Atlan Social Forestry Camp & Cooperative Launch
Atlan Social Forestry Camp + Co-op Launch
For questions and more information, contact - [email protected]
Join us March 19-22nd 2026 to practice Land Tending, Culture Building, learn about and help in shaping the emergent Atlan Social Forestry Cooperative. We’ll gather at Atlan Center in White Salmon Washington on their 150 acre site of Mixed Second Growth Douglas Fir and Oak Woodland areas.
What is Social Forestry?
Social Forestry is a way of learning how to take care of both our ecological landscape and human cultures in a life giving way. It is a place-based approach to consciously growing relationships with the beings of the place we inhabit. Through getting to know the Trees, Soils, Weather Patterns, People, Histories etc. that we live with, we can creatively navigate challenging questions of how to be in a good way and to prepare for turbulent times to come. Many of the techniques that make up ‘Social Forestry’ as taught by Hazel Ward, are most relevant to the Siskiyou Mountain Range landscape in Southern Oregon and adaptable to similar Pacific Northwest landscapes. The ways we craft a basket, craft a ritual, build our homes from materials in our watershed or which plant species we tend to select for, are all connected to our unique ecologies and cultures. Social forestry is often flexible to weave together with other stewardship ways.
Our culture of modernity has caused unprecedented harm to our planetary web of life, social forestry offers clues and practices to bring us back down to earth. Pupils of Siskiyou Permaculture’s Social Forestry Course have been myceliating across the PNW and propagating these theories, techniques, visions to adapt in their place, with their community networks.
Gratitude for our friends at Siskiyou Permaculture - Hazel, Melanie, Karen - for teaching and inspiring this wave of activity around Social Forestry. We highly recommend Hazel’s Book ‘Social Forestry: Tending the Land as People of Place’.
Activities include:
Oak Habitat Restoration
Salon Style Conversation
Coppice Craft
Basket Weaving
Mushroom Log Inoculation
Nature Connection Practices
Biochar Burn & Activation
Cooperative Development + Education, Storytelling Workshop
& more!
Pricing
We are asking a contribution of -
$175-$300 for the full 4 day gathering
$115-$200 for the weekend days only
Funds will go towards organizers efforts and to support future quarterly social forestry gatherings. If you are unable to support this amount, please reach out for alternative ways to contribute. We are open to reduced monetary contributions and non monetary contributions in the form of food and supplies, logistical support (pre/post/during) or facilitation.
*Limited partial Work-trade and Scholarships are Available - Reach out to [email protected] for inquiry
This cost includes: Access to all activities. Access to trails, swimming holes, outdoor sanctuary spaces. Camping/car camping/shared sleeping in the Yurt. Outdoor shower and composting toilets. We’ll serve a big pot of hearty soup for dinner each day, and otherwise you’ll be asked to bring your own food and contribute to potluck meals. Some upgrade options for lodging are available as well. Please reach out about any further information regarding accommodation needs to [email protected]
Cancellation/Refund Policy
Full (100%) refund if canceled 7 days before event, 50% up until the day before the event begins and 0% refund if canceled after the event begins.
Packing List/Gear/Tools
Clothing:
Rain gear - shoes/boots, coat, hat
Set of natural fiber/non synthetic clothing for Biochar burns
Change of warm, dry clothes in case of hard rain
Food:
Personal Breakfast and Lunch food
Personal Snacks
Contributions for shared meals
Recommended Essential Tools:
Work gloves, non synthetic if possible
Hand Pruners
Handsaws
Loppers
Other Useful Tools:
Hatchet
Draw Knife
Wood Carving Tools
Other Specialty Tools
*We are not encouraging use of power tools during this gathering.
Sample Schedule of Activities
Thursday March 19th:
10:00am-12:00pm: Arrival
1:00pm-2:00pm: Opening Circle & Ceremony
2:15pm-5:00pm: Co-EcoTrack Activity /
5:00pm-6:00pm: Rest + Dinner Prep
6:00pm-7:30pm: Dinner Together
8:00pm-10:00pm: Social/RelationalTrack Activity (Salon)
10:00pm: Quiet Hours
Friday March 20th:
7:46am Spring Equinox!
9:00am-9:45am: Morning Circle & Equinox Ceremony
10:00am-1:00pm: EcoTrack(Coppicing) SocialRelationalTrack Activities
1:00pm-2:00pm: Lunch Break
2:15pm-5:00pm: Co-opTrack / CraftTrack(Altar Building, Coppice Craft) Activities
5:00pm-6:00pm: Rest + Dinner Prep & New Arrivals
6:00pm-7:30pm: Dinner Together
8:00pm-10:00pm: Social/RelationalTrack Activity (Storytelling)
10:00pm: Quiet Hours
Saturday March 21st:
9:00am-9:45am: Morning Circle
10:00am-1:00pm: All Tracks in Community Garden - Equinox Ceremony at Noon
1:00pm-2:00pm: Lunch Break - Potluck in Community Garden
2:15pm-5:00pm: Co-opTrack / CraftTrack Activities
5:00pm-6:00pm: Rest + Dinner Prep & New Arrivals
6:00pm-7:30pm: Dinner Together
8:00pm-10:00pm: Social/RelationalTrack Activity (Dance Party + Acoustic Song Circle)
10:00pm: Quiet Hours
Sunday March 22nd:
9:00am-9:45am: Morning Circle
10:00am-1:00pm: Co-op Track Presentation - Weaving Synthesis - EcoSocial Track
1:00pm-3:00pm: Lunch Break
3:15pm-5:00pm: Closing Salon & Anchoring Next Steps
5:00pm-6:00pm: Departures