Ned Hayes Remembered, Long Time Friend of WFC

Long time friend and director of the World Forestry Center Edmund Hayes Jr. passed away on December 2 at age 83 following a stroke. Ned and his family, including son Peter Hayes, took great personal interest in the WFI. They annually hosted fellows and staff and led tours of their FSC certified woodland properties near Portland. Ned served as Chairman of the Board of the World Forestry Center in the 90’s and continued to provide advice and financial support to the center’s education, tree farms and outreach efforts, culminating in the museum’s extensive renovation in 2005. He will be deeply missed by all here at the World Forestry Center.

Ned Hayes with Chinese fellow Jialu Xie at the Wind River Canopy Crane Research Facility during the 2004 International Educators Institute.