Redwood Region Logging Conference
Mendocino and Lake county
Teacher Packet
The Redwood Region Logging Conference is pleased to announce its 2024 Forest Education Program. We look forward to your participation.
Our goal is to provide a positive learning environment about our forests and their endless cycle while ensuring a quality educational experience for all participating students and teachers. To achieve this goal with our existing volunteer force and fiscal resources, the RRLC Board of Directors has established the following policies and programs:
1) The 2024 Mural Contest is open to grades K through 8 in all Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, Lake, and Mendocino County Schools. Please review this material, indicate your interest in the Forest Education Program Application form, and return it to us by December 8, 2023. Pulp sheets will be delivered to participating classrooms by January 15th, or soon thereafter. Every class returning a completed mural will RECEIVE A $50 CASH PARTICIPATION REWARD.
New Mural Drop-Off Location: County Farm Bureau office, 303-C Talmage Rd, Ukiah, CA. Please drop your murals off by 5:00 on Thursday, March 7th, 2024.
2) Request a Resource Professional such as a Forester, Wildlife or Fisheries Biologist, Geologist, Surveyor, etc. to visit your classroom.
We hope that you will consider these educational opportunities and we look forward to receiving your program application form.
Print out a PDF and send, email (subject line: Education App) or fax your application in.
Email: rrlc@sonic.net
Del Norte, Humboldt & Trinity County
Teacher Packets
The Redwood Region Logging Conference is pleased to announce its 2024 Forest Education Program. We look forward to your participation.
Our goal is to provide a positive learning environment about our forests and their endless cycle while ensuring a quality educational experience for all participating students and teachers. To achieve this goal with our existing volunteer force and fiscal resources, the RRLC Board of Directors have establish the following policies and programs:
1) The 2024 Mural Contest is open to grades K through 8. Please review this material, indicate your interest on the FOREST EDUCATION PROGRAM Application form, and return to us by December 8, 2023. Pulp sheets will be delivered to participating classrooms by January 18th or soon thereafter. Every class returning a completed mural will RECEIVE A $50 CASH PARTICIPATION REWARD.
Mural Drop Off Location: Humboldt County Farm Bureau office, 5601 S Broadway, Eureka, CA. Please drop your murals off by 5:00 on Thursday, March 7th.
2) Request a Resource Professional such as a Forester, Wildlife or Fisheries Biologist, Geologist, Surveyor, etc. to visit your classroom.
We hope that you will consider these educational opportunities and we look forward to receiving your program application form.
3) Education Day will be held Thursday, March 14, 2024, the opening day of the 86th annual Redwood Region Logging Conference at the Redwood Empire Fairgrounds, Ukiah. Attendance will be limited to 1,500 Del Norte, Trinity, and Humboldt County students 3rd - 6th graders. Bus transportation costs for authorized classes will be reimbursed by the Redwood Region Logging Conference provided the following requirements are met:
a) The RRLC Education Day field trip is an approved school activity and is covered by the school’s liability insurance;
b) An invoice and supporting documentation is submitted to the RRLC Office by May 14, 2024 for reimbursement not to exceed $250 per bus.
Print out a Form and mail or email your form.
Mural Contest
The mural must portray the 2024 Conference theme and how it applies to forest management in the Redwood Region:
2024 Theme: GROWING A STRONGER INDUSTRY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION, ONE TREE AT A TIME
The mural must be created on wood pulp sheets provided by the Conference. ONE PULP SHEET PER TEACHER.
Murals may be created using crayons, watercolors, poster paints, paper collages, and other unique materials. Use your imagination! Remember, murals will be hung on a wall for display. Murals that are not appropriately designed for wall hanging will be disqualified.
Murals will be judged on the use of the conference theme, creative use of materials, and whole class participation. The murals should be age-appropriate with work done by the students with innovative uses of wood products and design. The murals should be a learning experience for students; demonstrating an understanding of the interrelationship between the forest and human communities; the renewal ability over time of a managed forest; and the many people working together to fulfill the importance of the demand for wood products in our everyday lives.
The teacher’s name, grade, school, and telephone number must be on the inside of a 3x5 card staples on the bottom right-hand corner of the mural facing up so the writing is visible.
Each class not receiving a cash prize will RECEIVE A $50 CASH PARTICIPATION REWARD!
