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BAMBOO IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
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Subject: BAMBOO IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
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From: Gib Cooper <bambugib@harborside.com>
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Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 14:22:18 +0000
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Article: 12175 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Organization: Oregon Technology Centers, Harbor OR, US
new book release--------->
BAMBOO IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
On June 24-25, 1994 one hundred bamboo professionals and enthusiasts
gathered in Gold Beach, Oregon to focus on the future of the fledgling
bamboo industry in the Pacific Northwest. The two days that followed
were loaded with the intensity only ³bambuseros² (a word coined for
American bamboo lovers) can achieve when brought together in large
groups to exchange knowledge. Those who attended gained new
understanding about the process of developing bamboo as a
agro-forestry crop for our region.
The active group listened to a day of presentations by a series of
speakers. The next day, a work session of bamboo specialists and
interested people moderated by local host, Gib Cooper, produced a
list of seven attainable goals for developing the the bamboo industry
in the Pacific Northwest. One of the goals was to compile the
presentations and work session into a book.
BAMBOO IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST is the result of Gib Cooperıs editing
seven manuscripts and the work session. The book (and workshop) is
the first in a series of attempts to organize and quantify the
business of bamboo production, product development and marketing. The
ninety pages discuss paper pulp development, bamboo history and
ecology, bamboo on the farm, results of bamboo in permaculture
plantings, timber bamboo pole production, and include an interesting
article on developing a bamboo plantation in Vietnam. In addition to
providing a summary of the workshop, the editor updates progress of
the goals since 1994. Also included is a list of participating
organizations and individuals.
Sales of the book will aid in funding the 1997 Pacific Northwest
Bamboo Agro-forestry Workshop scheduled for June 21-22, 1997 at
Centralia College in Washington state. The workshop is actively
supported by the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the American Bamboo
Society (PNC-ABS).
BAMBOO IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST is now available. To have a copy
shipped to you in the USA send a check made out to PNC-ABS for $18.
Mail the check to PNW Bamboo Workshop, 28446 Hunter Creek Loop, Gold
Beach, OR 97444. Copies of the book can also be purchased for $15 at
meetings and events of the PNC-ABS. Contact Dean Hines, 15211 -91st
Ave. SE, Snohomish, WA 98290 for information about joining the
society. Dues are $10 a year. The PNC-ABS is the largest regional
chapter of the American Bamboo Society.