‘Ecostry’ program in Selma set May 18
From our weekly issue dated May 7, 2008
“Ecostry: The Art of Seeing Through Nature’s Eyes” is the topic for a presentation Sunday, May 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Selma Community Center, 18255 Redwood Hwy.
Tim Hermach, Native Forest Council executive director and founder, will join Selma resident Orville Camp, a sustainable forest practitioner. The presentation is to “expose the waste and abuse of Oregon’s forests through destructive logging, while offering solutions for developing healthy human-forest relationships.”
Hermach’s talk will focus on the Bureau of Land Management’s WOPR (Western Oregon Plan Revision), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s “Spotted Owl Recovery Plan,” the pitfalls of stewardship contracting logging on public forests, and Rep. Peter DeFazio’s “Forest Legacy Act.”
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Camp, a life-long Illinois Valley logger and author of The Forest Farmer’s Handbook, will offer an introductory slideshow to ecostry, “an alternative model to forestry. It is defined as the science, art and occupation of achieving sustainable relationships with Nature and community through natural selection-- the process that tests organisms for compatibility with their environment.”
Following the presentation and discussion will be a 1 p.m. bring-your-own sack lunch, then a 3 p.m. tour of Camp Forest (2100 Thompson Creek Road in Selma) to demonstrate the practice of ecostry at work.
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From 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Mary & Orville Camp will host a potluck, music by Patrick Dodd at 6:30 p.m. around a campfire into the evening by reservation only: email maryc@rogueriver.net or phone 597-4313.
“Forest Problems and Forest Solutions” is co-sponsored by Native Forest Council, Deer Creek Association, and Cascadia’s Ecosystem Advocates.
