What are we all about?
The Four Pillars of JFW
Forestry - Forestry Protection, Forestry Uses, Forestry Management, Wildlife Management, Outdoor Recreation, Watershed Management, Range Management & Community Service
Outdoor Skills (previously Woodstravel) - First Aid, Fire Lighting Techniques, Outdoor Clothing, Shelter, Navigation, Outdoor Safety, Responsible Camping and Hiking, Knots & Lashings, Survival, Search & Rescue, Outdoor Equipment, Hikes & Camp-outs
Ecology - Enjoying the Outdoors, Classification, Interrelationships Between Species & their Environment, Environmental Changes (weather, climate)
Leadership - Planning, Responsibility, Cooperation, Leadership of Others, Community Service
What does that look like?
Learning about trees & forest
Insects or diseases that impact forests
Forest fires - what to do
Impacts of weather
Wood products, processing techniques
Silviculture & timber management
Understand how wildlife is critical to the management of our forests
Knowledge of plants and animals that depend on the lands around you
First Aid
Knowledge of fire lighting, uses, safety and suppression
Outdoor Survival - use of shelter and clothing & knots
Learn how to use a map and compass
Learn how to use the outdoors responsibly for our environment and ourselves
Practice what you have learned in a real - life situations
Foster appreciation curiosity & excitement of our natural world
Identify, classify and investigate living things
Animals and habitats
Learn about the relationship between species & their environment
Learn about the effect of weather and climate change on the environment
Learn how to plan club programs
Gain confidence and responsibility
Cooperate with others in your clubs
Teach others
Participate in global environmental concerns
Participate in community service projects
Activities that we might do
Tour a fire tower, local fire hall or other fire suppression site
Play the Land Use Game
Tour a mill
Grow a seedling
Participate in a tree plant
Participate in wildlife management activity
Participate in a local hunter education program
Develop or revitalize a site or trail
Go on hike in the forest
Take a First Aid course
Build a fire utilizing different materials
Prepare a meal over a fire
Build and stay in a shelter
Complete an orienteering activity
Do a backpacking trip
Do a survival camp
Participate with your local search & rescue for training practices
Use your equipment on a campout
Go snowshoeing, hiking, canoeing, or cross country skiing
Go on a nature walk and see what can you find
Participate in a species count
Construct simple weather instruments and use them to predict the weather
Tour a weather station
Tour a previous forest fire area and learn about the benefits of fires
Plan and participate in club activities
Plan a club day hike
Assist the leaders of your club to plan an activity
Teach younger wardens
Coordinate a special event for your club
Lead a hike
Plan and lead a community service project