We are 12 Port Townsend area teens, 2 crew chiefs, and many support staff members providing stewardship help to the U.S. Forest Service.
ORIENTATION: Aug 28, 2012 - we take the team of people onto the WSU 4-H Gibbs Lake Challenge Course for team building.
WORK DAYS:
Sep 8 - weed pull at Mt. Townsend trailhead
Sep 15 - trail work with Justin Martinez
Sep 29 - Watershed Cleanup Day with Jennifer Fuji
Oct 6 - wildlife habitat work with Kurt Aluzas
Oct 13 - campground work
Oct 27 - campground or rose cutting work
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 September 29 in honor of National Public Lands Day. HELP US RECRUIT COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO JOIN US THAT DAY - REFER THEIR NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION TO SUE HAY.
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
SKILLS CENTER NATURAL RESOURCES STAFF:
Dan Lieberman
Natural Resources Teacher
North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center
360-565-1892, dlieberman@portangelesschools.org
www.nopsc.org/naturalresources (click 'Natural Resources 2 Class Website' and then '4-H Stewardship Program OR click 'School Credit')
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