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Choosing the Right Service Provider for your Family Forest: Logging Contractor

Choosing a logging contractor for a harvest operation is an important decision. How do you go about selecting the right person for your property and your particular project? Some of the decision making is ...

Tamara Cushing, Steve Bowers | Oct 2017 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Choosing the Right Service Provider for your Family Forest: Accountant or Tax Preparer

How do you choose the right accountant or tax return preparer for your forest? Part of this important decision is based on personality, but there are some key questions you should ask potential (and maybe even...

Tamara Cushing | Oct 2017 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Working trees for pollinators

Over 100 agricultural crop species in North America need a pollinator to be most productive. Agroforestry practices can be designed to support these pollinators.

Oct 2016 | Online resource

Oregon Forest Pest Detector Field Guide

This visual field identification guide will help you identify the emerald ash borer and the Asian longhorned beetle — two invasive tree pests threatening Oregon forests. This guide supplements the Oregon Forest ...

Brandy Saffell, Amy Grotta | Apr 2016 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Native pollinators for Southern Oregon

Pollinators have rightfully been getting more attention and recognition lately, but what exactly is a pollinator and what do they do? Some plants, like most grasses and conifers, are wind-pollinated, while aquatic plants may be pollinated by water; however, most flowering plants have evolved with the pollination assistance of insects and other animals.

Thomas D. Landis, Suzie Savoie | Mar 2016 | Online resource

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)

Common Insect Pests and Diseases of Sitka Spruce on the Oregon Coast

Sitka spruce is among the world's fast-growing trees and the largest of the world's spruces. It's a valuable commercial timber. Its range extends from Alaska to northern California, but it faces unique problems ...

Jim Reeb, David C. Shaw | Jan 2015 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Group Selection Cutting in Mature Douglas-fir Forests

This case study examines the group selection method, which mimics the natural gap creation that takes place in old-growth forest stands as a result of wind throw, landslides and root-rot pockets.

Tristan Huff, Stephen Fitzgerald | Dec 2014 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Management Planning for Woodland Owners: A Visual Guide

This interactive online module explores the concepts of woodland management planning through videos, maps, and audio segments from woodland owners.

Amy Grotta | May 2014 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Mixed Conifer and Hardwood Forest Management in Southwest Oregon

Dive into a case study on management of a mixed conifer and hardwood forest in southwest Oregon.

Max Bennett, Stephen Fitzgerald, Marty Main | Dec 2013 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)