Community events: Arbor Day coming up
Karl Anderson of the Flathead National Forest talks about how to plant a seedling Douglas fir during the Columbia Falls Arbor Day celebration in this file photo.
Arbor Day
Columbia Falls will celebrate Arbor Day at noon on May 6 in River’s Edge Park. The event will feature local arboreal experts and a group of fifth graders who will learn from those experts and then take home a sapling at the end to plant themselves. We will also be trimming some existing trees in the park then planting a few new ones that patrons can enjoy for years to come.
Members of the public are welcome to join for any and all of the programming.
Classmates sought
CFHS Class of 1967 55th reunion will be July 29-31. Please contact Gail Shay Linne at gslinne@centurytel.net or 406-871-4881 with your e-mail and/or phone number so we can send you the reunion plans.
Free meal
A free meal will be served at Canyon Elementary School April 28 consisting of pork loin, mashed potatoes, green salad and Luann’s famous banana bread. As always we serve between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. Take out is still available just come on in and order how many meals you need and we will get them dished up right away for you.
We will be serving coffee and water also. Any questions please contact either Flo 406-250-3406 or Luann 406-261-1083.
Forestry expo
The Family Forestry Expo is an annual, weeklong event that offers hands-on exposure to the role forests play in our everyday lives. This year the Family Forestry Expo is scheduled May 2 through May 7, with the theme of “Forests-Landscapes of Many Uses.”
Over 1,100 local fifth grade students from 28 schools stretching from Eureka to Charlo, will visit Expo between May 2 and May 6 and learn about natural resource topics. The students visit stations that provide educational presentations about fisheries, aquatic/ riparian systems, archaeology, wildlife, fire, backcountry ethics, plant identification, and forest management. The program is curriculum based and the field stations compliment classroom study.
On Saturday, May 7, families are invited to share in expo activities from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Trumbull Creek Educational Forest, located about two miles north of the junction of U.S.
Highway 2 and Montana Highway 40, just west of Columbia Falls.
The Saturday family- oriented event features a short forest walk that offers educational stations and demonstrations along the way. Each station provides information and hands-on activities that allow participants to learn about the many uses of our forests, private and public. A grandstand show will be presented at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and feature logging equipment demonstrations and the Forest Service Spotted Bear Ranger District mule pack string. Various exhibits featuring local organizations, businesses and agencies that deal with natural resources will be on display.
Between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. a free logging camp lunch will be provided, compliments of Family Forestry Expo.