The murals will be divided into two grade categories for judging: K-3rd grades and 4th-8th grades. If you have a 3/4 combination, the mural will be judged in the 4th-8th grade category. Prizes for winning murals in each category are HUMBOLDT/DELNORTE/TRINITY COUNTIES: First Place: $200; Second Place: $150; Third Place: $100; and three Honorable Mention Ribbons of $75 each. MENDOCINO/LAKE COUNTIES: First Place: $200; Second Place: $150; Third Place: $100; and three Honorable Mention Ribbons of $75 each. (Note: Classes winning Cash Prize Awards will not receive an additional $50 Cash Participation Reward.)
Murals must be received for judging no later than Thursday, March 7th 2024 at 5 PM. Please deliver your completed mural to one of the following locations:
Eureka: RRLC Office - 5601 South Broadway (Humboldt Hill) – Phone #707-443-4091
Ukiah: Mendocino County Farm Bureau 303-C Talmage Road, Ukiah
Murals will be displayed during the Redwood Region Logging Conference, on March 14, 15, and 16 at the Redwood Acres Fairgrounds in Eureka, CA.
The RRLC reserves the right to reproduce, publish, or publicly display any mural for the benefit of the RRLC, along with the right to retain the ownership of any mural, as chosen by the RRLC Education Committee.
Any mural, which is determined by the RRLC Education Committee to be inappropriate, will be disqualified, and will not be displayed at the conference.
Career Day
Sign-up
Redwood Region Logging Conference is excited to introduce a Natural Resource Career Day to be held in conjunction with their 86th Annual Logging Conference. This year’s conference will be held March 14 - 16, 2024 at the Redwood Acres Fairgrounds in Eureka, California, with Career Day being held on Friday, March 15th.
We are inviting local Sophomore, Junior, and Senior High School Students as well as Junior College Students to attend this event and talk with experts in the timber industry about career possibilities in our region. Students will be introduced to a wide variety of opportunities as they tour the career “stations” in groups of about ten students. Stations will include everything from equipment operators and timber fallers to wildlife biologists. This information will help students understand the varied employment opportunities in the Natural Resource fields.
Preregistration is required and space is limited. Print the Career Day Sign-up form and return it to the RRLC office by mail, email (rrlc@sonic.net) or fax if you have a group of students who would benefit from this opportunity. You will receive a confirmation following your registration.
For More information, please click on the Registration Form or contact the RRLC office at 707.443.4091.
High School Forestry Contest
The 2024 High School Forestry Contest will be held on Friday, March 15th at the Redwood Acres Fairgrounds in Eureka. We would like to extend an invitation to you and your team to compete in our contest. The contest is open to all High School students in an Agriculture program, regardless of previous FFA event participation.
The contest will run from NOON to approximately 4:00 pm on Friday, March 15th, and the top three teams and individuals will be awarded CASH prizes. Winners will be announced shortly after the contest and all prizes will be mailed to your schools.
Participating traveling schools will receive $250 travel assistance for their team. Contact the RRLC office for details.
To provide a quality contest it would be helpful to have a list of your team members sent to the RRLC office ahead of time so we can get everything set up.
Please pre-register by contacting the Redwood Region Logging Conference office at (707) 443-4091 and returning a Contest Entry form.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact the RRLC office.
Boots on the Ground
Aside from hosting the largest annual timber-related event in Northern CA, the RRLC invites select high school seniors interested in a career in the Timber Industry an opportunity for a more in-depth look at the industry. We call this program, Boots on the Ground. Boots on the Ground was developed as a career day for high school seniors planning to enter the workforce upon graduation. Students spend the day touring active logging sites, and mill tours and make connections with potential employers. They experience firsthand the latest technology within the Timber Industry, from drones to processors designed to keep crews safe. Upon completion of the event and gaining employment within the industry, students are given a voucher to be reimbursed for up to $500 for their first pair of work boots. In 2022, 40 high school seniors from Humboldt, Del Norte, and Mendocino Counties were able to attend one of two Boots on the Ground events. This event will take place in the Spring of 2024, just before school lets out. Be sure to ask your Career Tech, Ag Teacher, or Advisor for more information.
Redwood Region Resource Rally
The Redwood Region Resource Rally is an annual event that takes place each fall in Scotia, CA, home of Humboldt Redwood Co. This program is designed for high school juniors and seniors to explore the various careers in the Timber Industry. About 120 Students from Humboldt, Del Norte, Trinity, Mendocino, and Lake Counties rotate through six venues: Forestry, Mechanics and Heavy Equipment, Timber Harvest, Fisheries, Mill Tour, and Careers Workshops where they are able to ask questions of industry professionals and make valuable industry connections.
