Another Hatfield Fellow from Forestry

Bodie Shaw with former Oregon Senator Mark Hatfield.

Warm Springs tribal member Bodie Shaw '93, '96 has been named the 2001-2002 Mark O. Hatfield Congressional Fellow. Shaw is working in the Washington, D.C., office of Rep. Earl Blumenauer. "I look at this as a stepping stone," says Shaw. "If the doors are open, the potential is to continue work on Native issues at the national level."

The nine-month fellowship allows a Native American to serve as a staff member for one of the seven members of Oregon's Congressional delegation. The Hatfield Fellow serves as liaison between the Congressional member and Northwest tribes on issues that affect Native Americans, and serves as a resource for the entire Oregon delegation. The placement rotates to the office of a different member each year.       The Hatfield Fellowship was created by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde as a living tribute to Oregon's former senator Mark O. Hatfield. It is administered through the Spirit Mountain Community Fund. Fellows receive a Letters

monthly stipend, moving and travel expenses, and tuition for an American Political Science Association orientation.
      Peter Wakeland '95 was the first Forestry alumnus to receive the Hatfield fellowship. In 1998-99, Wakeland, an Umpqua Indian, worked in Sen. Ron Wyden's office.
      Shaw, 36, has served since November 1997 as the BIA assistant forest manager for the Warm Springs Reservation as part of an intergovernmental agreement with Oregon State University.

      We are grateful to Spilyay Tymoo newspaper for permission to reprint parts of this story.

Julie Maulding joins OFRI

Julie Maulding '99 has joined the staff at Oregon Forest Resources Institute (OFRI) in Portland. As a part-time educational specialist, Julie develops and coordinates OFRI's forestry education program at the Rediscovery Forest, a demonstration forest at the Oregon Garden in Silverton. She also works with teachers to create forest education programs at the Rediscovery Forest, and she plans and coordinates public tours and workshops for groups and the public. OFRI was created by the Oregon Legislature to improve understanding of forestry and the state's forest resources and to encourage sound forest management.

Peavy Hall's moon tree.

More on moon trees

      Here is additional information on the "moon trees" (Focus, Winter 2000). Also, here is some information on how I became involved with the project.
      I was director of the Forest Service Institute of Forest Genetics at Placerville, CA. The United States had just sent men to the moon and returned them safely with a packet of conifer seeds. NASA was given the responsibility to germinate the seeds and grow the seedlings. They had sophisticated controlled environmental chambers, so it was a logical choice.
      The seeds were successfully germinated and the seedlings were

growing quite well in one of NASA's growth chambers when disaster struck: the growth chambers malfunctioned, and temperatures soared. Some hours after the emergency alarm went off and before anyone could intervene, the seedlings were baked.
      The next day I got a frantic call from a scientist at Houston explaining their plight. Fortunately they had reserved some of the seeds, which they sent to the Institute.
      We successfully grew the seedlings at our lab in Placerville, CA, and they were distributed through the United States with appropriate publicity.
   

LeRoy Johnson '62, '65, Bishop, CA