Tour Information
'A Day In The Forest' Tour
Soper-Wheeler Company LLC would like to invite you to join us for “A Day in the Forest” tour. This year's tour has not been scheduled yet.
This tour is our opportunity to show you our beautiful and productive forest lands and showcase how we manage them throughout the year. You will see and hear how our forestry staff is able to maintain sustainable high-yield production while protecting wildlife habitat and providing watershed maintenance. You will also get an opportunity to learn about fire-protection and fuel reduction treatments, both of which are vital to maintaining our healthy forests for years to come.
Check-in will always be at 8:30 A.M. at the offices of Soper-Wheeler Company LLC in Strawberry Valley - we expect the tour to conclude around 4:00 P.M. You provide transportation to our office and we provide everything else. You'll enjoy a few snacks and assorted beverages along the tour. In addition we provide lunch, a luncheon speaker, and a bus or two to help shuttle the groups between the various stops that comprise our tour. We also provide our forestry and operations staff to answer any question you might have. If all goes well, you might even get a free hat out of the deal!
The cost of the tour is "Nothing", except your time.
So why do we do this? Because we, the employees of Soper-Wheeler Company LLC, are all very proud of what we do and how we manage our forest lands. Responsible and sustainable forest management is what we do. We hope you take a day and spend it with us. We doubt you'll ever look at a forest the same way ever again!
Reservations are required. If you would like to join us please call 530-675-2343 soon as space is limited. We will send you travel directions to Strawberry Valley and other information. You can also e-mail us at info@soperwheeler.com regarding reservations or general information regarding the tour.
About 'A Day in the Forest'
We offer tours to the public! We offer a tour once each year, usually in August or September. Our tours are a combination bus and walking tour guided by company foresters sharing with you forestry that really works. Principles of forestry such as fire protection, wildlife habitat and watershed maintenance, and sustainable high-yield production will be demonstrated and discussed. You will have the opportunity to view a variety of management practices employed for the protection and use of our forest lands.
Our tours are structured for adults both in the level of their presentation as well as the length; our tours are an all day event! We take very good care of you by providing refreshments, a picnic lunch, and a seedling for planting!
We are involved with students at the elementary school level both with our financial support and staff involvement with organizations such as Talk About Trees, The Forest Foundation, The Society of American Forests and various Arbor Day events.
Tour Survey
We have provided a link below to allow you to give us feedback on our tour 'A Day In The Forest' that you have attended. You can also use the link to post a comment regarding what you would like to see or hear on an upcoming tour. Our hope is that by the end of the day's tour you have a better understanding of how we practice responsible timber management and how we care for our forests so that they continue to be productive and sustainable for generations to come.
Please take our Tour Survey to help us improve our 'A Day in the Forest' tours.
Tour Photos
Please take a few moments to browse through our photos of 'A Day in the Forest.' These photos are from our tours in 2007 and 2008. Our guest luncheon speaker for the 2008 tour, given on August 28, was Karen Hayden, District Ranger for Feather River Ranger District, Plumas National Forest; presented "Cooperation Between Federal & Private Landowners." The 2007 tour was given on August 30, the luncheon speaker was Cecil Wetzel, former owner of an El Dorado Lumber Company; presented "How do we honor, protect and serve Lake Tahoe?"