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Foresters keep close eye on tussock moth activity

State and federal forest officials are bracing for a continuation of last year’s Douglas fir tussock moth outbreak that lightly defoliated fir and spruce trees in the Blue Mountains. A news release from the Oregon State University Extension Office in La Grande said light defoliation was mapped last year across 9,000 acres of the Umatilla National Forest, including 7,800 acres in Washington and 1,200 acres in Oregon.

Seeing the forest for the trees

On a steep, south-facing mountain slope about 20 miles east of Sweet Home, two dozen people, including OSU forestry professor Klaus Puettmann, are talking ideas for the management of 1,600 acres of mostly 40- to 110-year-old Douglas firs.  They represent the U.S. Forest Service, Oregon State University, private timber land owners, environmental groups and loggers.

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.

Events


14Feb2012

Dean's Open Door Office Hour

The Dean's open-door office hours schedule for the current term can be found on the Dean's Office website.  If you have any questions, please…
14Feb2012

EcoEvo Seminar

Andrew Hope US Geological Survey Anchorage Mammalian diversification across the Holarctic: Spatiotemporal evolution in response to environmental change http://ecoevo.oregonstate.edu/  …
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 …
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…
15Feb2012

“Community Renewable Energy”

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