Thriving Economic Forest Communities

ISF provides marketing, technical assistance, referrals, and strategic planning support to the Sustainable Hardwoods Industry Cluster.

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August Fire/Ruth Lake Campout, May 2022
August Fire/Ruth Lake Campout, May 2022

For the second year in a row, ISF members and friends gathered for a campout near Ruth in May to look at the aftermath of the August fire and learn about how wildfire is managed.

A Visit to K-P & Sons Mill
A Visit to K-P & Sons Mill
Fire and Vegetation Change in the Yolla Bolly
Fire and Vegetation Change in the Yolla Bolly
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Bernie Korbly, redwood products manufacturer
Bernie Korbly, redwood products manufacturer

Owner of Korbly Wood Products talks about his redwood products business on the Avenue of the Giants

Brent Cook, local bowl maker
Brent Cook, local bowl maker

Manager at Dazey’s Construction talks about turning local hardwood into bowls

Liz Harwood on Elderberries
Liz Harwood on Elderberries

Interview of Liz Harwood, who propagates agroforestry plants

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"Heat Doesn't Rise, and Wood Doesn't Burn"
"Heat Doesn't Rise, and Wood Doesn't Burn"

Photos and video from a private biochar-making workshop led by Gray Shaw

Miranda Biochar Workshop, March 13, 2020
Miranda Biochar Workshop, March 13, 2020

Photos with a summary of the proceedings (sorry, no transcript or video). We planned many more of these workshops before Covid happened—but Covid led us to develop our Sustainable Forestry Journalism Project!

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Photos from FIRED UP Dec 8, 2018