The Forestry Media Center has been producing and distributing videotapes (V-T), films, and slide-tapes (S-T) since 1972. Nearly a million students in educational institutions, government agencies, and private industry throughout the world have used these audiovisual programs for training and education. Although most of the programs have been prepared for professional foresters and forestry students, many are of interest to small woodland owners, high school classes, other special groups, and the general public. In the past 2 years, specialists from the College of Forestry have completed 5 new programs. The Center now has over 121 presentations available for purchase or rent. For a complete listing, please contact:

Forestry Media Center
Oregon State University
248 Peavy Hall
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5702
Phone 541-737-4702;
Fax 541-737-3759
Internet Address: forestrm@ccmail.orst.edu
Web Address: http://osu.orst.edu/Dept/fmc
 
 

Branching Out With Agroforestry
12 minutes Video Tape #1087
Introduces the concept of agroforestry, and explains the rationale for adopting it on private lands. Also shows examples of potential applications in the Pacific Northwest, and outlines some of the decisions that need to be made by landowners who may consider adopting various agroforestry practices.
Audience: Landowners (primarily livestock operators) who are not currently involved with forestry, may have agroforestry potential on their property, and want to increase long-term income.
Prices: Purchase $95, Rental $25
Technical Advisor: Rick Fletcher, Forestry Extension Agent.
Author: Mark D. Reed, Forestry Media Center.
Publication Date: 1997.
 

Thinning Young Stands
31 minutes Video Tape #1089
This video describes the early phases of an adaptive management project on the Willamette National Forest, where researchers from a number of disciplines are working together to find ecologically sustainable, economical, technically feasible, and socially acceptable ways of managing 50-year-old Douglas-fir plantations for a variety of outputs. To illustrate the wide range of research being conducted, the video includes interviews with silviculturists, wildlife biologists, soil scientists, a mycologist, a forest engineer, and a sociologist. Computer simulations and aerial footage show how the stands look before and after treatment.
Audience: Land managers, resource specialists, forestry and natural resource students, and members of the public interested in forest management issues.
Prices: Purchase $95, Rental $25
Contributing Scientists: Marganne Allen, Forest Engineering Dept.; James Boyle, Forest Resources Dept.; Joan Hagar and Matt Hunter, Forest Science Dept.; Jim Mayo, USDA Forest Service, Blue River RD; Dave Pilz, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station; Robert Ribe, Landscape Architecture, Environmental Studies and Regional Planning Dept., University of Oregon.
Producer: Loren Kellogg, Forest Engineering Dept.
Director: Mark Reed, Forestry Media Center.
Publication Date: 1998.
 

The Huckleberry Story: Building a Bridge Between Culture and Science
20 minutes Video Tape #1097
ÒWiÕwnuÓÑthe big huckleberryÑis an important food source of Native Americans and is deeply rooted in their culture and heritage. As a result, maintaining the productivity of huckleberry fields is of vital concern throughout western North America. Through interviews with elders and council members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Indians, and a USDA Forest Service scientist, this award-winning video explores cultural and scientific issues associated with the sustainable management of this important natural resource. Filmed entirely on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in north-central Oregon.
Audience: Anyone (including youth) interested in Native American use of forests.
Prices: Purchase $95, Rental $25
Technical Advisors: Culture and Heritage Committee, Warm Springs Indian Reservation and Don Minore, USDA Forest Service.
Author/Producer: Bodie Shaw and Edward C. Jensen, Forest Resources Dept.
Publication Date: 1997.
 

Enhancing Lichens and Bryophytes in Young Forests
16 minutes Video Tape # 1098
Describes the important role that lichens and bryophytes play in forest ecosystems, and explains why these organisms are less common in young managed stands than in old-growth forests. Finally, it describes how forest managers can enhance diversity and abundance by protecting certain forest features that lichens and bryophytes depend on. Videotaped at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest and other locations.
Audience: Forest managers, students enrolled in forest ecology/management courses, and others who are concerned with biodiversity in young managed stands.
Prices: Purchase $95, Rental $25
Author: Patricia S. Muir, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, OSU.
Producer: Mark Reed, Forestry Media Center.
Publication Date: 1997.
 

Conifers of the Pacific Northwest
CD-ROM #1110
Introducing a new multimedia CD-ROM describing Pacific Northwest conifers. This interactive program combines a wealth of images, information, and opportunities for practice in a compelling, user-controlled learning environment.
Features:
Information on 12 genera and 29 species of conifers native to the Pacific Northwest, and three common ornamental conifers.
Hundreds of identifying characteristics, products, uses, habitat and range, and other interesting facts available with a click of the mouse.
Instant access to trees via common and scientific names.
An easy-to-use multimedia dichotomous key for step-by-step identification of tree samples.
An illustrated glossary of dendrological terms.
Actual voice pronunciation of common and Latin names.
Based on Oregon State University's best-selling Extension publication "Trees To Know in Oregon" (Jensen & Ross 1994), Conifers of the Pacific Northwest was extensively reviewed and tested to provide an effective new learning resource for both classroom and independent study.
Audience: Forestry students (secondary and college level), resource professionals, and interested general public.
Purchase price: $95
Authors/Designers: David Zahler and Edward C. Jensen, Forest Resources Dept.
Multimedia Programmers: David Zahler, Forest Resources Dept.; Amanda Barstow and Jeff Hino, Forestry Media Center.
Publication Date: 1998.
Hardware requirements: Available for both Macintosh and IBM computers.
 

Visit Our Forestry Web Pages
A complete and constantly updated web-page version of the Forestry Learning Materials Catalog is available at http://fmc.cof.orst.edu/index.php. This site includes updated information about new releases, additional material about the Forestry Media Center, and links to other forestry sites of interest.
The FMC recently completed a web site entitled "Trees of the Pacific Northwest" (http://osu.orst.edu.instruct/for241/) designed to help identify the common conifers of this region. Based on a dendrology course offered at Oregon State University, the site features an illustrated dichotomous key, detailed information about conifers, and "mystery trees" to identify. The interactive dichotomous key quickly provides the user with a genus name, characteristics of the genus, and links to species pages for identification. Each species page contains detailed color photographs of tree characteristics, descriptive information, and distribution maps.
Site authors: Betsy Littlefield and Edward C. Jensen, Forest Resources Dept.