Forestry Institute for Teachers
Camp McCumber, near Lassen Volcanic National Park
Sunday June 26 – Saturday July 2, 2016
AGENDA
Sunday, June 26
3:00 – 4:00
4:00 – 5:00
5:00 – 6:00
6:00 – 7:00
7:15 – 8:30
8:30
Monday, June 27
7:00 – 7:45
8:00 – 12:00
Registration and pre-assessment –DeSantis, Jones, Brown, Mitchell
(Digital photo of participants, posting on tree key, assign room, distribute FIT
materials)
Pre-assessment, SPI release form and health card distributed and completed
Site orientation with foresters (tour camp, keying activity)
Introductions (staff and participants) – DeSantis, Jones, Brown, Mitchell,
Catchpole
Camp Orientation – safety, camp rules
DINNER BBQ
Forest Consequences (PLT #33) – Jones, Brown, Mitchell; Education Team
Daily Evaluation
8:30
BREAKFAST
Forest Resource Management Stations and PLT/PW example activities
40 minute presentation, 30 minute activity, 5 minute travel
Station 1 – Soils – Brad Rust and Christine Mai, USFS, Shasta-Trinity NF
Station 2 – Water/fisheries –Andy Yarusso and Harvest Vieira, CDF&W, Yreka and
Redding
Station 3 – Silviculture – Frank Barron, Crane Mills, Corning
LUNCH
Forest Resource Management Stations and PLT/PW example activities
40 minute presentation, 30 minute activity, 5 minute travel
Station 1 – Wildlife – Tom Rickman, USFS, Lassen NF
Station 2 – Fuels and Fire – Eric Knapp, USFS PSW
Station 3 –Forest Management– Jeff Webster, Forestry Consultant, Redding
DINNER
Forest Ownership and Management Objectives
Facilitator: DeSantis
Public forest – Greg Mayer, USFS, Lassen National Forest
Public forest – Mike Klimek, NPS, Lassen Volcanic National Park
Public forest, regulatory – Ben Rowe, CalFire, Latour Demonstration State Forest
Private, industrial – Scott Carnegie, W.M. Beaty & Associates, Redding
Private, non-industrial – Lois Kaufman, family forest, Shingletown
Non-governmental Ownership – Kathleen Hitt, Siskiyou Land Trust, Mt. Shasta
Daily Evaluation
Tuesday, June 28
7:00 – 7:45
8:00 – 8:30
8:30 – 12:00
12:15 – 1:15
1:15 – 2:15
BREAKFAST
Project Learning Tree – Education Team
Grade Level Breakouts – Education Team
LUNCH
Natural Resource Educational activities – Catchpole
12:15 –1:00
1:15 – 5:10
6:00 – 7:00
7:15 – 8:30
2:30 – 4:00
4:15 – 5:45
6:00 – 7:00
7:00– 8:30
8:30
Educational Resources – All Staff
Brainstorm Project Ideas/Grant Ideas – Education Team
Grant writing – Mitchell
Environmental perspectives – Marily Woodhouse, Battle Creek Alliance
DINNER
Wood Products and Forest Resource Education Activities: Catchpole
Daily Evaluation
Wednesday, June 29 Note the early departure, 7:45 AM
6:30 – 7:30
BREAKFAST and sack lunch preparation
7:30 – 7:45
“Community Meeting”
7:45– 5:30
Field trip to see forest management activities – Fuels treatments, forest restoration,
timber harvest and regeneration. Talks with foresters, fallers, cat skinners, wildlife
biologists.
6:00
DINNER at Manzanita Lake
8:00
Return to Camp McCumber
8:30
Introduction to other educational programs: California Forestry Challenge &
Project Learning Tree – Diane Dealey-Neill and Sandra Derby
Daily Evaluation
Thursday, June 30
6:30 – 7:30
7:30 – 7:45
7:45 – 12:00
12:00 – 1:00
1:00
6:00
8:30
Friday, July 1
7:00 – 7:45
7:45 – 8:00
8:00 – 8:30
8:30 – 9:30
9:30– 11:45
12:00 – 1:00
3:00
3:00 – 3:30
3:30 – 6:00
Note the early departure, 7:45 AM
BREAKFAST and sack lunch preparation
“Community Meeting”
Field trip to SPI mill, Anderson
LUNCH at SPI, Anderson
FREE TIME to explore Shasta County (Lassen Volcanic National Park, Bumpass Hell,
Sundial Bridge, Shasta Caverns, etc.)
DINNER
Daily Evaluation
BREAKFAST
“Community Meeting”
Project WET, CREEC, and other resources overview – Brown
Curriculum development and curriculum project information, Education
Team
FIT Project Development/Planning – Education Team
LUNCH
Rough Draft of Curriculum project due
Carpool to Thatcher Ranch
Forest Ownership and Management Objectives Share Fair
Public forest – Greg Mayer, USFS, Lassen National Forest
Public forest – Mike Klimek, NPS, Lassen Volcanic National Park
Public forest, regulatory – Ben Rowe, CalFire, Latour Demonstration State Forest
Private, industrial – Scott Carnegie, W.M. Beaty & Associates, Redding
Private, non-industrial – Lois Kaufman, family forest, Shingletown
Non-governmental Ownership – Kathleen Hitt, Siskiyou Land Trust, Mt. Shasta
6:00
8:00
8:30
Dusk & after
Group photo and DINNER at Thatcher Ranch (all Forest Ownership and
Management Objectives Share Fair presenters invited for dinner) – Larry Forero,
UCCE; Len Lindstrand, formerly of W.M. Beaty & Associates; Glenn Aldridge,
rancher; Shannon Wooten, rancher
Return to Camp McCumber
Daily Evaluation
Twilight Star Party – Camp McCumber athletic field
Saturday, July 2
7:00 – 8:00
8:00 – 10:00
10:00 – 11:00
11:00
12:00
Acronyms –
BREAKFAST and sack lunch preparation
Forest Consequences Reprise – Education Team
Post- assessment and final evaluations
Commencement exercise
Pack up and check out of cabins
FIT ENDS
CDF&W – Calif. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife; NF – National Forest; PLT – Project
Learning Tree; PSW – U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station; PW –
Project Wild; SPI – Sierra Pacific Industries; UCCE – University of California
Cooperative Extension; USFS – U.S. Forest Service; NPS – National Park Service;
CalFire – California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Prepared by R. DeSantis 05/09/2016