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Research
Oregon State University's Forest Research Laboratory (FRL) is the forestry research arm of the State of Oregon. It was established by the Oregon legislature in 1941 "to aid in the economic development of the state, to develop the maximum yield from the forests, and to obtain the fullest utilization of the resource."
The Laboratory's research provides information to improve the forest-related decisions of those who use, own, operate, or are otherwise affected by management of the forests of the Northwest and the products and services these forests provide. The Laboratory's research results are used by many--private landowners, state and federal land-managing agencies, wood processing firms and workers, legislators, environmental agencies,and interests, and others. Thus, Laboratory research affects virtually all Oregonians because of the importance of forests to them and to their state's economic health.
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