PORT ANGELES — Clallam Conservation District is offering a free workshop for forest landowners.
The workshop will be held from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. today at a forest setting on Old Mill Road.
Signs directing attendees will begin at the corner of East Ahlvers and South Old Mill roads, above the Port Angeles High School.
ISA-certified arborist and owner of Sitkum Tree Service Conor Haggerty will lead participants on a hike through the forest and discuss tips for evaluating tree health, assessing danger trees, selective pruning for view enhancement and restorative timber stand management using the “worst first” thinning approach.
The hike will include a walk through a riparian area and discussion on choosing native plants for riparian areas and vegetating unstable slopes.
The workshop is free, but space is limited. Pre-registration is required.
Phone the district at 360-775-3747, ext. 1, to register.
Grange potluck
PORT ANGELES — The Crescent Grange will host its October community potluck at the grange home, 50870 state Highway 112, at 6:30 p.m. today.
The grange will supply plates, silverware, coffee, tea and juice. Attendees are asked to bring hot dishes, salads or desserts.
The program for the evening will feature Callam County Commissioners Mike Doherty, who will reflect on his years of service.
PFOA meeting
PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Friends of Animals monthly board meeting has been rescheduled from today to Wednesday, Oct. 22.
For more information, phone 360-452-0414 or visit www.safehavenpfoa.org.
Oregon birds talk
PORT TOWNSEND — A free Admiralty Audubon Program with professional photographers David and Casey Gluckman will be held at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday.
The Gluckmans will present a one-hour program showing the birds and scenery of two of Eastern Oregon’s finest wildlife protection areas, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and Ladd Marshes Wildlife Management Area near La Grande.
For more information, phone Rosemary Sikes at 360-385-0307 or email rosemarysikes@olympus.net.
Wolf talk scheduled Thursday
PORT TOWNSEND — David Moskowitz, wildlife tracker and author of Wolves in the Land of Salmon, will share stories, images and video clips from a wolf expedition at the Cotton Building, 607 Water St.
The talk, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, focuses on the 2014 OR7 Expedition, which retraced the wanderings of a young male gray wolf across 1,200 miles through Oregon and into California.
Also, local carnivore experts Lorna and Darrell Smith of the nonprofit Western Wildlife Outreach will discuss Washington’s recovering gray wolf population.
Admission is free and open to the public, but a $5 donation is appreciated.
For more information, email Noreen Parks at noreen.parks@gmail.com or visit www.jltnatural.org/events.
Principal selected
PORT ANGELES — A principal in Port Angeles for six years and a teacher for 14 years, Amity Butler has been selected for the America Achieves’ Fellowship for Teachers and Principals for the 2014-16 school years.
The program is highly selective, with less than 20 percent of nominees selected.
By providing a platform for sharing best practices and giving educators a voice in local, state and national discussions about public education, the impact of the program extends beyond the individual fellows and into the communities they serve.
Butler joins 180 fellows from 35 states and the District of Columbia to develop skills to aid students.
To launch this work, Butler will travel to New York City this weekend to meet with other fellows and dive deep into critical issues, collaborate on ways to scale their impact, develop action plans and advise policy makers and thought leaders.
Butler is also a National Board Certified Teacher. She was hired as the principal of Franklin Elementary in 2009.
For more information about America Achieves, visit www.americaachieves.org/leadership.