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11/12/2008
Forestry Community Loses a Good Friend
Chuck Place was an ardent promoter of forest stewardship and conservation education for over fifty years. A champion of forestry youth education who helped found in the 1950s what became the Billy Lancaster Forestry Youth Camp now sponsored by the Georgia Division Society of American Foresters. His passion is to make the processes of forestry operations understandable to the public. A tireless promoter of forestry through the Environmental Education Institute for Teachers, the Forestry Youth Camp, Macon Cherry Blossom Festival and SAF Ocmulgee Chapter activities.

Chuck passed away Wednesday, November 5 in Pennsylvania while visiting a friend. Chuck was passionate about forestry as noted above in his tribute when he was named to the Georgia Foresters Hall of Fame. He participated in many education workshops dating back to the late 1950s, was an expert on naval stores, and could give you details about the Army Air Corps planes that you would never have known. He walked the Appalachian Trail twice and made friends wherever he went. He will be missed by all who had the good fortune to know him.
 

 



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