Myron Shenk, OSU Pesticide Coordinator, is fluent in Spanish and will be conducting the session, as he as done the last several years. Certificates of completion will be provided participants to document the training which meets the Worker Protection Standard requirement. Marvin Butler Master Woodland Workshop Master Woodland Manager training will be offered in central Oregon at the OSU Extension office in Redmond beginning in March 1998. The program involves 11 modules covering a variety of forestry topics including reforestation, management planning, insect and disease, timber stand improvement, silviculture, business management, forestry assistance, forest measurement, watersheds and wildlife management, and timber harvesting. The training involves in-class lectures, demonstrations and field trips.
Participants receive numerous handouts, publications and fact sheets.
The purpose of the Master Woodland Manager Program is to train woodland owners to be more effective managers of their own property. As payback for the 85 hour training, Master Woodland Managers volunteer an equal number of hours by helping motivate other woodland owners. Master Woodland Managers can also meet their volunteer service by assisting Extension Foresters with tours and demonstrations, teaching others including school-aged children, helping establish applied research projects, working with local chapters of the small woodland association, and helping spread information to other audiences regarding the importance of forestry in the central Oregon area. Woodland owners from central Oregon as well as those in the Klamath and John Day areas are encouraged to attend For those coming long distances to attend the training, home stays can be arranged with local woodland owners to keep traveling costs to a minimum. Qualifications for being a Master Woodland Manager include knowledge of the local community, demonstrated history of forest management on a woodland property, ability to use a hand calculator, and physical fitness that allows walking on step uneven terrain, and work during bad weather.