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The INDEPENDENT, September 5, 2002
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OFRI program puts Rainier teacher out in the middle of the trees
Sherry Evans, a Rainier M id
dle School teacher spent her
sum m er “vacation” in Vernonia
learning about w ildlife trees,
stream
protection
buffers,
healthy wildlife habitat, how to
count the number of trees in an
acre through sam pling, and
much, much more.
As director of her district’s
outdoor school program, Evans
wanted to learn more so she
could present a balanced pic
ture of environmental and eco
nomic issues in the northwest.
She also wanted to learn more
about the areas that surround
her school in order to be a more
effective teacher.
In order to do so, she signed
up to participate in Oregon
Teachers on Summer Assign
ment (ORTOSA), a unique edu
cation opportunity in Oregon’s
forest industry, under the aus
pices of the Oregon Forest Re
sources Institute*.
Evans spent six weeks as a
forestry technician for Olympic
Resource Management (ORM)
in Vernonia. She was paid for
her w ork as she assisted
foresters with field data collec
tion, designation of w ildlife
trees and stream protection
buffers, harvest setting layout
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meet needs of professionals
and road design.
“ Most of these summer pro
grams let a teacher learn only
one thing,” Evans said, “but at
Olympic, I've been out on all
kinds of assignments. I’m so
glad to have this opportunity.”
She also expressed grati
tude to the staff at ORM for
their patient explanations and
their willingness to share their
knowledge.
Evans will now develop a
new unit of study for Rainier
outdoor school sudents, a
process that will be aided with
curriculum workshops provided
by ORTOSA. She also sees an
opportunity to use this sum
m er’s experience in teaching
math and science as practical,
workplace subjects.
(*The Oregon Forest Re
sources Institute was created in
1991 by the state legislature to im
prove public understanding of the
state’s forest resources and to en
courage sound forest m anage
ment.)
Sherry Evans spent a lot time this summer in an “outdoor
classroom.” Here she is counting trees in the Natal area.
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Planning Advisory Committee
(CPAC) has been formed by lo
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of the Columbia County Board
of Commissioners to help the
board, county Planning Depart
ment and Planning Comm is
sion address land use issues in
the Vernonia area. Meetings
will be on the second Tuesday
of each month at Vernonia City
Hall at 6:30 p.m. All are wel
come to participate.
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