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The Linn County Small Woodlands Assoc. is an active organization. This blog is intended to help members in their woodlands efforts. Look for updates and news about the organization. Stay in touch.

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LCSWA board minutes posted from June 2 meeting

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The following minutes were prepared by board Secretary Jonathan Christie.  Minutes Meeting of 06-02-2021 Cota forest dwelling Present: Jonathan Christie, Tim Otis, Lee Peterman, Larry Mauter, Jim Cota, Shirley Holmberg, Jim Merzenich, Brad Withrow-Robinson ( ex officio ) Board policy restated:  Any new member gets free membership for the remainder of the year upon joining LCSWA.  Dues kick in the 2 nd year.  This is to encourage attendance for tours and events.   Minutes: Minutes not reviewed.  Will review next meeting.   Treasurer Report: (Shirley) Report submitted.  ~$42k balance in checking (operations, seedling, Mealey). MM & investment accounts = over ~$100k Report approved by voice vote.  Approved.   Budget item (Shirley) Shirley handed out a budget document.   Items of discussion: Shirley will get information about not having to pay an additional $50.00 to the state of Oregon for some non-profit re...
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Small-acreage management earns honor for Linn couple

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  Individual small ownerships don’t have a big impact on the sustainability of Oregon’s forests, but this year’s Linn County outstanding tree farmers feel every acre helps. Mike and Jo Barsotti also believe there is always something new to learn on how to blend your forestry objectives with what makes a sustainable forests. And it is fun to manage a forest in their back yard, they say. The couple bought and moved to their 19-acre tree farm just south of Lyons in 2001. The ridgetop property is at 1,700 feet. It is part of both the North and South Santiam watersheds. It was fully stocked with 14, 30, and 60 year-old Douglas-fir and a house that was built in 1994. The Barsotti harvested the oldest stand, half in 2004 and half in 2018. These areas were replanted with Douglas-fir and some western red cedar. They built and rocked a road with the proceeds from these operations to allow year-round management. The remaining forested areas have been commercially thinned. “Mike and Jo...
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Frost poem rings true 100 years later

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LCSWA President's column by Tim Otis The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Since Robert Frost penned these words in the summer of 1915, people have argued about what they mean.  No doubt we all wonder whether the decision we are making now is the best one.  Whe...
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