Camp Namanu

Camp Namanu ("Nuh-MAH-NOO") is one of the largest and oldest youth camps in the region, operating continuously since 1924 on the banks of the Sandy River. Camp Namanu is the signature summer program of Camp Fire Columbia, a nonprofit youth development organization serving 3,000 youth year-round.

For more than a decade, Trout Mountain Forestry has provided a unique forestry service for youth camps in Oregon and Washington. Forest health and timely removal of dead and dying trees in areas with camp infrastructure and activities is an important part of camp safety, and they provide the following special services for camps:

• Hazard tree identification and removal through contract loggers and arborists

• Timber harvest in a way that is compatible with camp uses

• A forestry connection with environmental education curricula

Trout Mountain Forestry provides a full range of planning and land management services for forest owners in NW Oregon and SW Washington. They emphasize creating unique management plans that work for each family or forest owner. As they put it: "We believe that the long-term ability of forests to provide for families and communities depends on harvesting trees in a manner that respects all of the values of the forest."

Trout Mountain planned and implemented the harvests for the Hanschu Family Forest, Camp Namanu, Camp Adams, and Willamette University to supply logs for the lattice roofing in the PDX-NEXT Airport remodel.