Skyline symposium honors its founder

The International Mountain Logging Conference and 10th Northwest Skyline Symposium in March and April drew about 350 participants from all over the world to focus on technical and environmental issues related to logging in mountainous terrain. The symposium, chaired by Forest Engineering department head Steve Tesch, was held on the OSU campus and at various demonstration sites, including stands on the OSU Research Forest. "The program's success was due to the collective effort of all FE faculty and staff and many students," says Tesch.

The meeting was cosponsored by the Department of Forest Engineering and IUFRO Division 3. Traditional partners included the University of Washington College of Forest Resources, the University of British Columbia, the Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada, and the Forest Service PNW Research Station. The conference and its written proceedings were dedicated to Professor Emeritus John E. O'Leary, who organized the first Skyline Symposium in 1969 and edited its proceedings. O'Leary was honored at the symposium's Thursday evening banquet.

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