Woodland Management

This five-session course is ideal for anyone who is just starting out taking care of a woodland property. Topics covered include: Assessing your property and your site. Understanding tree biology and forest ecology. Tree planting, care for and established forest, weed control. Safety, timber sale logistics, and laws and…

Living on the Land

Join the OSU Small Farms Program for this informational series for rural landowners new to managing small-acreage farms or properties. Plan For Your Land Learn about the area’s soil and ecosystems and how these natural resources affect the plans you make for…

Tree School Field Day at Hopkins Demonstration Forest

Join us for our second annual Tree School Field Day at the Hopkins Demonstration Forest in Oregon City! The day will include a schedule of field classes and learning opportunities throughout the demonstration forest for students to choose from. The wide variety of forest types and demonstrations at the…

Landowner Tools Show and Tell

Bring, share, and look through the favorite tools of other landowners! Been struggling to dig out scotch broom? Did you know there is a tool for that? Have a hard time tackling blackberry? There are tools for that. Need to move logs around without heavy equipment…. Yep, there’s a…

All About Arbutus - A workshop covering pacific madrone from A to Z

Join the PNW's foremost madrone expert Marianne Elliott (Washington State University) and ecologist Michael Yadrick to learn all about the west's most striking tree, pacific madrone. Arbutus menziesii also known as madrona or madroño, is the largest flowering tree of the family Ericaceae. The tree is widely recognized as…

Burn Piles, Biochar and Fire Ecology November 4, 2023

Winter is the time for burning hand piles created from past fuels reduction work. This workshop will provide an understanding of safety and weather considerations, and hands-on training. Participants will learn about options for turning their piles into biochar and basics of fire ecology, including how to use…

Forest Pollinators

This presentation will discuss some easy ways that you can enhance the pollinator habitat on your property.  The class will be a mix of presentation and learning activities. Our goal is to not only offer you some suggestions, but to also have you leave with written ideas…

Burn Piles, Biochar and Fire Ecology November 19, 2023

Winter is the time for burning hand piles created from past fuels reduction work. This workshop will provide an understanding of safety and weather considerations, and hands-on training. Participants will learn about options for turning their piles into biochar and basics of fire ecology, including how to use…

Wreath Making with Non-Timber Forest Products – Lane County

Join other women landowners and the Women Owning Woodlands Network to learn about native trees and shrubs useful for making wreaths, non-timber forest products, how to harvest materials, and how to create/decorate a wreath. Each participant will take home their creation. Greenery and decorations are provided.…