Current News
December
31 Fiddlin'
Foresters complete successful Centennial Tour -
My Impressions. By
Lynn Young (.pdf
139kb) As the 2005 Centennial Year comes to a close,
so does the year-long Centennial Tour of the Fiddlin'
Foresters. The
fantastic year included so many highlights and
wonderful adventures, and the Fiddlin' Foresters
were able to enhance the 100 year milestone for
the U.S. Forest Service.
October
15 Stanislaus National Forest celebrates Centennial (.pdf
338kb) "Celebrate Your National Forests: The First 100 Years," was
the name of the huge Centennial Celebration planned
by the Stanislaus National Forest in Sonora, CA.. Art exhibits,
a film festival, food, children's activities, live
music and displays about national forests were
featured.
October
8
- Roots
of forestry grow in Western North Carolina (.pdf 190kb) Asheville,
North Carolina – The Bent Creek Experimental
Forest and the Southern Research Station sponsored
a wonderful celebration the grounds the historic
experimental forest near Asheville.
October
4 - Foresters
kick off Campaign (.pdf 149kb) The
Fiddlin' Foresters were honored to be asked
to kick off the Combined Federal Champaign
(CFC) for the U.S. Department of Agriculture at their headquarters
in Washington DC. The
CFC is the charitable fund-raising program
of the Federal Government. CFC in the National Capitol
Area raises millions of dollars for all kinds
of charities. This
year there was a special emphasis on victims
of Hurricane Katrina.
September
8 - Retirees
celebrate the people of the Forest Service (.pdf
190kb) Over
1100 Forest Service retirees attended the Centennial Celebration
Reunion in Portland, Oregon September 4 – 9. The
Forest Service National Leadership team, the Office of
Communication, and the New Century of Service committee
had concurrent meetings and joined the retirees for a Fiddlin’ Foresters
performance at a huge banquet on Thursday evening.
March - Now Available - In The Long Run
After more than ten years of traveling throughout the country providing conservation messages, the Fiddlin’ Foresters finally recorded their first CD.
September
7 - Forest Service fiddles at Timberline (.pdf
122kb) The great Timberline Lodge perched at timberline on
Mount Hood was the site of a wonderful Forest Service Centennial
Celebration on Wednesday, September 7. The Fiddlin’ Foresters
performed a Centennial program for about 150 Mount Hood National
Forest employees, retirees and lodge guests..