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World Forestry Center welcomes new staff members
World Forestry Center welcomed two new staff members to the growing team: Sue Hildick, Managing Director, and Alli Gannett, Communications Director. Learn about Sue and Alli below. Sue HildickI am passionate and optimistic about helping create a...
World Forestry Center’s Timberland Investment Conference Gets a New Name
For 22 years, World Forestry Center has gathered investors, land managers, advisors, carbon project developers, and others to its signature timberland investment conference, Who Will Own the Forest?. What began as an inquiry into...
State of the Forest
« All News & EventsFebruary 1 – April 28, 2024 | Wed-Sun 11am-4pm | Included with Museum AdmissionWorld Forestry Center’s first art exhibit of the year, State of the Forest, brings into full color the detailed aftermath of a wildfire. Painted over...
Evergreen Magazine | Winter ’23
Read the latest issue of our Evergreen magazine.Inside this issue: 2022 Financial Report A Year In Review Obscurity Art Exhibit Magness Reopens New Board Members Read the Winter 2023 IssueRelated Posts
Board of Directors Welcomes New Members
This year so far has been one of growth, which includes our growing team at World Forestry Center. Since January, we have added four new members to our staff. Meet our newest team members: Natalie Jenkins, Campaign ManagerNatalie joins World...
What if we valued forests like our future depended on them?
Many of the most pressing issues we face as a society today — climate change, public health, housing shortages, access to clean air and water, and the escalating frequency of catastrophic wildfires — are directly tied to the health of our forests....
Photos: A Year In Review — Looking Back at 2023:
From a visit in July by the US Secretary of Agriculture to a new art exhibition on wildfire smoke; from Wildfire Preparedness Weekend to a gathering of World Forestry Center's Fellows; from an expanded museum store to a snow-covered campus, here...
Magness Memorial Tree Farm Reopens on Mondays
As of October 9, 2023, Magness Memorial Tree Farm, a 77-acre forest located in Sherwood, Oregon, is open once again to the general public on Mondays between 8:00 am and 3:00 pm. This scenic woodland has been owned and operated by World Forestry...
Free Sundays Return to the Discovery Museum
Thanks to a generous grant from the Juan Young Trust, World Forestry Center is renewing our Free Sunday program. This year, we’re offering free admission to our Discovery Museum every Sunday from November 5 through December 17, 2023. “Our Discovery...
Photos: Obscurity Opening Reception
On Wednesday, September 6, World Forestry Center celebrated the opening of our latest featured exhibit, Obscurity: Life Inside the Smoke, with a reception in our Discovery Museum. Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate! Obscurity runs...