Renee Dompier (Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians of Oregon) Native Plant Nursery Assistant We are having our first ever six-month Winter TEK Internship and completely filling our classroom with an exciting cohort of gifted and enthusiastic interns! This is the size we usually work with each summer so it is not a new experience but training a team in the winter is new and so is the plan for six month internships. Since our Urban Forestry project prioritizes winter tree planting

By Rose High Bear (Deg Hit’an Dine, Inupiaq), Founding Director   Elderberry Wisdom Farm’s Winter TEK Interns have been offering Blue Elderberry Farm products to the public this winter. Renee, Chloe and I started first at the Salem Holiday Market in December and then a group, including Kaitlynn, Tetianna, Michelle and Jess have been traveling to open our booth at the Corvallis Winter Market starting in January. The response has been fulfilling for both our interns and custome

By Rose High Bear (Deg Hit’an Dine, Inupiaq), Founding Director Our newest Urban Forestry team just completed two urban forestry tree planting trainings this month, one with Friends of Trees and the second with Oregon Department of Forestry: Urban and Community Forestry. Last week, we traveled to Albany to meet Evan, our Oregon Department of Forestry: Urban and Community Forestry Program Officer.  We met Phil, the teacher at Memorial Middle School and his students who are dev