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College of Forestry
Forestry is important to the people of Oregon. Forty-nine percent of the state's 61.4 million acres is forest land, which supports Oregon's most important industry, forest resources. The forests provide wood, water, fish habitat, scenery, recreation, cultural sites, wildlife, rangeland, and other resources which contribute to the state's and region's economy and quality of life.
Mission and Vision
The mission of the College of Forestry, as part of Oregon’s Land, Sea, Sun, and Space Grant University, is to educate and engage the next generation of scholars, practitioners, and users of the world’s forest resources, to conduct distinctive problem-solving and fundamental research on the nature and use of forests and related resources, and to share our discoveries and knowledge with others.
The Oregon State University College of Forestry combines the warmth of a small school with the rich resources of a comprehensive university. Our students experience a rigorous, demanding, hands-on, professional education. The educational environment is warm and supportive.
College of Forestry students are a friendly, close-knit group. Professors teach their own classes and interact with students daily. They are caring and accessible—students and professors are on a first-name basis.
Oregon State University's College of Forestry has been educating professionals for a century. We've earned a reputation as a world-class center of teaching and learning about forests and related resources. We offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in four departments, Forest Engineering, Forest Resources, Forest Science, and Wood Science and Engineering. We also jointly offer an interdisciplinary undergraduate degree in Natural Resources and several interdisciplinary graduate programs. We operate about 14,000 acres of College Forests, most of it within minutes of campus. Oregon State University is a Land Grant, Sea Grant, Sun Grant, and Space Grant university, an NCAA Division I university, and a member of the Pac-10 athletic conference. It carries the prestigious ranking of a Carnegie Doctoral/Research-Extensive University.
Facilities and Programs
Oregonians have recognized the importance of their forests and have provided outstanding facilities for our College of Forestry. Peavy Hall and Richardson Hall, home of the College, contain modern classrooms, laboratories, self-learning, and media centers. Office space is provided for research and teaching assistants, and most graduate students. Computer facilities include several microcomputer and GIS laboratories, and other facilities dedicated to graduate student research. Editorial services are available for papers co-authored by faculty members.
Research conducted through our Forest Research Laboratory keeps the College in the forefront of new developments in Forestry. Peavy Hall and Richardson Hall are adjacent to the Forestry Sciences Laboratory of the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station. The USDI Forest and Range Ecosystem Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey also has a campus-based research program that complements and interacts with ours. Nearby is the Environmental Research Laboratory of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Collectively, these facilities and organizations comprise one of the largest concentrations of forestry and natural resources expertise in the world.
The Forestry Extension and Outreach Education programs at OSU are among the finest in the nation. Numerous Extension forestry specialists, county forestry agents, and other faculty provide educational opportunities, forestry information, and advice for practicing foresters, the forest industries, forest landowners, and other audiences.
The College of Forestry has a long tradition of graduate education and research. Our programs provide a solid forestry background and competence in specialized fields. Employers in the forest industries, universities and government agencies recognize this strength.
Research Forests
The College of Forestry has access to two major forest properties dedicated to research and education. The 15,000-acre H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest is in the Willamette National Forest. It is owned by the USDA Forest Service but jointly managed by OSU and the Pacific Northwest Research Station under a National Science Foundation-sponsored long-term agreement. The McDonald-Dunn, Spaulding, Marchel, and Blodgett forest properties, totaling over 13,000 acres, are owned by the College of Forestry as the results of gifts and are managed solely by the College for enhancement of education and research. A growing number of Discovery Forests are managed to demonstrate innovative forestry practices for family forest owners and others.
Departments
Few forestry programs have the breadth represented by the four departments in the College of Forestry at OSU. Forest Engineering (timber harvesting and watershed management) and Wood Science and Engineering (wood industry management and wood science and technology) offer undergraduate, graduate, extended education, and research programs. Forest Science and Forest Resources include graduate programs in forest biology, extended education programs, and research programs in the biological sciences. For information about these or other programs, write directly to the department of interest, consult OSU's Bulletins (Graduate Catalog and General Catalog), or visit the College website at http://www.forestry.oregonstate.edu.
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