Oregon does trees a bit differently. Our forests are an active laboratory worth supporting and emulating; they create sustainable products, public recreation, curtail the threats of climate change, and provide a wide variety of careers!

Austin met Wayne Stone at a museum event in 2021. Wayne spoke about the complexitites of forest management and why he believed the 2020 fires were so important. Afterwords Austin spent a year driving around the state to listen and learn from people of a multitude of backgrounds: Loggers/Foresters, land owners, Environmentalist groups, Indigenous Peoples, Historians, businesses, nonprofits, government, education, and more. He discovered just how ignorant he was about it all; Oregon planting rates to harvest changes, fires and carbon capture, even modern management strategies. During the process he also discovered most of the public was in the same boat.

So he gathered a board of like minded Foresters, Teachers, Arbosits, Operators and more...

They created a network of support from hundreds of people one hand shake at a time. They filed for an educational nonprofit, birthed Trajectory, a 501c3. and started working. Frequently the folks we speak with have conflicting beliefs and ideas, even within the logger world😂, but he found one thing in common: everyone he spoke with, from old time loggers to sustainability groups, was inherently supportive and truly did love their community and the state. From AOL to FNRL competitions, CRBC and USFS, OLC to PLC and more, Trajectory's board put in the time to talk to people on the ground. There are plenty of good paying jobs in sustainable timber harvest... youth just don't know it.

With a start up grant from Clackamas County and heavy community support, Trajectory began presentations and coordinating Forestry Professionals into schools in December of 2022. By January of 2023 Sandy had a Forestry Club, and before school was out we had 2 full programs at different Clackamas County High Schools, providing them a new outdoor career specialist almost every week... Now Trajectory has been to 5 schools and served hundreds of students.

Harvester simulators in classrooms, taking students out into the woods, getting a Forester in front of a class, or merely double bucking firewood with kids who have never used an ax before; Trajectory is bringing a new message to students in Oregon. The new message is based on an old question that cuts through dogma…

What are you going to build all of your stuff out of?

Adults, Media, and Society at large don't do a great job of explaining the importance, benefits, and value

Kids are intersted in outdoor work, land management, and sustainable forestry. But don't take our word for it, listen to the kids...

Trajectory went blazing forward with our first full year finished. This was just the pilot program though, we have much bigger things in store for 2024.

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Just imagine what we can do with your continued support!

We envision a shift where Forestry Clubs are as common place as FFA, Trades Jobs are suggested at the same rate as college, and Oregon Forestes are properly managed with a combination of Ongoing Scientific Processes, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and old school Logger Gumption.

This year we are adding in scholarships! Get your tickest to this sweet party today, and support Modern Forestry Education.

Trajectory Forestry Scholarship (SICC Scholarships)

Raise Scholarship Funds for an incoming freshmen to a Forestry or Related Trades program & Support local k-12 Forestry Education.

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