Redwood Empire Announces Santa Cruz Forestry Challenge Scholarship Program
The Redwood Empire Company is proud to be offering a $3,000 scholarship to assist students from Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, and San Mateo counties who plan to obtain a college degree in Forestry.
ROHNERT PARK, CA, May 30, 2013
The Redwood Empire Company (http://redwoodemp.com) is proud to be offering a $3,000 scholarship to assist students from Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, and San Mateo counties who plan to obtain a college degree in Forestry and participated in one or more Santa Cruz Forestry Challenge events.Redwood Empire has been committed to the environment, innovation and customer service since our inception. We understand that environmental conservation is critical to our future, and the future of all wood-products companies. Far more redwood is grown than harvested in the forests where we source our wood, and our forestland owners proudly meet or exceed the environmental standards set by the Forest Stewardship Council and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.
Qualified applicants should be graduating from high school in the spring of 2013 and enrolled full time in a four year program in California for the fall 2013 term. The course of study should lead to a B.S. degree in Forestry or a closely related field from a Society of American Foresters accredited four year program.
The deadline for applications is July 1, 2013 and the scholarship will be awarded by August 1, 2013 for the fall 2013 school term.
Send completed application to:
California Forestry Challenge c/o Diane Dealey Neill 3140 Sierrama Drive Shingle Springs, CA 95682 or dianedealeyneill@sbcglobal.net
About:
Redwood Empire, a Division of Pacific States Industries, Inc. is one of the largest producers of redwood products nationally with a proud tradition of providing quality lumber. Named after "Redwood Empire", the majestic phrase coined during The Great Railroad Era of The Early 1800's, used to describe one of the most beautiful areas on the planet. Founded in 1971 as a small Redwood remanufacturing facility, Redwood Empire has not only grown to be a force in the California Redwood industry, but has become synonymous with the term "quality".
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