Charter

 

NORTHWEST FOREST SOILS COUNCIL

 

 

            The Northwest Forest Soils Council, a council of the Western Forestry and Conservation Association, is organized to facilitate exchange of forest soils information and ideas among interested professionals in the Northwest, and encourage a more widespread understanding that soil is the basis for production of forest wealth -- timber, forage, water, wildlife, and recreation values.  The Council is interested in fostering among technically trained people and laymen alike, the following concepts:

 

1.     Soil is an integral part of the forest--no crop can be considered without considering the soil that produces it.  Forest practices can enhance or impair the productivity of the soil.

 

2.     Surveys of the forest soil resource are important to provide a useful basis for better understanding of land and for extending knowledge gained from research.

 

3.     Increased forest soils research is vitally necessary, if we are to maintain production of substantial values realized in the past from forest and range lands.  Acceleration of research should be accomplished by increasing studies of the soil itself and by including soils investigations in other pertinent research.

 

4.     Soil Science and its application should be strongly emphasized in all forestry school curricula.  Students of forestry and allied subjects should be impressed early in their training that a major concern should be for the productivity of the soil.

 

5.     Education of the public in the concepts expressed herein is necessary to achieve sound management and sustained productivity of forest lands.

Membership:

Any person attending Council meetings and interested in the advancement of forest soils knowledge or actively engaged in forest soils work shall, upon payment of dues, be a member in good standing with full privileges.  Membership will generally be composed of representatives of public, private and educational organizations from the northwestern United States and Canada.

Dues:

Dues of the Council shall be determined by a vote of the membership present at the winter meeting.

Officers:

Officers shall consist of (1) a President, (2) a Vice-President, and (3) a Secretary.   The Vice-President advances to office of President at the end of the term of office for the President and Vice-President.

 

 

Duties:

 

The President shall (1) conduct the meeting of the council, (2) appoint committees as needed, (3) publicly represent the council, and (4) perform any additional (unforeseeable) activities necessary to attain the objectives of the Council.

The Vice President shall (1) preside at meetings in the absence of the President, and (2) shall assume the full duties of the President when the President is unavailable.

The Secretary shall (1) take and distribute minutes of the meetings, (2) carry on all correspondence as requested by the President, (3) collect dues and coordinate Council finances with Western Forestry and Conservation Association, (4) provide membership and financial reports at winter meetings from WF&CA records, and (5) any additional (unforeseeable) activities of the Council as directed by the President.

Western Forestry and Conservation Association shall (1) maintain a checking account consisting solely of NWFSC funds and pay invoices and distribute funds as approved by NWFSC President, (2) maintain a database of NWFSC names for mailing purposes, (3) provide mailing services, (4) and other services upon demand for (a) meeting facility location, (b) depository for NWFSC records, (c) secretarial services and (d) meeting and conference registration.*

 

Executive Committee:

The President, Vice-President, Secretary, and immediate past-President shall constitute the Executive Committee to carry on Council business between meetings.

Elections:

Elections shall beheld at the winter meeting of each odd-numbered year.  Nomination for office shall be made by the Nominations Committee which shall consist of the immediate past-President and two other members appointed by the President, and by floor nominations.  Election of officers shall be by plurality vote of the members present at the winter meeting.

Term of Office:

Term of office shall be for two years, starting at the summer meeting in odd-numbered years.  In the vent that the office of President shall be vacated, the Vice-President shall advance to the Presidency; the Executive Committee shall then appoint a Vice-President from the membership to serve the balance of the term.

Meetings:

Meetings of the Council will be held twice yearly.  A one-day business meeting will normally be held in January.  A field meeting will held in early summer.  Notices of meetings shall be sent to all members on the current mailing list.  The President shall call other meetings as required.

 

Reports:

 

At each winter meeting, members will be expected to report on their current work in forest soils research or allied endeavors.  Council reports will be presented to committees of the Western Forestry and Conservation Association on request and to other organizations and individuals as available.  The President shall represent the Council at the annual Western Forestry Conference, and report the CouncilŐs yearly activities.  If unable to attend, the Vice-President or the PresidentŐs designated appointee shall present the CouncilŐs report.

 

Amendments:

This charter may be amended by 2/3 vote of the membership present at the winter meeting.  Amendments may be proposed at the winter meeting only.  Copies of the proposed amendments must be promptly circulated to the full mailing list, and voted on no earlier than the next winter meeting.

