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Okanagan/Shuswap Highlights
Debbie Sluggett (Educational Liaison: Bell Pole, Tolko, LP Canada, Downie, RCFC)
Jennifer Stewart (Educational Liaison: Tolko - Riverside)
Debbie Bazett (Forest Education Coordinator, COFI - Southern Operations)

Professional Development Day: “Forest Health - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”
October 22, 2004

We held forest health workshops in Vernon and in Revelstoke. We had a great turn out and were pleased to hear the teachers found the resources and tour both informative and applicable to the classroom.

Vernon
The morning session included:

• Field trip to the Coldstream Creek area, behind Silver Star Mountain Park
• 5 guest speakers: Paul Ross from Tolko, Gerry Wellburn from Riverside, Joel Springer from Gorman Bros., Mike Jobke from BCTS, and Glen Waneck from BCTS
• Presentations on forest health, succession, and stand measurement
• Viewed logging equipment at work
• We encountered fresh snow on the field trip, but do to our “heroine bus driver”, as one teacher put it, we were able to make it through

The afternoon session included:

• Presentation on insects by Ward Strong, Seed and Cone Specialist from MOF
• Presentation on managing forest health issues in Silver Star Mountain Park by Rick Specht, Forest Health Tech from MOF

Revelstoke
The morning session included:

• Field trip to George Benwell’s woodlot
• 4 guest speakers: George Benwell, George Benwell Jr., Del Williams from RCFC and Deiter Offermann from Downie Timber
• Presentations on armillaria root rot, white pine blister rust, mountain pine beetle, hemlock looper, and caribou habitat.
• George Jr. cut down a beetle-infested tree using a chainsaw

The afternoon session included:

• Lorraine Maclaughlan, Regional Forest Entomologist from Kamloops gave a presentation on the different epidemics that are currently taking place in BC.
• Tour of the Downie Mill

Revelstoke Pro-D Day

Vernon Pro-D Day

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