College of Forestry

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College of Forestry Reorganization Approved

• Read the Dean’s announcement on the approved Strategic Reorganization.
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• We're reorganizing our website.

  Need help finding something? Let us know.
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• Looking for the Forest Resources website?

  As part of the reorganization, CoF is changing from four departments to three. As our new department web sites evolve, the FR website is available here.
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• Position Announcements:
      Department Head and Professor,
      Forest Ecosystems and Society
  
      Department Head and Professor,
      Forest Engineering, Resources and
      Management
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The Capital Campaign: The College of Forestry

Join the campaign to educate future leaders and develop forest research to benefit people in Oregon and worldwide.

News

• Family Honors Nat Giustina With $4-Million Gift for Two OSU Professorships

• Old Growth Forests Are Valuable Carbon Sinks
• OSU Forestry Student Research Recognized as Best in Nation
• Douglas-fir: A 350-foot-long Drinking Straw is As Long As It Gets
• College of Forestry Reorganization Approved

Highlights

• Study Abroad: Scandinavia Experience This study abroad expereience focuses on natural resources management and climate change with a heavy concentration on energy issues. Forestry, agriculture, and aquaculture issues will also be investigated. The Experience includes sites in Finland, Sweden and Norway. Explore the website for an overview.
  
  
• Browse the College of Forestry Online Photo Gallery.
  
  
• 2008-09 Starker Lecture Series. For more information visit http://starkerlectures.forestry.oregonstate.edu
  
  
• Purchase a personalized brick in the College of Forestry's Pathway to Excellence to honor a loved one.
  Your purchase of a $125 brick, in your name or someone else's, will provide vital scholarship support to Forestry students now and for generations to come. It's a wonderful way to make a permanent tribute to a friend or family member!
  Click here to learn more or to purchase your brick online, or call (541) 737-4044.

Upcoming Events

• Back to School Coffee
  
  Wednesday, October 8, 2008 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
  
  College of Forestry students - welcome to Fall term! Need some help waking up? Stop by Peavy Hall Courtyard for a coffee and muffin on your way to class.
• Assessing the Response of Streams to Contemporary Forest Practices:
  
  Monday, October 13, 2008 - Tuesday, October 14, 2008 (all day event)
  
  Over the past several decades in response to environmental concerns, the annual harvest in the timber-producing states of the Pacific Northwest was reduced and forest practices were improved. However, there is still concern that the intensity of contemporary forest practices used to manage commercial forest land is not environmentally sustainable. To address this concern, the Watersheds Research Cooperative (WRC), under the administration of the College of Forestry at Oregon State University, is conducting research on the impacts of contemporary forest practices on aquatic ecosystems. This research is carried out in three paired watershed studies in western Oregon: Hinkle Creek, the Alsea Study, and the Trask Watershed. The purpose of this conference is to report on the state-of-the-science of the environmental effectiveness of contemporary forest practices. The conference will feature reports on preliminary results, current status, and future directions for the three WRC paired watershed studies. Also, results will be presented from similar research from throughout the Pacific Northwest. For more information, visit http://oregonstate.edu/conferences/pairedwatershedstudies2008/index.html