Tillamook State Forest History Detectives

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1 Tillamook State Forest History History Detective s Name: Adult Chaperone

2 : Your job is to untangle the mystery of the history of this area. For example, some people say a forest fire burned here over 60 years ago. Is this true? If your team can find evidence to prove what really happened here over the last 200 years, you will earn the Tillamook State Forest Detective Certificate! Good Luck! Directions: In this booklet are a list of dates with events that are reported to have occurred in the nearby area. For each event: Use the maps on pages 3 and 4 to find the location of your clues. Search for the evidence. Stay within sight of your adult assistant. Be careful! Do not destroy or damage any evidence or life forms you may encounter. When you hear the words detective meeting stop what you are doing and return to your adult chaperone. Repeat steps and for each event below. If you have questions, ask your adult chaperone, or the Tillamook Forest Center Chief Investigator. 2 Certificate of Achievement Awarded to: Tillamook State Forest Senior Detective Great Job! Date Signed

3 Notes Inside Map 3

4 Outside Map Future (*bonus*) Future forest plans call for growing trees to provide for forest products, habitat for many different plants and animals and fish and more recreation for people. Some trees will be cut when they are young and some trees will be left to grow very old. Many natural and human-caused events can change a forest. Question If you come back to this area in ten years, what changes might you see? fire? more trees? new trails? bigger trees? more houses? you decide! 4 13

5 Today (management) Before 1810 (inside) Use the map to find the Demonstration Forest. each forest stand type below. List an animal and plant found in each one. Regeneration Plant: rose/ columbine Animal: deer/ owl Appearance: small trees/ open space The Early Life in the Forest exhibit (look for the grass mat). Coastal Native American people relied on the forest for survival. They used western redcedar trees to make many things for daily living. List different objects that were created from western redcedar trees growing in the forest long ago. Closed Single Canopy * Older Forest Structure * Plant: ferns Plant: orchid Animal: newt Animal: flying squirrels Appearance: tall Appearance: not trees/ same size present. why? Understory/ Layered Plant: violet/ trillium Animal: bear Appearance: layers under tree canopy mat Paddle basket canoe fish trap * To learn more, visit the Forest of Today & Tomorrow in the gallery spoon plank house

6 (inside) Homesteading was a means of obtaining land when people were migrating to the west to start a new life. There were many chores to do including cutting wood, picking fruit and making butter. The butter churn. Take turns giving it a try. Can you churn butter for 15 seconds? The model train area for answers to the questions. What is the name of the model train? shay Today (recreation) What kind of activities do people do when they come to the forest to have fun? hike camp ride bikes Sadly, people sometimes cause damage or leave behind their litter. What can you do when you visit the forest to make sure that you do not damage any plants, harm animals or leave any litter behind? I can: stay on the trail put out campfires pack it in, pack it out What was the train used for? to carry logs 6 11

7 Today (wildlife) (inside) Large and small wild animals find food, water and shelter here. Can you find evidence of wild animals? (Clue: some small animals have more than four legs or no legs at all! Large animals leave behind more than footprints!) List what you find in the boxes below. The remembering stagecoach days journal for answers to these questions. Small animals found: Large animals found: List the things you would need if you were traveling by wagon or stagecoach: horse, axe, shovel saw, horse shoes, food dutch oven If you had one horse and buggy and a packhorse, how much would you have to pay to cross the Wilson River Toll Road? $ 1.75 Look for the wagon wheel and jump on the stagecoach suspension straps to feel what it was like on a wagon ride! 10 7

8 (in/outside) 1950s-1960s (outside) The large 3-D forest map for answers to the questions. List the years of the four fires: 1933, 1939, Do you notice a pattern between the years? What is the pattern? Six year jinx - Fires every 6 years Go through the front doors outside to the front of the building. evidence that a fire burned this area in the 1930s. (Clue: look for signs of fire on trees, stumps or logs) What evidence did you find? charred, burned stump and logs (near pond) The lookout tower and look for a sign near its base. After the fires, people planted millions of seedlings in the forest. Other plants and shrubs sprouted up on their own. Who planted the trees at this site? students Climb to the top of the tower and go inside the cabin. What was the object in the center of the room used for? to spot smokes (fires) 8 9