Although forest products marketing courses are common in forestry curricula, the set of teaching materials available to support instructors is very limited. For those wishing to use the case method, very few up-to-date marketing case studies are specific to the forest products industry. This publication provides an example of one...
Fifty-seven species of wildlife rely on or frequently use snags for breeding, roosting, or denning in Oregon and Washington. Several publications offer information on use of snags by wildlife, influence of management activities on snags and snag users, and approaches to managing snags to benefit wildlife. Because of the diverse...
The theme for the 1989 Starker Lectures concerned uncertainty surrounding forests and forestry in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. It was a timely theme.
Indeed, the uncertainties concerning trade-offs among commodity production
and environment and the allocation of forest land, especially public lands, loom large as we enter the decade...
Keywords: Steve Strauss, Rick Strachan, Starker Forests, Wheeler Wood Composites Laboratory, Barbara Middleton, Joan Davies, Lisa Mattes, Larry Chapman, Iwan Ho, Jim WIlson, John Sessions, Brian Kramer, Mike Newton, Faye Stewart, Norma Erickson, Paul Adams, Gordan A. and Priscilla E. Duncan, Jim Trappe, Corey Arentz, Wang Zheng-Qi, Loran L. ("Stub")...
The College of Forestry Integrated Research Project (CFIRP) is an on-going experiment in the eastern Coast Range foothills of western Oregon. Started in 1989, a team of scientists, resource managers, and students at Oregon State University designed and implemented silvicultural alternatives to clearcutting. These silvicultural practices aimed to create and...