NWFSC
Support our bid for a U.S.
National Forestry Day
On 20 March 2018 Nicole Jacobsen (WDNR) and Bart Lawrence (NRCS) shared an idea to create a National Forestry Day.
On 25 May 2018 our NWFSC team submitted a proposal to register 30 March 2019 as the first U.S. National Forestry Day.
Justification submitted for the nomination of March 30th as a U.S. National Forestry Day:
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“The first National Forest was established as the Yellowstone Park Timber and Land Reserve on March 30, 1891, then in the Department of the Interior.” Source: USFS forest history factoids
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International Forestry Day is on March 21.
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There is a US #NationalAGDay. On this day the nation pauses to celebrate the many farmers and ranchers working hard to grow the food, fuel and fiber that sustain each and every one of us.
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NOTE: ARBOR DAY is about urban trees and settings. Arbor Day is celebrated on different dates across the 50 States and US Territories.
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We of the NW Forest Soils Council feel strongly that the nation should have a #NationalForestryDay.
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We propose 30 March, beginning in 2019, to hence forth be designated as National Forestry Day in the United States of America.
Next Steps:
Factsheet
Nicole is working on drafting a factsheet.
It will live here when done.
Letter of Support
Need to draft a short and sweet letter of support
to be inserted on other organizations' letterhead
or into "Contact Us" forms and email text.
Social Media Campaign
Plan and implement a National Forestry Day social media campaign.
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Suggested Hash Tags:
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#NationalForestryDay2019
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#30March2019-NationalForestryDay
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#YES!-NationalForestryDay
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Promote with current/new NWFSC FB and Twitter friends and feeds to build interest and support
Media Event
Plan and schedule a future media event. Possibly at upcoming conferences:
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Western Mensurationists Annual Meeting; Flagstaff, AZ; June 2018
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Society of American Foresters; Portland, OR; October 2018
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PNW Chapters of the Society for Ecological Restoration and Society of Wetland Scientists; Spokane, WA; October 2018
Other Info:
WDNR Forest Resources
"DNR's Working Forests are the Natural Legacy of Washington State" ~ Commissioner Hilary Franz
Specifically, check out:
The latest issue of The Learning Forest;
Info about Habitat Conservation on
State Trust Lands;
and Growing State Forests through Silviculture and at the Nursery
UW Center for the Study of the
Pacific Northwest
Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Placing Washington's Forests in Historical Context
The Solutions Journal
Forestry Balances Profit and Conservation in the Pacific Northwest