We are 12 Chimacum area teens and 2 crew chiefs, providing stewardship help to the U.S. Forest Service.
ORIENTATION: March 3, 2012 - we take the team of 14 people onto the WSU 4-H Gibbs Lake Challenge Course for team building. WORK DAYS:
March 24 - trail work with Jennifer Fujii
March 31 - campground work with Eric Fosse
April 7 - Collins Campground with Stephanie Neil
April 14 - restoration work with Kurt Aluzas
April 21 - Watershed Cleanup Day with Jennifer Fujii
May 12 - campground work with Lynn Kindred -
CLOTHING: Please wear layers so you can stay warm and you MUST have shoes or boots that come up to protect your ankles. TENNIS SHOES ARE NOT ALLOWED. Water bottles are also necessary as well as lunches. We provide rain gear, tools, gloves and hard hats.
We will have one USFS scientist attend on each of these work days to coordinate projects such as riparian plantings, campground cleanups, watershed cleanups, salmon carcass returns to riparian zones, plantings on decommissioned roads, and picnic table restorations.
WATERSHED CLEANUP DAY: We will host the Watershed Cleanup Day on April 21 since Earthday is the next day. Ian Jablonski from the Water Department with the City of Port Townsend and Mary Pitts from WSU Beachwatchers, as well as the general public will join us on that day. HELP US RECRUIT COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO JOIN US THAT DAY - REFER THEIR NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION TO PAMELA ROBERTS.
WSU 4-H STAFF:
Sue Hay, 4-H Coordinator
Wk: 360-379-5610 ext. 208
Hm: 360-385-4614
Cell: 360-774-1569
Marcelle Thimgan, 4-H Crew Chief
Andi Niesen, 4-H Crew Chief
USFS STAFF:
Jennifer Fujii, USFS Recreation Director
765-2251
jfujii@fs.fed.us
Stephanie Neil, Recreation Manager - Hood Canal RD
Forest Archaeologist - Olympic NF
sneil@fs.fed.us
360-877-1046 ext. 1046
Becca Hammargren
Presidential Management Fellow
Recreation Manager (detail)
Hood Canal Ranger District
Olympic National Forest
Phone: (360) 765-2219
E-mail: rhammargren@fs.fed.us
4-H STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM
4-H Stewardship Outside Volunteer Minor – Release Parent Guardian
4-H Stewardship Outside Adult Volunteer Emergency Medical Release
4-H Stewardship Outside Adult Volunteer Adult Risk and Reliabilty Release