New shelter for education activities
From the Winter 2008 edition of Bush Telegraph Magazine.
Conservation Volunteers Australia Newcastle team leader Steve Travers, left, puts in some shovel work to guide Anthony Sanders, of London, Forests NSW community programs forester Andrew Ford, Young hoon Lim of Korea and Julien Crochard of France.
Representatives of the Steve Stevenson Memorial Trust recently joined Forests NSW staff at the official launch of a new forestry education shelter in Cumberland State Forest, Sydney.
The launch was staged as part of World Forestry Day celebrations in March.
The sturdy new facility, badged the ‘ironbark shelter’, was financially supported by the Trust.
Speaking at the launch, Forests NSW chief executive Nick Roberts, said the shelter project sat well with both the aims of the Trust to promote forest education, and with the aims of the organisation’s own education programs delivered at Cumberland.
“Education is one of the main ways we can influence future generations to make informed decisions about forestry and the forest industry, and then informed choices about the products they use,” Nick said.
The focus of this joint project is to educate children and the wider community on the role of Forests NSW in managing State forests, sustainable forest management, forest industries, ecology and careers.
An ongoing association with Trust has been developed by the staff at Cumberland State Forest. In 2002, the magnificent native timber flooring laid in the on-site Information Centre was supported by the Trust, in addition to signage.
Steve Stevenson was a passionate and enthusiastic member of the timber industry and a strong advocate of educating the community in the benefits timber products provide.
Susannah Kable - Community Programs, Sydney
