District Manager's Corner
by Pat Frost
It’s time for the County Fair again. It doesn’t seem like a whole year has gone by since the District set up its booth. Fair time is a unique opportunity for us to get out and meet you – the folks we serve. The theme of our informational booth changes every year. One interesting observation is that the time and energy that the District has spent designing and staffing our booth to include our “partners in conservation” has created enough interest by these other natural resources and conservation organizations that they now have their own booths. If you stop by our section of the Commercial Exhibits you should be able to chat with members of the Trinity River Restoration Program and learn about their plans and schedules for the upcoming year. The Trinity Weed Management Cooperative has signed on for this year’s fair. Stop by their booth and join in on their raffle of some wonderful landscaping plants that have been donated by local nurseries. Fair time is our chance to share information about our ongoing projects – forest health and fire management issues like defensible space around your house or our restoration work in the South Fork Trinity River. It is a time to let you know the new projects that we are just starting, like the Upper Trinity River Watershed Planning project for the entire area above the dams and the Rush Creek watershed assessment that we are helping to coordinate with the Trinity River Restoration Program, Trinity County and others.
This year we are going to focus on “children in conservation”. Bring your children or grandchildren by the booth and let them win prizes by taking part in our conservation quiz. Learn about some of our exciting education programs and how we might bring them to your school. Find out what the Sixth Graders at Weaverville Elementary School have been learning at environmental education camp held every September at Bar 717 Ranch near Hyampom, about the River Day Celebration sponsored by Coffee Creek School every October, and this year’s Salmon Festival scheduled for October 16th.
Just as important as what we have to offer at our booth is that the fair is our chance to learn from you – learn what your needs are so that we can be serve you better. So stop by and say hello.
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