 

* (See attached Letter of Agreement Between NWFSC and WF&CA signed by Ron Heninger, President NWFSC (95-97) and Richard Zabel, Executive Director, WF&CA, 7/24/95 and 7/28/95 respectively.  NWFSC shall pay WF&CA for these services at rate agreed to in Agreement).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chairmen and Presidents of the Northwest Forest Soils Council

 

 

 

Northwest Forest Soils Council

 

Ted Plair         

1948-52

 

George Schroeder      

1952-60

 

Ted Yocom    

1960-61

 

Gene Steinbrenner      

1961-66

Weyerhaeuser Co.

Bob Strand     

1966-69

 

Harry Anderson         

1969-73

WA DNR

Tim Ballard    

1973-75

 

Paul Heilman  

1975-77

WA State Univ.

Glen Klock     

1977-79

 

Steve Webster

1979-81

Weyerhaeuser Co.

Dick Miller     

1981-83

USFS

George Bengston       

1983-85

OSU

Nick Chappell

1985-87

UW

Byron Thomas           

1987-89

 

Bob Meurisse 

1989-91

USFS

Dave Myrold  

1991-93

OSU

Bob Edmonds

1993-95

UW

Ron Heninger 

1995-97

Weyerhaeuser Co.

John DePuy   

1997-99

USFS

Darline Zabowski                   

1999-01

UW

Tom Terry      

2001-03

Weyerhaeuser Co.

Mike Curran

2003-05

BC MOF

Kermit Cromack

2005-07

OSU

Dick Miller

2007-2009

USFS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer Field Trips

 

 

1949     Chehalis, WA

1950     Shelton, WA

1951     Crown Zellerbach Clackamas Tree Farm, OR

1952     Weyerhaeuser McDonald Tree Farm, WA

1953     Corvallis, OR (OSU MacDonald Forest)

1954     Forks, WA

1955     Davis, CA (in conjunction with Soil Science Society of America meeting) to H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, OR

1956     Qualicum, BC

1957     Oregon?

1958     Centralia, WA

1959     Wenatchee, WA

1960     Eureka and Korbel, CA

1961     Roseburg, OR

1962     Haney, BC (UBC Forest)

1963     Corvallis, OR (in conjunction with the 2nd North American Forest Soils Conference)

1964     Centralia - Pack Forest, WA

1965     Lubrecht Experimental Forest, MT

1966     ?

1967     West Linn, OR

1968     Elma, WA

1969     Ketchikan - Petersburg - Juneau, AK

1970     H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, OR

1971     Olympic Peninsula, WA

1972     Wenatchee, WA

1973     Campbell River, BC

1974     Chilliwack, BC

1975     Springfield, OR

1976     Weyerhaeuser, Klamath Falls, OR

1977     Pack Forest - Voight Creek, WA

1978     Forks, WA

1979     Wenatchee, WA

1980     Nanaimo - Port Alberni, BC

1981     LaGrande, OR

1982     Medford, OR

1983     Randle, WA (Mt. St. Helens

1984     Kelowna, BC

1985     Seaside, OR

1986     Fairbanks, AK

1987     Colville, WA

1988     Issaquah - Mt. Rainier, WA (pre-conference trip for the 7th North America Forest Soils Conference)

1989     Bend, OR

1990     Fort Bragg, CA (with California Forest Soils Council)

1991     Olympic Research Center, Forks, WA

1992     Gold Beach, OR

1993     Port McNeill, BC

1994     Wind River Experimental Forest, WA

1995     H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, OR and Weyerhaeuser Calapooya Tree Farm, Springfield, OR

1996        Kamloops Forest Region, Salmon Arm, BC

1997?

1998?

1999        50th anniversary, Okanagan Valley (southern interior BC) – Rehabilitation of Forests in the Okanagan:

                Sites, Policy, and Productivity

2000        Mt. St Helens  20-year Recovery (two day field trip with Washington Society of Professional Soil Scientists)

2001        Fairbanks, Alaska – Boreal Forest Soils in a Changing Climate

2002        53rd anniversary: Coastal Oregon (Florence Area) – The two-day field trip covered a range of topics including: watershed analysis (Siuslaw Basin sensitive soils, slope stability, sedimentation), riparian zone management and related topics, Swiss needle cast causality / mitigation studies, fertilization, site preparation, fire and erosion

2003        54th anniversary:  Prince George BC (Paul Sandborn and others)

2004        55th anniversary:  Fall River Long-term Site Productivity Study in conjunction with the Western Forest Productivity Conference—Productivity of Western Forests—A Forest Product Focus.