SPECIAL EVENTS

Timber Tour - October 12, 2007

The annual Timber Tour is designed to educate the public of both public and private land issues and the importance of healthy forests.
The program provides an opportunity for business leaders in the Missoula community to get a first hand look at timber management activities and discuss current issues with resource professionals, and ends with a complimentary dinner.
 The first stop on this year's tour showed a great overview of the "Black Cat Fire" from afar- with maps that showed exactly where it started two weeks earlier by lightening, but was first spotted on August  14th and grew to nearly 1200 acres. The next stop on our tour was in the middle of where the fire took place, and was a great perspective on the caliber of a wildfire!
The third, and final  stop was a brief overview of the Frenchtown Face Project followed by a question and answer session.  The tour ended this year with dinner at King's Ranch golf course in Frenchtown.

For more information on the program or sponsorship opportunities for 2008 please contact:
Jenessa Cavanaugh at jenessa@missoulachamber.com

Thank you to everyone that was a part of the tour in 2007!