F5 Philosophy Working Group.

Fire, Silviculture, Recreation, Wilderness Field Workshop co-sponsored by several working groups, on September 15-16. Begin with a technical session on the Faces of Fire at the convention center; leave at noon for Warm Springs Indian Reservation; field workshop stops focus on fire ecology, fire weather, insects and disease, silviculture, and prescribed burning. On second day, view juniper conversion from grasslands, pine-fire transition and aspen management. Discuss urban interface, law enforcement and arson, wilderness fire, blending human needs and political issues with natural disturbance regimes.

Wilderness-related Posters-including "Leave No Trace" National Outdoor Education Program, wilderness distance learning, and Wilderness Boxes (wilderness education).

NEED MORE INFORMATION?

Contact the Society of American Foresters, 5400 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda MD 20814, ph: (301) 897-8720, or see information on SAF's web site at: SAF Convention

or Anne Fege, F1 Wilderness Management Working Group Chair-elect, also Forest Supervisor, Cleveland National Forest, 10845 Rancho Bernardo Rd, San Diego, CA 92129, ph: (619) 674-2901, fax: (619) 673-6180, email:afege/r5_cleveland@fs.fed.us

Past Winners: Bolle Wilderness Management Scholarship

February 25, 1999
Peter Newman

I first immersed myself in Wilderness studies as an instructor at the Yosemite Institute. For two years, I taught topics in natural history, cultural history and back-country skills to students visiting the Park. In 1996, I returned to school as a Masters candidate at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse NY. There my studies concentrated on Forest Resource Management and Recreation working with Professor Chad Dawson. My masters thesis focused on the Human Dimensions of the Wilderness Experience in the High Peaks Wilderness Area. In May 1998, I successfully defended my thesis and was the recipient of the 1998 Arnold Bolle scholarship.

I am now a Wilderness Biological Technician for the National Park Service in Yosemite National Park in CA working for the Resources Management Division. I work on projects focusing on Wilderness Restoration in Yosemite's vast front and back-country settings. In the restoration office of the Resources Management division, the biggest challenge we face in Wilderness is the protection and restoration of natural processes while dealing with over 4.2 million visitors a year and tight budgets. Each year we prioritize projects in need of completion and have only the summer months to access the higher elevation back-country.

These challenges are ones faced by resource managers across the country. How do we protect pristine and not so pristine wild lands with tight budgets and increasing wilderness recreational use trends?

Wilderness and the City Park - F1 Sponsors Field Tour

February 17, 1999

The Wilderness Management Working Group will sponsor a field trip on Wednesday, September 15, 1999, in conjunction with the 1999 SAF National Convention in Portland, Oregon.

F1 invites convention attendees to participate in an experience of "near wilderness" in the urban setting. Visit three, in-town environmental education programs and learn how city youth learn about natural areas. Then hike all afternoon in the 5,000-acre Forest Park a few miles west of downtown Portland.

Field trip objectives are to:

1. Learn about wilderness and environmental education programs reaching city youth;

2. Learn about how biological values of natural areas near urban Portland are similar to and different from those in wilderness; and

3. Reflect on how our personal experiences in these natural areas in the city are similar to and different from those in wilderness.

Co-sponsors: F1-Wilderness WG, B2-Urban and Community Forestry WG, F2-Recreation Working Group, F3-Education and Communication WG, and F4-Human Resources Working Group.

ARNOLD BOLLE WILDERNESS MANAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIP

February 5, 1999

A Society of American Foresters' Arnold Bolle Wilderness Management Scholarship was established in 1994 within the SAF Wilderness Management Working Group as a restricted-use scholarship trust fund, with an annual award made to a qualified student who promotes and perpetuates understanding of the wilderness resource within the forestry profession.

The Scholarship honors Arnold Bolle, a public servant, practitioner and teacher of natural resource stewardship, who devoted his professional and personal life to shaping natural resource policy for nearly half a century. Serving the USDA Soil Conservation Service from 1937-54, he served in various positions in range, forestry, wildlife, watershed, and soil management, at field, regional and national levels. As an educator from 1955-78, he served on the faculty of the University of Montana as a professor, Dean of the Forestry School, and Academic Vice President. As a "retired" citizen activist from 1978 until his death in 1994 at age 81, he served on the governing council of the Wilderness Society, advisory committee of the Trust for Public Lands, board member for the Forever Wild Foundation, and advisor to Senator Max Baucus' Advisory Committee on Forestry and Natural Resources. Arnold Bolle's career exemplifies the public, academic, and private partnerships that are necessary to support an enduring resource of wilderness. The Scholarship is intended to honor and in a small way, replicate his outstanding leadership in resource stewardship.

Application materials are due each year no later than December 31, for an award made the following year. Guidelines and more information can be obtained from the Department of Science and Education - Attn: Arnold Bolle Scholarship, Society of American Foresters, 5400 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814.

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