Time passes quickly in my two year term as your CFRAA president. It is truly a joy to represent you at on campus events that showcase forestry education at the UW. Our profession is well-served by our College and our College benefits greatly from your involvement in the profession.

In the coming months, we will be announcing new ways for you to assist the College in your own communities and to enjoy the fellowship of other alums.

I hope that this newsletter will encourage your involvement in the CFRAA. Please contact me or any of your officers with your suggestions for how to make this newsletter and your membership more useful and meaningful. More news of the College than I have room for here is available at http://www.cfr.washington.edu.

Ann Forest Burns, '71
President, UWCFRAA
aforestburns@msn.com

Decade of '70's Leads in Contest
The CFRAA board is sponsoring a contest to determine which gradate decade is the most active in alumni support for the College each year. A permanent award has been established. The most active decade will be honored at the Alumni Banquest November 4. As of this date, the '70's lead, followed by the '80's, '60's, '90's and '00's(a tie), '50's, '40's and '30's. Points are awarded for membership in the UWAA, attendance at alumni events and financial and in-kind contributions to the College. There is still time to help your decade win! Contact Alan Randall at alanrandall70@hotmail.com to learn more.

Rare Plants Safari - May 14
Join us on a Rare Plants Safari at the Center for Urban Horticulture and the Arboretum. We'll start with continental breakfast and a lecture by Dr. Sarah Reichard. After that, we'll tour the Miller Seed Vault and the Douglas Conservatory --- and then hop in your car, we're driving to the Arboretum to continue our discovery of rare plants. The tour will end at the Arboretum, shortly after noon. This safari is presented by the UW College of Forest Resources.
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Garb Day 2005 to be Held at Pack Forest May 14
Forest Club President Brian Spradlin invites all to Pack Forest for Garb Day May 14. The students will put on a salmon barbecue with salads and other complementary side dishes (cost to be determined soon). There will be a Logging Sports demonstration/workshop provided by the Logging Sports Team in the early afternoon. Food, Beer, and Music will be provided in the afternoon. Cabins and camping will be available (at an additional cost). Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy the show and food. More info from Brian at bjs3@u.washington.edu.

Graduate Students Seek Professional Contacts
Members of the Dead Elk Society, CFR's graduate student group, would appreciate hearing from recent graduates about doings in the Real World. There are a number of opportunities on campus and off for alumni to interact with and learn from those who are currently experiencing the best educational opportunities available in forestry and natural resources. If you would like to meet real graduate students or know someone who would, contact Phil Hurvitz at phurvitz@u.washington.edu.

You Are Invited - PSE 450 Seminar Series
The spring seminar series got off to a GREAT start on April 1 with a stimulating talk by Dick Dudley of Weyerhaeuser Company. Check out the web site for the schedule and speakers: http://faculty.washington.edu/jjohnson/PSE450_seminar/PSE450.htm.

Annual Business Meeting and Banquet November 4
Mark your calendar to return to the UW November 4 (the Friday of Homecoming Weekend). The CFRAA annual business meeting and elections will take place in the afternoon in the Forest Club Room, followed by an evening banquet at the Center for Urban Horticulture. For more information, contact Tom Hanson at Tom@INFOrestry.com

Alumni Gather During SAF Tri-State Meeting in Lewiston, ID
Twenty-one CFR alumni gathered for breakfast during the Oregon/Washington/Inland Empire Society of American Foresters annual meeting in Lewiston, Idaho on April 12.
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Dean Receives SAF Fellow Recognition
Dean Bare received a certificate commemorating his election as a Fellow of the Society of American Foresters at a faculty meeting on Feb 8. The presentation was made by SAF District I Council Representative Ann Forest Burns '71, who is shown here with Dean Bare and South Puget Sound Chapter Chair Jim McCarter '02 (left). Photo courtesy of Tom Mentele, Director of Development, CFR.

CFR Graduation Ceremony Speaker Will Be Cassie Phillips
2004 CFR Honored Alumna Cassie Phillips, BSF '76, JD '82, will be the featured speaker at the CFR graduation ceremonies June 10. Cassie is currently Vice President for Sustainable Forestry for Weyerhaeuser Company.

Cassie, (pictured on the left, copyright Karen Orders Photography, used with permission) serves on the College's Visiting Committee. She also chairs the College's Capital Campaign. For more information on the campaign or to make a gift now, go to http://www.cfr.washington.edu/support.htm.

Each year, CFR holds a graduation ceremony honoring its own graduates, the day prior to the UW's larger graduation ceremony in Husky Stadium. Following the June 10 ceremony, your alumni association will co-host a reception in Anderson Hall. If you are interested in attending the CFR graduation or helping with the reception, contact Tom Hanson at Tom@INFOrestry.com

CFR Students Honor Tradition by Competing in Logger Sports Event
UWCFR's logger sports team continues to have fun and to honor the traditions of our early profession.
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Academic Success - Student Majoring in Paper Science & Engineering
Our congratulations go out to the new students who are majoring in Paper Science and Engineering. Out of 17 freshmen who became Huskies in September, eleven have a cumulative GPA of 3.1 or higher, seven have made the Dean's list and two have a GPA of 3.9!! And, four out of six students who transferred into PSE from community colleges scored 3.2 or higher. And finally, not to be out done in their "fifth year," five students who completed their PSE requirements last year are now wrapping up degrees in Chemical Engineering. All five earned above 3.1 in the ChemE curriculum and four were named to the Dean's List (GPA of 3.5 and higher).