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BAMBOO IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST



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.