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Global Connections. Regional Roots.
Creating and inspiring champions of sustainable forest management.
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The Discovery Museum at the World Forestry Center features stories about the resources and industry that literally built Oregon. Oregonians today are blessed with a more diversified economy than in 1905 when the original forestry building was built, and forestry continues to play a crucial role in our lives. Today we manage our forests for outcomes far beyond wood production. Habitat, water security, carbon sequestration, recreation…each has its place in the mix of current management objectives.
There is much more going on within the forestry sector than many people realize. With the help of WFC’s Fellowship program, we help spread the word about Oregon’s leadership in sustainable forest practices beyond our region.
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Eric Vines
Executive Director
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View World Forests with Virtual Reality Exhibit
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The wonders of virtual reality can take you to places that beg to be seen. Through this miraculous technology, we at the World Forestry Center hope to bring you the intimate beauty of our planet's most inspiring forests. Experience up close their vast variety and their complex interplay with humankind.
With your help, we can produce a breathtaking exhibit here at our Discovery Museum, one that will let you virtually walk among the world's great trees. We can create for all the world to see a vision of this tantalizing realm otherwise so rarely seen.
Help us bring this exhibit to the Discovery Museum.
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World Forest Institute News and Updates
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The 2017 WFI International Fellows are almost here! We are excited to welcome our international scholars who will start their six-month programs here on April 3. Oregon’s reputation as a forestry leader attracts visitors from all over the world to come here to learn about sustainable forestry practices. Our 2017 Fellows hail from Scotland, Uganda, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Guatemala, Nepal, India, and the Slovak Republic. Read more about them on our website here.
Be sure to mark your calendars for the evening of Thursday, May 4 for a community reception for the WFI Fellows. The cornerstone of the WFI Fellowship Program is the connections the Fellows make with you, our community partners. An open house will take place from 5:00-8:00 p.m. that evening at the World Forestry Center where you can meet and greet the Fellows and engage in meaningful conversations about the natural resources you care so much about! More information about this fun event will be posted to our website soon. We hope you can make it.
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Conferences and Convening
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Why It’s Important to Understand the Connections between
Forests,
Climate Change, and Health
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Since our founding in 1966, the World Forestry Center (WFC) has connected people to the importance of forests and sustainable forestry. However, in recent years we realized that there is more to the sustainable forestry conversation that needs to be shared: Research has revealed a connection between improved mental health and well-being to nature contact, and climate change is altering our forests, resulting in their diminished capacity to provide clean water, wildlife habitat, and recreation amenities.
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Climate and Health Conversation
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Hagenstein Lectures Returns to the World Forestry Center
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The 2017 Hagenstein Lectures will be held in Cheatham Hall on Sunday, October 15. Featuring foresters under age 45, this entertaining and thought-provoking afternoon program will continue to showcase “emerging voices in forestry” from around the world. Presented by the World Forestry Center and Society of American Foresters (SAF), The Hagenstein Lectures were established in 2015 to honor the life and career of professional forester W. D. “Bill” Hagenstein from Portland who passed away at age 99. Free tickets will be available in June. If you missed the 2016 event, be sure to visit the new Hagenstein Lectures YouTube channel and help us spread the word.
For more information, please contact Rick Zenn, Senior Fellow at 503-488-2103 or email [email protected].
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Magness Memorial Tree Farm
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Liam Hasset
Tree Farm Manager
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The World Forestry Center’s resident tree farm manager, Liam Hassett, was out in late February checking the latest sap flows from the farm’s native maples. He is conducting preliminary tests to explore the idea of incorporating a nontimber product such as maple sap into the farm’s forest management plan.
Acer macrophyllum, or the bigleaf maple, is a maple native to the Pacific Northwest and one of the largest of the maple species. It is not popularly known, but bigleaf maple is one of the tree species containing sap that can be turned into a number of food-based consumer products, including syrup!
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Gala to Honor Leadership Hall Inductees
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The World Forestry Center is excited about our special Gala on
Saturday,
April 8, to honor our 210 distinguished Forestry Leadership Hall Inductees, both living and deceased. Proceeds from this event will be used to support the vitally important work of the World Forest Institute that extends the legacy of our Inductees to a global level. Please secure your ticket by March 25.
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About the World Forestry Center
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The World Forestry Center is working to connect people to the importance of sustainable forest management.
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For more information about the World Forestry Center, please contact Amber Morrison, Development Manager, at 503-488-2122 or [email protected].
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