In September, WFI Program Manager Angie DiSalvo was invited to speak in Melbourne, Australia at a conference on workforce training needs, organized by Nathan Trushell of VicForests. Nathan recently completed a six-month Fellowship this winter. Angie’s presentation to Australia’s forestry sector—entitled “Embracing Change: Preparing for the Future of Forestry”—highlighted the trends impacting forestry and how this affects the skills needed in today’s generation of forestry professionals.
The too-short trip was a great opportunity to meet with WFI’s Australian network, including Forest and Wood Products Australia, which co-sponsors Fellows with the Gottstein Trust, new board member Vince Erasmus of ITC, WFI alumnus Blair Freeman, and International Educators alumnus Kathy Overton. Angie had only one weekend to be a tourist, and the Trushell family were wonderful hosts and took her on a variety of adventures including visits to the Twelve Apostles, Mornington Peninsula, Lochard Gorge and the Otway Fly, a canopy walk. For more photos, click on Angie and Nathan.
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