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Best Practices of Managing Logging Slash Piles and Burning

Logging generates woody debris, commonly known as “slash,” in the form of tree tops, limbs, and broken pieces. This class will give an overview of the best practices and methods for piling and burning woody material ...

May 2021 | Video

Managing Your Forest with Fire in Mind

The fires of September 2020 were a brutal reminder that western Oregon is a fire-driven landscape, like southern Oregon and the East Side. Part of the new reality is a greater awareness that we need to manage forests and ...

Brad Withrow-Robinson, Glenn Ahrens, Amanda Rau | Dec 2020 | Video

Oregon's Forest Protection Laws

This class will make it easy to see how Oregon’s Forest Protection Laws affect you. In 2018 the Oregon Forest Resources Institute released the third edition of Oregon Forest Protection Laws: An Illustrated Manual. The update ...

May 2020 | Video

Wildfire in Your Forest Future & What You Can Do About It

How important is wildfire risk in your neighborhood? Is it getting worse? Is there really anything you can do to change it, especially when there are thousands of public and private acres beyond your control? Attend this ...

Dan Leavell | May 2020 | Video

Prescribed Underburning in Southwest Oregon: A Case Study

This publication describers a case study of prescribed underburning on a private woodland in southwest Oregon. It is part of the "Alternative Silvilculture" series and is a companion publication to Mixed Conifer and Hardwood Management in Southwest Oregon (EM 9084).

Max Bennett, Marty Main, Stephen Fitzgerald | Dec 2018 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Not All Fires Are Wild: Understanding Fire and Its Use as a Management Tool

Fire is an important natural disturbance that helps maintain the health and diversity of our forests and grasslands. Wildfires, however, are behaving differently than historically described due to a number of factors,...

Janean Creighton, Rebecca Wolf, Carrie Berger, Christine Olsen | May 2015 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)