Lomakatsi Restoration Project and White Oak Farm & Education Center present:
a 3-day participatory workshop, including practical applications of
Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Restoration Forestry, Ecological Woodlot Stewardship, Permaculture, Small Diameter Utilization & Natural Building
Friday, May 4 through Sunday, May 6, 2007
White Oak Farm in Williams, Oregon
Discover the interface among Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), restoration forestry practices, permaculture principles, by-product utilization and natural building.
Leading indigenous cultural practitioners, restoration ecologists, scientists and permaculture designers will share valuable information about traditional ecological practices, local ecology and current restoration forestry principles. Explore Native American ecological techniques for cultivating viable plant communities for use as food, basketry and weaving materials. Stewarding the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion today can incorporate lessons from indigenous peoples’ use of fire, and the role that fire played in maintaining wildlife habitat and hunting grounds. Practical hands-on experiences in the forest, woodlands and fields will help restore and enhance forest and woodland resiliency, species diversity, and site productivity. Together, we will come to see the forest as our pharmacy, supermarket, and hardware store. Join us to share ideas and skills that can be applied to tending your own land in this fire-adapted ecosystem.info@lomakatsi.org
Topics and Skills shared will include:
Farming With Fire- Learn how to cultivate wildland native plants for food and fiber with pruning and prescribed fire techniques for both forest restoration and wildland food production.
Basketry and Fish Traps from Fire Adapted Plants- Learn from indigenous cultural practitioners. Traditional Indigenous weavers from the Karuk and Hoopa tribes of the mid Klamath region will share a simple hazel fish trap weaving technique, and discuss Native use of fire to cultivate basketry plant materials.
Restoring Fire Adapted Forests- Learn how to design a forest restoration ecological treatment prescription to reduce severe fire hazards, enhance forest stand health and diversity, and prepare your forest for the reintroduction of fire. Prescribed fire techniques will be shared as we witness Lomakatsi work crews performing on site treatments before, during and after the work.
Oak Woodlands and Savannahs- The Forgotten Acorn Orchards-Experience and participate in the restoration of vanishing oak habitats. Learn restoration thinning techniques and how to use prescribed fire to invigorate oak woodland health and increase plant and wildlife diversity. Learn how to process acorns in a traditional way as a main food staple for our regional diet.
From the Forests to Natural Buildings – Learn to select small diameter trees in an ecological manner during restoration forestry prescriptions and treatments. See how small diameter wood by-products can be used for your natural building projects. Lomakatsi will teach ecologically sensitive methods for extracting, removing and processing restoration wood by-products. Participants will tour the forests, perform an exercise in tree selection, and tour White Oak Farm’s natural buildings to witness how things dovetail.
Creating a Sustainable Ecological Culture-Permaculture and Wildland Forest Cultivation -Explore how the practices of permaculture, restoration forestry and traditional ecological knowledge are interwoven into the co-creation of a sustainable ecological land-base and culture.
Bringing Back the Salmon Learn about the intricate connections between forests and fish as restoration biologists from the Williams Creek Watershed lead fieldtrips demonstrating their efforts to restore habitat for threatened salmon and steelhead. Learn from these professionals how in-stream watershed restoration techniques will help to bring back the salmon.
Multi-media instruction:
The forest and woodlands on the 60-acre White Oak Farm and surrounding Williams Valley provide an ideal outdoor classroom setting. In addition to field trips, we will have lectures, discussion and power point presentations to round out the weekend.
Workshop Instructors include:
- Agnes Pilgrim, Takelma Elder, Confederated Tribe of Siletz, Member of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers.
- Dennis Martinez, Co-Chair of Indigenous Peoples’ Restoration Network, co-director of Takelma Intertribal Project
- Kathy Mc Covey, Karuk Tribal Member, USFS Archaeologist
- Bryan Colegrove, Hoopa Tribal Member and Cultural Practitioner
- Marko Bey, Lomakatsi Director of Operations, Restoration Practitioner & Designer
- Justin Cullumbine, Natural Builder, Lomakatsi Program Director, Restoration Practitioner & Designer
- Tom Ward, Permaculture Systems Designer/ Social Forester
- Andy Fischer, of Sacred Earth Ecological Design, Permaculture Systems Designer
- Don Tipping, Permaculture Systems Designer/ Organic Farmer
- Randy Carey, Permaculture Systems Designer/Organic Farmer
- Lomakatsi’s Ecological Work crew-‘On the ground’ restoration technicians
- AND MORE!!!
Who Should Attend? Landowners, permaculture practitioners, forest workers, environmental activists, teachers, sustainability enthusiasts, public land managers, students, and anyone else interested in ecological sustainability, responsible land stewardship and survival.
Registration Information:
- This action-packed participatory workshop, May 4-6, 2007, includes on-site camping and organic meals provided by the White Oak Farm.
- The latest time to register is April 20 or when filled. Sign up soon, as space is limited.
Partial work-trade scholarships are available on a limited, sliding scale basis
To register or for more information contact
Lomakatsi Restoration Project, 541-488-0208 or
Contact us for a summary report about this workshop, express your interest in future workshops, or to request specific topical information.
White Oak Farm (WOF) is a small, non-profit farm based education center. WOF is dedicated to cultivating connections between people and their local ecosystems by: Pursuing community food security, Fostering agricultural and ecological diversity, and Teaching the arts of sustainable living. White Oak Farm depends on the efforts of dedicated staff, apprentices, and volunteers.
Lomakatsi Restoration Project is a non-profit organization formed in 1995, Our mission is to organize and implement community based ecological restoration projects through education, vocational training, specialized workforce development and the utilization of restoration by products, encouraging the recovery of ecosystems and the sustainability of communities, cultures and economies.