Dwight Barnett (Forester)

Name: Dwight Barnett

Schooling: BS forestry, Oregon State University

Top spots out doors: Virgin Fall SNA, TN; Driver Valley, SW OR

Favorite type of tree: White Oak, KY coffee tree, Chinese dove tree, Chinese pistache

Favorite memory involving a (million) tree(s): Did research in USFS that lead to setting aside two wilderness area (Cummins Creek and Rock Creek, OR)

Clothing Brand: Lands End or State of TN uniform

Favorite superhero: Jesus

If you had one super power: Better hearing so I could hear all the bird songs!

Coffee (where are you and what do you order): Coffee Frappaccino Lite at the Smyrna TN Starbucks

Who’d you like to meet: A senator who doesn’t take bribes from lobbyists

Music: Folk, especially Celtic

Albums: Ar Log I thru Pedwar, KY Christmas, the Moldau by Smetina, the Messiah by Handel, Brahms requiem, all Beatles, Inagodadiva by the Iron Butterfly, Preludes by Chopin…

Book(s): The Elegant Universe by Brian Green, Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold, the Behavior of Wildland Streams, Albion’s Seed, How the Irish Saved Civilization…

Movie(s): the one about the abolition of the slave trade in England.

Redeem airline miles and fly where: Italy, or the mountains of central China

Favorite state: KY/TN

Pizza Toppings: goat cheese and veggies

Mmmm beer: Mackisons extra stout, but that was when I could drink!

Play hooky for a day: Take the dogs for an unleashed walk in the woods

Three day weekend: Virgin Falls SNA, or Charleston SC, or Long Meadow MA

Three weeks: Pacific NW to visit family and friends

Influences: My friend Ted Wolfe, who coached me from a whimp to a distance runner; AA, which made spiritual changes.

Make me laugh: Early Saturday Nigh Live