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Allen and Cheryl FordFord Gift Creates Endowed Deanship

A $5 million commitment from the head of Roseburg Forest Products and his wife has created an endowment for the College of Forestry dean’s position at Oregon State University.

“For more than a century, the College of Forestry has been at the forefront of OSU’s efforts to produce research and graduates that enhance the state of Oregon,” said OSU President Ed Ray. “Today it is considered among the best forestry programs in the world, and it is a critical part of the university’s focus on sustainable earth ecosystems and economic growth.

“This visionary gift from Allyn and Cheryl Ford illustrates that in tough economic times smart people redouble efforts to preserve the path to excellence,” Ray said. “Their investment assures that the college will have outstanding leadership for the next century and beyond.”

CoF News

Designing Wildlife Corridors in the Digital Age

Development is squeezing animals into smaller pockets of land, and without sufficient planning and protection, individual animal populations could find themselves increasingly isolated.  Claire Montgomery, a forest economist at Oregon State University in Corvallis, has been developing methods to address both animal populations and timber management strategies.  "I was beginning to look at problems where uncertainty played a much bigger role than it had in the past in my research," said Montgomery.

Extension offering local classes for small-woodlot owners

More than a year after uprooting its forestry program in Lane County because of a lack of funding, the state Extension Service has figured out how to resume offering some help to small-woodlot owners and others who want to learn more about growing and harvesting trees.  The service, run by Oregon State University, will bring OSU forestry experts assigned to other counties to Lane County, to hold a series of one-day classes that will cost $25 per attendee.

How A Tiny Fungus Is Starving Coastal Douglas Fir Trees

In 2008, scientist and CoF assistant professor Bryan Black took core samples the diameter of a pencil from a forest near the north Oregon coast. Most of the trees were hemlocks and Douglas fir that had been undisturbed for about 90 years.  The hemlocks were growing normally. But Black was shocked at what he saw in the Douglas fir samples.  “In 1984, these Douglas fir all but shut down,” Black says. “In fact, their growth was so slow that it wasn’t even forming wood around the whole circumference of the tree.”

Calendar/Events


08Feb2012

“The Evolution of Wood Products Marketing, 1970 to Present”

Speaker:  Jim Snodgrass, Sales/Marketing Manager, Warm Springs Composite Products, Warm Springs, Oregon Abstract: Not available…
09Feb2012

CANCELLED - Insight Global, Inc. (Interviewing)

Representatives from Insight Global, Inc. will be on campus to conduct interviews in Career Services, All Majors.  Application information and deadline (1/26/2012).  For full details on company, log in to your…
14Feb2012

State Public Interest Research Group (Informational Session)

Informational Session scheduled for 2/14/2012, 5:30 pm in Career Services Classroom Kerr Administration Bldg.. For full details on company, log in to your Beaver JobNet account https://oregonstate-csm.symplicity.com/students,  click on…
15Feb2012

State Public Interest Research Group (Interviewing)

Attend Informaional Session on 2/14/2012, 5:30 pm in Career Services Classroom, Kerr Administration Bldg. to speak with a representative.  For full details on company, log in to your Beaver JobNet account…
15Feb2012

“Community Renewable Energy”

Speaker:  Ciane Henkels, Attorney at Law, Portland and Newport, Oregon Abstract:  …