Upcoming Events
Red Mountain Project Tour
Saturday, May 30th, 2026 10 AM to 3 PM
An informative tour of the Red Mountain Forest Health Project which was planned by Jeff Hedin. This tour will be led by Jeff Hedin himself and will highlight the his planning and implementation processes. A review of the shaded fuel breaks created on Red Mountain Bureau of Land Management roads and scattered tracts, funded through a CalFire Healthy Forest grant, and administered by the Mendocino County Resource Conservation District. We will look at 2 to 3 yrs regrowth, shifts in floral patterns and habitat, etc... And we need to discuss how to maintain and enhance the work to date. Limited to 20 participants.
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Round Pole Processing Workshop
Friday May 29th to Sunday May 31st Practicum Monday June 1st to Wednesday June 3rd
Learn techniques to peel and process poles from the forest
Includes tool safety, and curing strategies.
Hosted by Wanosh Forest Gardens in Willits
Kelly Paine Custom Milling Tour
Friday, June 5th, 2026 11:00 AM view operations while it’s running, Lunch and questions at 12:30, More afterwards until 2 PM
Tour Kelly Paine’s mill site in Piercy California. Come and see a small to medium size mill that processes 2nd growth redwood for fence boards and custom orders. This mill employs 10 employees and ships several trucks a month to Bay Area fence builders. They recently purchased a bio-char curtain burner to help them deal with all their slash. Limited to 20 participants.
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Round Pole Timber Framing Workshop
Friday, June 5th to Thursday June 11th 2026 Learn the art of mortise & tenon joinery
Get familiar with timber frame tools
Discover traditional and modern techniques!
ISF board member Eric Lassotovitch will be teaching.
Hosted by Wanosh Forest Gardens in Willits
Summer Arts Fair
Saturday and Sunday, June 20th & 21st, 2026
10 AM to 12 PM
ISF will have a table at this super fun community event at So Hum Park. Come visit, and discuss forestry. We will have T-Shirts and plants for sale.
August Complex Fire - Ruth Lake Campout
Saturday & Sunday, June 13th & 14th , 2026
2 day trip
Explore the effects of the August Complex fire on the ground at Ruth Lake with Susan Nolan and other ISF members. The 2020 August fire remains the largest wildfire in California history at over a million acres. Much was an ordinary mixed-severity burn. During a foehn wind event it became an unstoppable crown fire, killing all the conifers over many thousands of acres, including around Ruth. It blasted right through sites where the Forest Service had done extensive fuel reduction work.
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Anderson Creek Restoration Work Tour
Saturday, July 18th, 2026 10 AM to 3 PM
Tour a stretch of Anderson Creek on RFFI's Usal Redwood Forest lands. We will look at and hear the history of years of restoration work. Richard Gienger restoration leader, Karen Youngblood (restoration coodinator for RFFI), Tom Leroy, and Steve Severi (RFFI forester) will detail it all out. Limited to 20 participants.
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3rd Annual Wailaki Big Time
Saturday, September 12th, 2026 11 AM to 7PM
