Local high schoolers interested in working in the woods got a taste of the profession Wednesday, Nov. 18, at a breakfast sponsored by the mid-valley chapters of the Society of American Foresters.
Students from Sweet Home, Philomath and Scio high schools, the only local schools that have forestry programs or clubs, got to mingle with the pros at the event held at Skyline Restaurant in Sweet Home. Some 60 people attended.
“Forestry is not necessarily…