Build Local Alliance: Into the Woods

15655 Southwest Millikan Way,Beaverton OR 97006

12 October, 2021

Description

Join local forest management and wood product specialists for an interactive walk in the woods! This event is offered in partnership with Sustainable Building Week. Join us for an inspiring, challenging, active, and fun immersion into the wild world of our remarkable forests, the native trees that grow in them, the wood they provide, and their connections to your life and work. Into the Woods explores: The unique and surprising traits and needs of more than twelve native tree species—including the roles they play in the forests’ ecology;The distinctive characteristics of the wood that comes from these trees and the roles each play in our daily lives;The impact your tree and wood-related choices have on forests, near and far;Ways that you and fellow forest owners can strengthen your connections to local forests and have a positive impact on them.The walk will be led by Brandy Saffell, forester with Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District, and Jake Foster, Sales Associates at Sustainable Northwest Wood. Please meet us at the covered back patio inside the Tualatin Hills Nature Center next to the parking lot entrance to the park off SW Millikan Way. To curb the spread of COVID-19, the walk will be held fully outside so dress for the outdoors and the weather. Bring a water bottle. Up-to-date guidance from Washington County and the CDC will be followed. Please bring a mask - we will have extra on hand. For any questions regarding the event , please contact Brandy at [email protected] or (971) 371-0353. The Build Local Alliance (www.buildlocalalliance.org) is a unique grass-roots organization in Portland that works to connect local, responsibly grown and processed wood with local projects.