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cover of western forester June/July/August 2010 (download pdf)

Issue Highlights
  • Chapters are at the Heart of SAF
  • Annual Seedling Sale Supports Forestry Scholarships and Mission of Local Alaska Chapter
  • Chapter Hooks into Facebook
  • OSAF Chapters Rise to the Recruiting Challenge
  • SAF and Partners Focus on Sustaining Idaho and Montana Forests
  • The Harbor is Green (Again)
  • Panorama Chapter Provides Volunteer Forestry Instructors
  • Fifth Graders Learn About Forest Management
  • Capitol Chapter Members Use their Talents to Support Forest History Center
  • OSAF Foundation, an SAF Success
  • Keeping Members Engaged
  • WSSAF Foundation Reaches Milestone
  • Council Approves Policy Actions; Considers Dues Increase
  • Forestry Professionals Gather in Albany
  • WSSAF Members Honored at Annual Meeting
  • Longview Recognizes Golden Members
In Every Issue....
cover of western forester March/April/May 2010 (download pdf)

Issue Highlights
  • Foresters and Wildlife Biologists: Sharing Common Ground
  • The Big Picture: The Role of Forests in Connecting Quality Habitats for Wildlife
  • Manipulating Stand Structure of Douglas-fir Plantations for Wildlife Habitat and Wood Production
  • Integrating Bird Conservation into Commercial Forests: How Much Hardwood is Enough?
  • Forestry in the Pacific Northwest: How Important are Riparian Buffers to Stream-associated Amphibians? (download the literature cited pdf document here)
  • Management Recommendations for Controlling Invasive False-brome
  • Council Holds Teleconference After Storm Cancels Meeting
  • SAF Leaders Meet at Pack Forest
  • It's Not Too Late! Annual Meetings Await
  • Tree Farm Management Plan Workshops Scheduled
  • Information Sought About Variable Retention Harvesting
  • SAF Makes "Global Connection" with Idaho High School Teachers and Students
  • Student SAF Chapter Thrives at Washington State University
cover of western forester January/February 2010 (download pdf)

Issue Highlights
  • Managing Catastrophe
  • Catastrophic Fire from a Private Perspective: Lessons Learned from the 1992 Fountain Fire
  • Managing Mountain Pine Beetle to Prevent Catastrophic Losses to our Lodgepole and Ponderosa Pine Forests
  • The Wind Blew and Blew and Blew....
  • Another Approach to Large Fire Management
  • Forestry from the Ground Up: OSAF 2010
  • Destination La Conner!
  • December Council Update: Convention Coming to Spokane