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Field Notes
News, information and events from our partners and friends around the country.
2012 Field Notes
2012 Forest Service Reunion Raffles Ruby the Mule to Benefit NMFSH
 In support of the National Museum of Forest Service History, the 2012 "Rendezvous in the Rockies" will hold a raffle for a bronze sculpture of "Ruby the Mule". The sculpture by Bill Ohrmann, a Montana rancher and artist, was originally done in 1991 as part of the Centennial of the Forest Reserve System.
"Ruby" was one of the mules in the Northern Region's pack string managed by the Ninemile Ranger District on the Lolo National Forest.
In 2009, Forest Service retirees, John Hughes, John Drake, Tom Clifford, and Laird Robertson arranged with Mr. Ohrmann for additional castings of the sculpture to help support the National Museum of Forest Service History. This year a "Ruby" bronze sculpture is offered in this raffle to participants of the 2012 Reunion. Tickets can be purchased for $5 per ticket through registration and will also be available during the Reunion in Vail in September. Visit http://fsreunion2012.com/ to register.
NMFSH to present at Safari Club International meeting
In early February the Museum’s Executive Fellow Lynn Sprague and Regional Director Steve Mealey will make a presentation about the Museum to the Safari Club Foundation Conservation Committee. The sportsmen’s conservation community was a driving force behind the creation of the National Forest System and their support has endured to this day. Since 1937, hunters and anglers have invested more than $10 billion in wildlife conservation. Virtually all 193 million acres of the National Forests and Grasslands provide important habitat and are open to hunting for game species, such as elk, wild turkey, and mule deer.
2011 Field Notes
NMFSH Leaders Featured at National Coal Council Meeting
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On October 21, 2011, President Gray Reynolds and board members Larry Craig and Ellie Hill described to members of the National Coal Council our plans to tell the story of forest and grassland conservation and multiple-use management of National Forest System Lands. Coal Council members were invited to become our partners in telling of this multiple-use story. A short video was shown during the program and a brochure was given to all Council members attending.
View clips of the presentation and the video.
Museum representatives who attended the Council meeting and the evening reception included: Dave Jolly, Lynn Sprague, Mark Rey, Liz Madison and Dave Stack. NMFSH National Council members Bob Bibb, Larry Grimes, Nils Johnson and Clayton Yeutter also attended. Guests of the Museum attending the meeting and reception were: David Guiney, exhibit planning advisor; Melissa Simpson, Director of Government Relations, Safari Club International and Jeff Crane, Executive Director, Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation.
The National Coal Council functions as a federal advisory council to the Department of Energy and represents more than 100 coal corporations, associations, utility companies and university research centers.
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NMFSH Reaches Out to Wildlife Conservation Community
Members of the NMFSH board and volunteer leadership corps attended the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in Kansas City, Missouri in March. The gathering draws representatives from conservation and sportsmen groups, many of which share a common history with the US Forest Service. Board member Larry Gadt was invited to speak to the board of the Boone & Crockett Club, a lead partner in the campaign to build the National Conservation Legacy and Education Center. The Boone & Crockett Club also donated space for the Museum's display at the conference. Pictured by the display are (from left to right): NMFSH Regional Director Steve Mealey, Larry Gadt, NMFSH Life Member Jack Blackwell, NMFSH Board Member and Boone & Crockett Club Chief of Staff Tony Schoonen, and NMFSH Capital Campaign Co-Chair Bob Model.
NMFSH Connects at Small Log Conference
The NMFSH was well represented at the Small Log Conference in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho in March. The meeting brought together national and international players specializing in small-diameter log utilization, including public and private forestry experts, community development specialists, woody biomass interests and conservationists. (Pictured from right to left) NMFSH Board members Arnie Didier and Dave Parcell helped organize the conference and were joined at the event by NMFSH Regional Director Dave Wright and Vice President Dave Stack.
2010 Field Notes
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