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Orbridge LLC will donate $45,000 to be used to plant 1000,000 tree seedlings on WI state forests and other DNR owned lands. Click here for more information.

Dale Schendel, Bloomington, MN – passed away February 11, 2019. Dale was a life member and active Chippewa Valley Chapter member with his deceased wife, Bev (former WWOA Board of Director member). Memorial service will be held Saturday, Feb. 16th at 3:00 P.M. at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, 5025 Knox Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN at mtolivet.org or 612-926-7651.

Share the Passion… for Your Woodlands By Abby Krause & Geary Searfoss Sudden may be a good word to describe how Geary Searfoss and his wife, Kay, acquired their second piece of property. The two were not unfamiliar with buying woodlands; they already owned 32-acres in Dunn County.

Interested in seeing how WisDOT monitors field conditions to verify frost depths, see the following video:    

Beverly Rosenfeldt, Greenville – passed away September 1, 2018.  Memorials in Beverly’s name may be directed to the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, N1615 Meadowview Drive, Greenville, WI 54942.

Wisconsin’s primary forest products industry consists of firms that manufacture logs and pulpwood into wood and paper products. Specific examples include sawmills, plywood mills, veneer plants, pulp mills and firewood processors, as well as companies that manufacture products such as composite panels, log cabins and treated wood.

Debra Rasmussen, Baldwin – passed away December 30, 2018.  Memorials in Debra’s name should be directed to Masonic Cancer Center, c/o University of Minnesota Foundation, PO Box 860266, Minneapolis, MN 55486-0266.

Clifford Kolberg, Madison – passed away January 3, 2019.  Clifford was a Charter and Life member of WWOA.  Memorials in Clifford’s name may be directed to the Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 110 N. Whitney Way, Madison, WI 53705.

  Note:  High-resolution photo available: https://www.flickr.com/photos/widatcp/32486931208/in/dateposted/.

We have all heard about the terrible forest fires in the West in the past few years, and especially the Camp Fire in November 2018. Let’s look at forest fires from a forestry point of view.