Build Local Alliance

Did you hear the exciting news? The BLA is changing!

Sustainable Northwest Wood will be taking the lead in delivering the important programmatic work of the BLA, which will allow us to branch out (pun intended!) and expand the Good Wood community.

As Ryan Temple, the SNWW president, says: "the close alignment of the two organizations’ missions makes the merging of our efforts a natural and hopefully seamless step."

You can read more about the transition here:

BLA's Big Transition - Build Local Alliance | Portland, Oregon A Message from Ryan Temple President, Sustainable Northwest Wood For 18 years, the Build Local Alliance (BLA) has been building connections between forest owners, mills, and wood consumers in northwest Oregon. ...

From oaked wines to oaks at the winery! Join us for a sip-then-stroll event on August 23rd to learn more about oak ecology and local agriculture. 🌳

Registration is available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vineyard-oak-walk-tickets-388327767807

Our friends at Zena Forest Products are hosting a virtual hike tomorrow (Wednesday 10/21) at 10am. In this free webinar, they will use photos to explore three areas of their forest that are ordinarily too remote to bring visitors to, and they'll talk about the joys and challenges of each one. Link to registration is below.

Rescheduled due to clerical error. AKA I messed up the dates. This webinar will be Wednesday, October 21 at 10 am. We'll be exploring three contrasting and more remote sites than we can usually get to in our in-person tours. Really excited about this webinar. If you are too, you can sign up here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2905889795297059854