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OSU Christmas tree program

The OSU Christmas tree program is based at the North Willamette Research and Extension Center in Clackamas county, the heart of Christmas tree production in Oregon. ​The program is lead by Chal Landgren, a longtime forestry extension agent and Christmas tree grower. His program focuses on assisting growers with information essential to their success as Christmas tree producers.

Oct 2022 | Online resource

Episode 22: Selling Logs

In this episode, Lauren Grand and Francisca Belart discuss the steps a woodland owner can take in order to harvest and sell their logs. Belart is OSU extension's timber harvesting specialist.

Lauren Grand, Francisca Belart | Jul 2022 | Podcast episode

Episode 18: Small Landowner Management

In this episode, Lauren Grand and Lindsay Reaves discuss forest management at the Bauman Family Tree Farm. Reaves lives and works on the farm with her husband Tom Bauman.

Lauren Grand, Lindsay Reaves | Apr 2022 | Podcast episode

Small-Scale Harvesting for Woodland Owners

Timber harvest presents challenges for woodland owners with small acreages. Planning the harvest, working with contractors and selling the logs are tasks that can seem intimidating. Here's how to make a plan, find ...

Francisca Belart, Steve Bowers | Sep 2021 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Tarif Access Tables: A Comprehensive Set

Tarif numbers are essential for calculating the volume of standing timber on forest land. This publication includes comprehensive tarif numbers for six species of Oregon timber--Douglas-fir, grand fir, ponderosa pine, ...

Steve Bowers, Jim Reeb, Robert (Bob) Parker | Jul 2021 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

OSU research keeps Oregon Christmas tree industry No. 1 in the nation

Each Christmas tree species requires special skill and specific knowledge to be grown successfully.

Chal Landgren | Apr 2021 | Impact story

Ongoing recovery from wildfire and ice damage

Oregon State Extension Service and other agencies are working together to help landowners recover from wildfires. The effort includes assessing reforestation needs, acquiring seedlings and facilitating restoration.

Glenn Ahrens | Mar 2021 | Article

Tree School Online helps woodland owners during COVID-19

Tree School events were provided online in a series of 35 webinars hosted by OSU Extension in Clackamas County in collaboration with the Oregon Forest Resources Institute and the Oregon Partnership for Forestry Education.

Glenn Ahrens | Mar 2021 | Impact story

Assessing the potential for salvage harvesting after wildfire

Primary purpose of salvage harvesting is to recover the economic value of trees killed or damaged by unforeseen and uncontrollable events (insects, wildfire, wind, ice & snow, volcanoes, etc.).

Stephen Fitzgerald | Nov 2020 | Fact Sheet

For landowners, help is available to reforest after wildfires

Under normal circumstances, reforestation projects take a lot of effort to pull off. But they are even more difficult now in the wake of widespread forest fires that have increased the demand for seedlings.

Amanda Brenner | Sep 2020 | Article