ROY H. RICHARDS, JR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Registered Professional Forester #280 2016/2017 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION & INSTRUCTIONS The California Licensed Foresters Association (CLFA) is pleased to announce that we are currently accepting and facilitating scholarship applications for the 2017/2018 Roy H Richards, Jr. Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is available to students pursuing an education in Forestry and who will be attending, full time during the 2017/2018 school year, a University or College with a Forestry Program accredited by the Society of American Foresters (SAF) OR a Junior College with transferable credits to an accredited Forestry Program. The application must be sponsored by a voting member of CLFA, a Professor of a University or College with a Forestry Program accredited by the Society of American Foresters (SAF) or a Junior College with transferable credits to an accredited Forestry Program. The successful applicant will be awarded a $1500 scholarship and a complimentary admission to the CLFA Annual Conference, to be held in March 2018, in Anderson, CA. To receive payment the successful applicant will be required to submit an enrollment verification form to CLFA. Roy, one of the Founding Fathers of CLFA, worked as a seasonal Forester with Shasta Forest Company (1953-1959), and the US Forest Service, while attending college. He received a degree in Natural Resources from the University of Massachusetts in 1960 and worked full time for a year as a Timber Cruiser and Log Scaler. He took a Forester’s job with Paul Bunyan Lumber Company, eventually becoming their Chief Forester and Manager for Walker Forest. In 1986 Roy entered the Consulting Forester business. Roy loved to teach while living in Shingletown and was a Scout Master with the Boy Scouts. He served on the Board of Forestry’s Technical Advisory Committee, and received his Professional Forester’s License in 1973. Complete the following Application Form and return to CLFA postmarked no later than February 5, 2018. A receipt of application will be sent upon CLFA’s receipt of your scholarship application. The successful applicant will be notified in February. Electronic application are available from CLFA at . Applications must be submitted in paper form to: MAIL TO: California Licensed Foresters Association Scholarship Application Committee 2149 Carson Mesa Road Acton, CA 93510
ROY H. RICHARDS, JR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Registered Professional Forester #280 2016/2017 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION & INSTRUCTIONS The California Licensed Foresters Association (CLFA) is pleased to announce that we are currently accepting and facilitating scholarship applications for the 2017/2018 Roy H Richards, Jr. Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is available to students pursuing an education in Forestry and who will be attending, full time during the 2017/2018 school year, a University or College with a Forestry Program accredited by the Society of American Foresters (SAF) OR a Junior College with transferable credits to an accredited Forestry Program. The application must be sponsored by a voting member of CLFA, a Professor of a University or College with a Forestry Program accredited by the Society of American Foresters (SAF) or a Junior College with transferable credits to an accredited Forestry Program. The successful applicant will be awarded a $1500 scholarship and a complimentary admission to the CLFA Annual Conference, to be held in March 2018, in Anderson, CA. To receive payment the successful applicant will be required to submit an enrollment verification form to CLFA. Roy, one of the Founding Fathers of CLFA, worked as a seasonal Forester with Shasta Forest Company (1953-1959), and the US Forest Service, while attending college. He received a degree in Natural Resources from the University of Massachusetts in 1960 and worked full time for a year as a Timber Cruiser and Log Scaler. He took a Forester’s job with Paul Bunyan Lumber Company, eventually becoming their Chief Forester and Manager for Walker Forest. In 1986 Roy entered the Consulting Forester business. Roy loved to teach while living in Shingletown and was a Scout Master with the Boy Scouts. He served on the Board of Forestry’s Technical Advisory Committee, and received his Professional Forester’s License in 1973. Complete the following Application Form and return to CLFA postmarked no later than February 5, 2018. A receipt of application will be sent upon CLFA’s receipt of your scholarship application. The successful applicant will be notified in February. Electronic application are available from CLFA at . Applications must be submitted in paper form to: MAIL TO: California Licensed Foresters Association Scholarship Application Committee 2149 Carson Mesa Road Acton, CA 93510
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