Newsletters

January 2005

January 2005 Newsletter published by: Debbie Sluggett - Bell Pole Co., Tolko Industries, LP Canada, Downie Timber, Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation Jennifer Stewart - Tolko Industries – Riverside Forest Products Debbie Bazett - Council of Forest Industries – Southern Operations

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Introduction

• BC Southern Interior Forest Educators: “A Brief History”

Okanagan/Shuswap Highlights

• Professional Development Day: “Forest Health - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”
• CES Conference: “Growing Jobs in the Forest Resource”
• Selkirk Recruiter Tour
• School Activities: “The Clarence Fulton Wetlands Centre of Excellence” (Vernon)
• School Activities: “Charles Bloom Secondary Community Woodlot Day” (Lumby)
• Sharing Forest Education Programs
• ILA Trades Convention and Mini Education Fair: “Growing a Skilled Force for an Expanding Forest Industry”(Vernon)

Cariboo Highlights

• Forest Capital 2004: “Forest Education Van Visits Williams Lake”

East Kootenay Highlights

• Professional Development Day: “Fire Ecology and Ecosystem Restoration In the Rocky Mountain Trench”

West Kootenay Highlights

• Newly Hired Forest Educator for the West Kootenay Zone

Thompson Highlights

• Newly Hired Forest Educator for the Thompson Zone

BC Northern Interior Highlights

• An Overview of COFI Northern Operations Forest Education Program

Expanding Our Roots

• Temperate Forest Foundation
• Canadian Women in Timber
• Forest Capital 2005 – Revelstoke BC
• Canadian Forestry Association National Forest Week 2005: “Canada's Forests and Wetlands: Our Natural Water Filters”
• Forests Minister Endorses UBC Wood Products Processing Degree
• Selkirk College News Release: “Renewable Resource technology - accreditation and transfer agreements key to program flexibility”

Upcoming Events

• Revelstoke is Forest Capital of BC
• Aboriginal Spotlight Career Fair (Armstrong)
• Professional Development Day: “The Future of our Forest Sector – Growing the Skilled Force for an Expanding Industry”
• Forestry Career Day (Kelowna)
• ILA Trades Convention and Mini Education Fair (Vernon)
• National Forest Week (Okanagan/Shuswap)
• Charles Bloom Secondary Community Woodlot Day (Lumby)
• TFF Forestry Tour (Western Canadian, Vancouver)
• ForestEDWest Conference 2006

Odds and Ends

• Questions
• Comments
• June Newsletter
• Submissions for Learn Forestry Website