Beavers- Friends or Foe?
How should we best live with the many beavers that call Lousignont Creek in the Timber Forest home? On the one hand their tree falling and dam building add to the health of the creek and forest, while on the otherhand their habit of wandering far beyond their riparian corridor to girdle trees that we […]
Taking the Temps
On May 6th, Pam and her assistant completed one of the important tasks of the forests’ “annual round”. With the last of winter’s high water behind us, we placed the data loggers in forests’ creeks, ponds, and wetland. The cigar-like loggers will take hourly temperature readings until they are removed and the data are downloaded […]
A Trail Day
It was tough to imagine a more pleasant day to be in the forest – frost in the morning, followed by warm sun in the afternoon, the feeling of spring coming on fast, and good company working on an important project. A great team from Catlin Gabel School did a terrific job of making an […]
Snow on the Amphibians
As a reminder that the weather gods don’t seem to care when it is time for the scheduled monitoring, five brave souls completed the annual round of aquatic amphibian monitoring on a snowy April 3rd. Our visits to one site at Manning, three at Timber, and four at Mt. Richmond showed us that amphibian populations […]
Friends of Trees Scare Elk
Our mighty and creative friends in level 2 at the Forest Grove Community School have come to the rescue once again. Though we have had problems for years with the winter elk herd chomping on the baby trees that we struggle to help live, this year has been the worst on record. Though we can’t […]
Wishes for Fishes
On December 26th students and staff of the Forest Grove Community School stepped in once again to contribute creative energy and effort to making art play an important role in a seasonal forest celebration. A highlight of the annual “Cohoho Rendezvous” was this fish print installation hanging across Lousignont Creek. Prior to suspending the fish […]
Montesori Earth School- On a Wonderful Day
Montesori Earth School – On a Wonderful Day Good work of cutting lower field broom and monitoring coho returns was done by 1/2 of Ric Fry’s class. With fall turning to winter, the land saturated and the creek flowing high, it was a fine day of work and exploration on a welcomely sunny day. At […]
Wisdom from Charlie Graham
Charlie Graham, a skilled, creative, and energetic teacher from the Forest Grove Community School recently shared the thoughts below in the latest issue of Clearing magazine. We include it here because of the connection to the great work he and his students have done – and are doing – in the Timber Forest. I encourage […]
“Bear Pear” Progress
On Oct. 9, a perfect indian summer day, Pacific Univ. students made impressive progress on the restoration project. The remainder of the invasive vegetation was cut back and much of the site was covered with black, plastic fabric. The aim is the kill the invasives by stealing their light. This will make way for the […]
Forests full of students- and other creatures
The week of September 28 – October 3 saw much activity in the Timber Forest. For the full week, 23 10th grade students and teachers from the Seattle Waldorf School lived, explored, and worked in the forest. Studies ranged over all possible topics from ecology and economics to forestry and chain saw mechanics. They completed […]