For Lyndcy Patrick, Weyerhaeuser Co.’s Southern Oregon land use manager, there’s no “typical” day.

Overseeing nearly 400,000 acres of Weyerhaeuser’s tree farms in Southern Oregon and managing the region’s local recreation lease program are just some of her responsibilities.

But in addition to those jobs, she also works with the region’s communities. Since joining Weyerhaeuser more than six years ago, engaging with local communities has been core to her work.

Patrick collaborates with neighbors near Weyerhaeuser’s forestlands to share information about responsible forestry practices and address local concerns. It’s led to her great enthusiasm for community involvement.

“These collaborative efforts are so important to our communities and natural ecosystems, and I’m thrilled to play a part in making them happen,” she said in a press release.

One of the many activities she participates in is the nonprofit Forests Today and Forever’s Forest Field Days program, which teaches middle schoolers about citizenship, sustainable forest management and the importance of trees to the ecosystem.

Also, for more than three years, Patrick has worked closely with the Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council — known by the acronym CFWWC — a nonprofit that enhances and restores creeks and streams in the Cottage Grove area. The council works to improve water quality and habitat for the area’s native species like salmon, oak trees and acorn woodpeckers.

“By working with groups like CFWWC, we get to improve the world around us,” Patrick said. “It’s wonderful to support the natural environment we live and work in, and to see what’s possible when our region comes together for research, habitat improvement and community education.”

To fulfill their missions, watershed councils such as CFWWC rely on partnerships with private landowners like Weyerhaeuser. Many watersheds across Oregon include private lands.

Patrick helps CFWWC coordinate a variety of activities on and near Weyerhaeuser’s lands, including programs to safeguard northwest pond turtles and build protective salmon rock weirs to demonstrate their effectiveness in environmentally sensitive habitats.

“It’s inspiring to see the outcomes CFWWC achieves for our local ecosystem,” Patrick said in the press release. “We get to tap into all this environmental expertise we have at Weyerhaeuser and here in the Southern Oregon region, and turn that knowledge into exciting programs that directly improve water and habitat quality.”

Patrick said one of the biggest highlights for her has been a collaboration between Weyerhaeuser, CFWWC and the local school district. The partnership has helped kindergarten through middle school students learn from the forested banks of the Coast Fork Willamette River’s only salmon-spawning creek, which is almost entirely on Weyerhaeuser timberland.

CFWWC youth educators and Weyerhaeuser scientists teach students hands-on about the complex relationship between salmon populations, healthy forest ecosystems and watersheds.

And the students, who raise salmon eggs into baby fry as a part of their studies, get to release the fry into the creek — a memorable capstone on their environmental learning.

“It’s pretty cool to see the delight on the kids’ faces when they get to release their salmon fry,” Patrick said.

Lyndcy Patrick

Age: 44

Occupation: Southern Oregon land use manager, Weyerhaeuser Co.

Education: University of Phoenix, Bachelor of science in business management.

Family: Son, Elliott, 7, and daughter Izzy, 4.

Websites: www.weyerhaeuser.com,

www.coastfork.org