Forestry Heritage Society History 

Dave Florence prepared a graphic to be placed in the Forestry Museum that provides the history since 1986 and puts the PRFHS and PRFMS in context.

AGM results

Elected:President, Dave Florence; Secretary, Geoff Stubbs; Treasurer,Hans Maurer; Director Railroad, Dan Parsons; Director Trail, Mike Lister, Directors at Large: Chet Fee, Doug Lott, Bob Johnson, Stephen James, Phil Kemp.

  AGM Minutes Mar 10, 2015   highlights here.     Revised Goals for 2015/16

At the PRFHS meeting held  Oct 21,

• we decided to provide $3,500 funding for Attendants at the Forestry Museum for 2015. This will provide the PRHMA an extra year to adjust its personnel budget, and will ensure normal service by the Forestry Museum next summer.
• we approved a $50 honorarium to Theatre Now for their "Train robbery" performance at Fall Fair
• We approved $700 for a manpack leaf blower to be used on the trail and railroad
• We developed a revised process for management of Willingdon Beach Trail windfalls:
  • we noted purchase of Millennium Park trees by the City, and agreed that the Parks Foreman will do the danger tree assessment and resolution
  • we decided not to replace the PRFHS chainsaw; relying instead on a roster of chainsaw owners for windfall clearing
  • we noted the discussion with the city towards getting a shed near the campground office for our "work party"signage, trail tools, paint and brushes, safety equipment, gate pass etc

Meeting minutes will be posted soon.

Our new home! PRHMA kindly provides us office space in the Administrative/archives building for our archival records, bookshelf and graphics needing storage between events.

 Pr_Living did a terrific insert to their June issue "Ferns and Fallers" click to read it here  The forestry museum is featured on page 43

Raffle 2014 

Two prizes this year, valued over $750. As usual, lovely seal head carvings by Debra Bevaart of Lund's tug Ghum gallery. We sold almost 500 tickets, netting about $1500 for the Willingdon Beach Trail maintenance and Forestry Museum operation for 2014/2015.

Ted Belyea won the larger seal; Lorranine Franzen the smaller.

We presented their prizes Sep 2, 2014. 

Tickets were $5.00; available from the Forestry Museum, from members, from the Tug Ghum gallery, the Paradise Valley Railroad when operatng, and at Forestry Heritage events.

Thanks to all who participated. We plan to do a similar raffle next year.

    more photos here

A wonderful weekend at Arts Alive in the Park! A 1 minute video is below;  more photos here

Congratulations to Hans Maurer for leading the float project for the sea fair parade