2002 Intermountain Region Teachers' Tour Scrapbook

July 10-13, 2002

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[Wednesday] : [Thursday] : [Friday] : [Saturday]


Friday Morning: Potlatch Complex
Teachers arrive at the Potlatch Lewiston Complex
Bales of paper rejects from Potlatch's Las Vegas factory wait to be recycled back into paper
Chip piles contain the raw materials to produce paper pulp
Paper rejects from Potlatch's Las Vegas factory get mixed with raw pulp to make new paper products
A view of one of Potlatch's paper machines
In the control room, teachers saw how the paper machines were monitored
Teachers listen and learn about the paper machine controls
Teachers learn about the 4-color presses where paper towels receive their colorful designs
Teachers watch technicians print designs onto paper towels
Teachers learn more about the designs that go on paper towels
Teachers examine the huge printed parent rolls before they are converted into individual rolls
Teachers saw how this machine created the cores for paper rolls
Converting is where
Tour participants saw how paper products were packaged
Parent rolls for tissue products
Parent rolls waiting to be converted
One of Potlatch's 3 warehouses where half a million cases of paper products are stored
Teachers watch as a disintegration test is performed on Potlatch products
Teachers learn about the differences between various types of paper products
Teachers ask questions about Potlatch's product testing
Paper waste from the various factory processes are sent back to be repulped

Friday Morning: Potlatch Nursery
A view of Potlatch's Nursery
Abbie Acuff talks to teachers about Tamarack and Lodgepole Pine saplings
Abbie in the nursery telling teachers about growing trees
A rare picture of a wild Aurelius roaming the Potlatch Nursery
Deb, Michael, and Dave inspect the seedlings
Some grafted trees in Abbie's nursery
If you get down level with the planter boxes it looks like a miniature forest
A view of the saplings in the nursery
More saplings in Abbie's nursery
Teachers listen to Abbie talk about her trees
Teacher's walk among the nurseries
Teachers get some hands on time with the saplings
Renee, Steve, and Rick talk about the saplings
Ron and Kevin

Friday Afternoon: Clearwater Ranger Station
Christine talks to teachers about watershed restoration and road obliteration
Christine, Annie, and Steve welcome teachers to the Clearwater Ranger District
Linda A. and Bob at the Clearwater Ranger Station
Clearwater Ranger Station sign
Steve Petro talks to teachers about US Forest Service forest management practices

Friday Lunch: Big Eddy at Dworshak Dam
Billie, Russ, and Heather from the US Army Corps of Engineers helped host lunch
Idaho Tour Teachers enjoying the view at Big Eddy
Heather Burke of the US Army Corp of Engineers presents to teachers
Fred goes for a dip in the Big Eddy swim area
Teachers' Tour participants enjoy a nice lunch at Big Eddy
Big Eddy has a nice swim area that was very tempting in the 100+ weather
Teachers study the trail map at Big Eddy

Friday Afternoon: Clearwater Fish Hatchery
Adult Chinook Salmon captured for spawning
Aerial View of Clearwater Hatchery from near Dworshak Visitors Center
Teachers got to view the incubator tanks where baby Chinook are grown
Teachers viewing Marking Truck where hatchery fish are marked before release
One of the holding tanks for adult fish
Teachers viewing the adult fish holding tanks
Teachers viewed a slide show on the history of the Clearwater Hatcheries
The Clearwater Hatchery has displays about salmon habitat
Close up of Chinook Salmon Smolts in the hatchery raceways
Close up of Chinook Salmon Smolts in the hatchery raceways
Baby Chinooks get a chance to practice jumping in the raceways

Friday Afternoon: C-PTPA
Teachers got a chance to view the cockpit of C-PTPA's Jet Ranger helicopter
C-PTPA's helicopter getting ready for take-off
C-PTPA's helicopter lifting off for Teachers' Tour participants
C-PTPA's helicopter heading out to fill its Bambi Bucket
C-PTPA's copter demonstrates a bambi bucket in action
C-PTPA's helicopter dropping a load of water for Teachers' Tour participants
A view of C-PTPA's office in Headquarters, Idaho
C-PTPA pilot Johnny shows off the Jet Ranger and Bambi Bucket to Teachers' Tour participants
C-PTPA pilot Johnny in front of the Bell Jet Ranger helicopter with Bambi Bucket for fire fighting
Pilots Johnny and Ray discuss helicopter firefighting for C-PTPA
C-PTPA's aerial runway at Headquarters, Idaho
C-PTPA's plane taking off for a demonstration flight
C-PTPA has several trucks for use in fire fighting

Friday Afternoon: Walker Grove/Potlatch Plantation
Bev tries to wrap her arms around an old cedar
Bill, Royce, and Dan in front of Walker Park
Harold demonstrates how an increment borer is used to estimate the age of trees
Harold pulls a core from an increment borer
The cedars of Walker's Park
Dan takes in the height of the Walker's Park Red Cedars
Bob shows how to take the diameter at breast height (DBH) measurement on a cedar
Teachers hiking up into Walker's Park
Amid the cedars in Walker's Park
Teachers try to figure out how many people it takes to surround a cedar (6)
Deb, Charlene, and Shannon surround a cedar in Walker's Park
Royce Cox addresses teachers on the bus to dinner
__ illustrates Potlatch's Plantation boundaries
Shot 1 of 3 of a panorama of Potlatch's Idaho Plantation
Shot 2 of 3 of a panorama of Potlatch's Idaho Plantation
Shot 3 of 3 of a panorama of Potlatch's Idaho Plantation

Friday Dinner: Potlatch Headquarters
Elwin Hutchins (left) presents teachers with a parting gift (with the help of Ron)
Potlatch office in Headquarters, Idaho
Teachers enjoyed a great BBQ dinner at Headquarters
Elwin Hutchins brought his 'World's Smallest Sawmill' to show to teachers
Teachers marvel at the miniature sawmill
Elwin demonstrates the sawmill's log edger
Elwin Hutchins brought his 'World's Smallest Sawmill' to show to teachers
Elwin's sawmill has a working log conveyor

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