Hillsboro Woman Honored for Commitment to Forestry

There's a lot you can say about Fran Cafferata Coe and her commitment to forestry.

She is a certified wildlife biologist, she has more than 15 years of experience in environmental consulting, she is a past president of The Wildlife Society of Oregon, she is the liaison between the society and Society of American Foresters.

A graduate of Oregon State University and the founder of Cafferata Consulting, a natural resource consulting firm, she as spent the past four years leading the Wildlife in Managed Forests Program for the Oregon Forest Resources Institute.

She is also now the first person to be honored by the Oregon Society of American Foresters with their "Young Forester Award."