The week of May 24th the Forestry GSE Team from South Carolina District 7750 visited Squamish. Forester and Rotarian Kevin Haberl arranged for a local tour for the team and they also joined us for lunch. They gave us a brief update of their travels, marveling at the scenery through the Fraser Canyon enroute to the District Conference in Prince Rupert. Of course, they were also able to witness the devastation to our forests that the pine beetle has brought.

Again the team was awed by the sights on the ferry trip back to Vancouver Island. Pictured are President Ian with Tammy Cushing, Clemson University Professor of Forest Economics and ManagementKristen Austin, South Carolina Southern Blue Ridge Project Director for The Nature Concervancy, Mary Yonce, Timber Manager for the U.S. Forest Service on the Sumter National Forest, and Michelle Christensen, an intern with the Endowment at Portland State University, with plans to become an urban planner and hopes to apply for an associate level position with a forest-conservation non-profit.