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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:17:32
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Subject: Lomakatsi Ecological Sustainability Workshop: Register Now!<br>
From: "niki" <niki@lomakatsi.org><br>
To: <judew@asis.com><br>
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</font><div align="center"><h1><b>Creating A Sustainable Ecological
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</font><div align="center"><h1><b>Lomakatsi Restoration Project
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</font><div align="center"><h5><font size=5><b>present:</font>
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</font><div align="center"><h5><b>a 3-day participatory workshop,
including practical applications of </b></h5><font size=2><br><br>
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<u>Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Restoration Forestry, Ecological
Woodlot Stewardship, Permaculture, Small Diameter Utilization &
Natural Building</u></b> <br>
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<div align="center">Friday, May 4 through Sunday, May 6, 2007 <br>
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<div align="center"><b>White Oak Farm in Williams, Oregon</b> <br>
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Discover the interface among Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK),
restoration forestry practices, permaculture principles, byproduct
utilization and natural building. Leading indigenous cultural
practitioners, restoration ecologists, scientists and permaculture
designers will share valuable information about traditional ecological
practices, local ecology and current restoration forestry principles.
Explore Native American ecological techniques for cultivating viable
plant communities for use as food, basketry and weaving materials.
Stewarding the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion today can incorporate lessons
from indigenous peoples' use of fire, and the role that fire played in
maintaining wildlife habitat and hunting grounds. Practical hands-on
experiences in the forest, woodlands and fields will help restore and
enhance forest and woodland resiliency, species diversity, and site
productivity. Together, we will come to see the forest as "our
pharmacy, supermarket, and hardware store". Join us to share ideas
and skills that can be applied to tending your own land in this
fire-adapted ecosystem. <br><br>
</font><h3><b>Topics and Skills shared will include:
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b><u>Farming With Fire </u>-
</b>Learn how to</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">cultivate wildland native
plants for food and fiber with pruning and prescribed fire techniques-for
both forest restoration and wildland food production. <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b><u>Basketry and Fish Traps
from Fire Adapted Plants </u>- </b>Learn from indigenous cultural
practitioners. Traditional Indigenous weavers from the Karuk and Hoopa
tribes of the mid -Klamath region will share a simple hazel fish trap
weaving technique, and discuss Native use of fire to cultivate basketry
plant materials. <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b><u>Restoring Fire Adapted
Forests</u> </b>- Learn how to design a forest restoration ecological
treatment prescription to reduce severe fire hazards, enhance forest
stand health and diversity, and prepare your forest for the
reintroduction of fire. Prescribed fire techniques will be shared as we
witness Lomakatsi work crews performing on site treatments - before,
during and after the work. <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b><u>Oak Woodlands and
Savannahs- The Forgotten Acorn Orchards</u> </b>-Experience and
participate in the restoration of vanishing oak habitats. Learn
restoration thinning techniques and how to use prescribed fire to
invigorate oak woodland health and increase plant and wildlife
diversity. Learn how to process acorns in atraditional way as a
main food staple for our regional diet. <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b><u>From the Forests to
Natural Buildings</u> </b>-Learn to select small diameter trees in an
ecological manner during restoration forestry prescriptions and
treatments. See how small diameter wood by-products can be used for
your natural building projects. Lomakatsi will teach ecologically
sensitive methods for extracting, removing and processing restoration
wood by-products. Participants will tour the forests, perform an
exercise in tree selection, and tour White Oak Farm's natural buildings
to witness how things dovetail. <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b><u>Creating a Sustainable
Ecological Culture-Permaculture and Wildland Forest Cultivation</u>
</b>-Explore how the practices of permaculture, restoration forestry and
traditional ecological knowledge are interwoven into the co-creation of a
sustainable ecological land-base and culture. <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b><u>Bringing Back the
Salmon</u> </b>- Learn about the intricate connections between forests
and fish as restoration biologists from the Williams Creek Watershed lead
fieldtrips demonstrating their efforts to restore habitat for threatened
salmon and steelhead. Learn from these professionals how in-stream
watershed restoration techniques will help to bring back the
salmon. <br>
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</font><h3><b>Multi-media instruction:
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">The forest and woodlands on
the 60-acre White Oak Farm and surrounding Williams Valley provide an
ideal outdoor classroom setting. In addition to field trips, we will have
lectures, discussion and power point presentations to round out the
weekend. <br>
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Instructors include: <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2><b>Agnes Pilgrim </b>,
Takelma-Latgawa Elder, Confederated Tribe of Siletz, Member of the
International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2><b>Dennis Martinez
</b>, Co-Chair of Indigenous Peoples' Restoration Network, co-director of
Takelma Intertribal Project <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2><b>Kathy Mc Covey </b>,
Karuk Tribal Member, USFS Archaeologist <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2><b>Bryan Colegrove,
</b>Hoopa Tribal Member and Cultural Practitioner <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2><b>Marko Bey </b>,
Lomakatsi Director of Operations, Restoration Practitioner & Designer
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2><b>Justin Cullumbine
</b>, Natural Builder, Lomakatsi Program Director, Restoration
Practitioner & Designer <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2><b>Tom Ward </b>,
Permaculture Systems Designer/ Social Forester <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2><b>Andy Fischer,
</b>ofSacred Earth Ecological Design, Permaculture Systems Designer <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2><b>Don Tipping </b>,
Permaculture Systems Designer/ Organic Farmer <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2><b>Randy Carey </b>,
Permaculture Systems Designer/Organic Farmer <br>
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Ecological Work crew-' </b>On the ground' restoration technicians <br>
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MORE!!!</font><font face="arial" size=2> <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=4 color="#003300"><b>Who
Should Attend?
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Landowners, permaculture practitioners, forest workers, environmental
activists, teachers, sustainability enthusiasts, public land managers,
students, and anyone else interested in ecological sustainability,
responsible land stewardship and survival. <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2><b><u>Registration
Information:</font><font face="arial" size=2> <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">This action-packed
participatory workshop, May 4-6, 2007, includes on-site camping and
organic meals provided by the White Oak Farm. <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">The participation fee is $375
per person, if registered by April 1<sup>st</sup>, 2007. Add $50
for later registration. <br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">The latest time to register is
April 20 or when filled. Sign up soon, as space is limited. <br>
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scholarships are available on a limited, sliding scale basis</font>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><b>To register or for more
information contact Jenny at Lomakatsi Restoration
Project,</font><font face="arial"> <br>
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541-488-0208 or
<a href="mailto:jenny@lomakatsi.org">jenny@lomakatsi.org</a></font>
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White Oak Farm </u>(WOF) is a small, non-profit farm based education
center. WOF is dedicated to cultivating connections between people and
their local ecosystems by: Pursuing community food security, Fostering
agricultural and ecological diversity, and Teaching the arts of
sustainable living. White Oak Farm depends on the efforts of dedicated
staff, apprentices, and volunteers. <br>
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L<b>omakatsi Restoration Project</b> </u><b>is a non-profit organization
formed in 1995, Our mission is t </b>o organize and implement
community based ecological restoration projects through education,
vocational training, specialized workforce development and the
utilization of restoration by products, encouraging the recovery of
ecosystems and the sustainability of communities, cultures and economies.
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</font><font face="arial" size=4 color="#0000FF"><b>Hope to see you
there!<br>
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Niki Del Pizzo<br>
Outreach/Education Coordinator<br>
Lomakatsi Restoration Project<br>
PO Box 3084<br>
Ashland, OR 97520<br>
541-488-0208<br>
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