Developing, communicating and teaching the science, knowledge and engineering necessary for the sustainable management of forest, land and water resources that will achieve economic, environmental and social objectives.

Forest Mensuration and Models

Modeling tree and stand development; forest data sampling and monitoring methods; mapping and data management technologies.

Water and Watersheds

Understanding watershed processes in forested ecosystems and the impacts of management activities on these processes.

Forestry Economics

Analyzing trade-offs in the forest and resource policy decision process; environmental and resource law; analysis of markets for ecosystem services and products.

Forest Engineering

Forest Operations, planning, organizing and executing silvicultural and access activities; enhancing supply chain efficiency.

Silviculture and Stand Disturbances

Application of silviculture and vegetation management to achieve management objectives (from restoration to intensive timber production); fire, fire ecology and fire management.

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Our department comprises a unique group of specialists in forest management, engineering, biometrics, hydrology, forest health, and silviculture working to support decisions for sustainable forests. Our teaching and research emphasize all aspects of active forest management and restoration from regeneration through harvest for multiple land use objectives, including wood production and management for values other than wood.

FERM News

The Million Tree Project

April 2011

Robin Rose, Professor in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University discusses the Million Tree Project. Video shows the Shanghai organization "Roots & Shoots" planting trees in Inner Mongolia, China.

Additional Information:

http://vimeo.com/24552737

New Graduate Program

The Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) graduate program emphasizes the conservation of forest-dominated landscapes to meet a defined set of ecological, economic and social criteria over long time frames. The program follows the sustainable principles outlined by the Montreal Process Criteria and Indicators. These principles have been adopted by the State of Oregon.

Event Calendar

21May2013

Twilight Tour

LInn County Small Woodlands Association is hosting a twilight tour in the Scio area. The theme will be bucking and grading logs. The plan is to have logs…

21May2013

Happiness is:

Linn County Small Woodlands Association is hosting a twilight tour in the Scio area. We will gather at the Scio Odd Fellow Hall, across the street from Clevenger's,…

23May2013

PhD Dissertation Defense: Rene Zamora, "Economic Optimization of Forest Biomass Processing and Transport" Major Professor: John Sessions

PhD Dissertation Defense: Rene Zamora, "Economic Optimization of Forest Biomass Processing and Transport" Major Professor: John…

30May2013

Starker Lecture -- Forest Biomass: Energy and Beyond

Visit forest biomass production sites and energy facilities in the Benton and Lane County areas. The discussion will include on-the-ground facility supply and processing considerations, including the technical,…

06Jun2013

Wildlife in Managed Forests Tour

The tour will visit managed forests of a wide range of ages to illustrate how management with a primary puropose of growing timber can be very pro-active toward…

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