Thursday, April 17
6:30 pm – Membership Meeting
7:00 pm – Guest Speaker: Ken Bevis
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Ken Bevis, Stewardship Biologist for the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Service Forestry Program, will give a one-hour presentation on management of trees in the landscape and backyard forest, wildlife habitat, and the benefit of dead wood.
McLane Black Lake Fire Department
Large Meeting Room
125 Delphi Rd NW
Olympia, WA 98502
Park in the back lot of the fire station. Carpooling is appreciated.
Tea and cookies will be available.
Bio: Ken is a Central Washington University Wildcat, with a Master’s of Science in Biology (1994), where he studied woodpeckers and dead trees in 3 forest types near Cle Elum. He also holds a BS in Forestry and Wildlife from Virginia Tech (1979). Ken is originally from Virginia, and has lived in Washington since 1986. He worked on spotted owls for the U. S. Forest Service and Yakama Indian Nation in the late 1980s and early 90s. Then he went to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (15 years) reviewing timber harvest permits, writing grants and then salmon recovery. His current role is the statewide fish and wildlife biologist helping small forest landowners learn how to manage their forest lands for forestry and wildlife. He frequently teaches workshops and classes for Washington State University Extension programs and others. He writes songs, scientific and newsletter articles, and the end page humor column for Northwest Woodlands magazine. Bevis is fascinated with dead trees and works to find humor in everything.