Note the panels respective interests in multiple use, in producing sustainable revenue for counties, schools, and local tax units, in producing timber to support mills, and in conserving wilderness and roadless areas. C hart the history of USDA Forest Service management activities in Oregon 3 . Note the shift in major harvest from private to public lands after World War II, and today back to private sources. S earch for practices that can be used to help mitigate environmental impacts resulting from logging activities. Choose and area thats being logged and survey the degree to which these practices are used.
H ave a poster contest in support of environmentally sensitive forest management.
L earn about the major kinds of forests that grow in Oregon, and the relative success of reforestation efforts on each. P repare an essay on the role of women in logging. D iscuss the kinds of traditions that exist in logging. Consider your own family traditions. Index Map of teacher's on-line resource.