Interfor Mill Tour

• Date: December 6, 2024, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM

• Location: 15555 OR-211, Molalla, OR 97305

• Details: Tour Interfor’s Molalla mill. Please bring a hard hat, closed-toe shoes, and a high-visibility vest if possible.

• RSVP: Lorelle Sherman at lorelle.sherman@oregonstate.edu or 541-713-5016.
  (Note: Maximum of 25 participants.)

Brooks Nursery Tour

• Date: November 23, 2024, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM

• Location: 9785 Portland Rd., Salem, OR 97305

• Details: Tour Brooks Nursery to learn about seedling production for reforestation and Christmas trees.

• RSVP: Lorelle Sherman at lorelle.sherman@oregonstate.edu or 541-713-5016.
  (Note: Maximum of 40 participants.)

Join us for a discussion about Climate Adapted Species with Alex Javier, Tree Planting Specialist, Urban Forestry, Portland Parks & Recreation.

OSU Extension Office

McMinnville Oregon

Woodland road basics and the new Road Condition Assessment form

November 12, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Hopkins Demonstration Forest, 16750 S Brockway Road, Oregon City
$5 per person

This workshop will teach you the basics of woodland roads and how they work through a combination of classroom and field-based instruction. We will cover standard types of roads, drainage features and surface types. Participants will learn about effective approaches for monitoring that will help catch problems early and save money. Essentials of the new Road Condition Assessment (RCA) form, which is required for harvest notifications, will be covered as well.

https://extension.oregonstate.edu/clackamas/events/woodland-road-basics-new-road-condition-assessment-form&utm_campaign=FNR%20Clackamas%20County%20Forestry&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Woodland+roads+CTA&utm_content=Oct%202024

Join us for our CCSWA Annual Dinner at Quincy Grange in Clatskanie at 5:00, with dinner at 5:30. There will be elections and a program to follow.

Please RSVP to Mark Dreyer

Meadow Mini-Fest: Celebrating 5 years of Vesper Meadow

• Saturday, October 26, 2024

• 10:00 AM  2:30 PM

• Vesper Meadow Restoration and Educational Services LLC16534 Dead Indian Memorial Rd, Ashland

For more information: 

The Understory Initiative & Vesper Meadow Education Program | Kindful

Join us for the Northeast Oregon Small Woodlands Association (NEOSWA) Fall Tour, hosted by local landowners here in Wallowa County who have been active stewards of their property since 2008. See first-hand the work they have accomplished and learn from invited speakers. The event will also include a catered lunch, and we will cap off the event with live music by a local bluegrass band!

Attendance is FREE, but registration is REQUIRED by October 18th. Tour will be held outdoors, rain or shine, and will require moderate walking/hiking. Please dress accordingly. Visit the event website or check out this flyer for more information.

Register at https://beav.es/pbZ

For more information, see the event flyer or email NEORWoodlands@gmail.com

Northern Blues Restoration Partnership Field Tour, hosted by OSU Extension and the Northern Blues Prescribed Fire Council. The tour will be held on Thursday, October 24th, at the Oberteuffer Research Forest, and will explore the role of utilizing prescribed fire on private lands. 

Northern Blues Restoration Partnership Field Tour

When:    Thursday, October 24th, 8:30am - 4:00pm

Where:   Oberteuffer Research Forest, outside of Elgin, OR

RSVP:    https://www.northernblues.org/events/partnership-field-tour 

Update on new forestry rules implementation with Taylor Johnson, Small Forestland Owner Forester, Oregon

Department of Forestry

Idyl-Oak Ranch, Oakland

Oakland, OR 97462

Oct 17, 2024 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm

$5/person suggested contribution at the door
Register

Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made by Oct 3, 2024 to Holly Hope: holly.hope@oregonstate.edu or 541-672-4461

Join us for a tour of Idyl-Oak Ranch, a 210-acre working cattle ranch and forest in Oakland!

This tour will feature:

• Managing a machine planted forest

• Challenges of managing a dry-site plantation

• Pruning & grazing for fuel reduction

• Thinning

• Non-timber forest products (mushrooms, berries, boughs)

Schedule at a glance:

• 4:30pm – 5:30pm Potluck dinner

• 5:00pm – 5:30pm Optional Silvopasture Tour

• 5:30pm – 6:30pm Woods Tour

• 6:30pm - 7:00pm Wrap-up / Q&A

Lamers Forest Tour

Date: Saturday, October 12, 2024, 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Location: 11400 Monmouth Hwy, Monmouth, OR 97361

Details: Explore coast redwoods up to 36 years old and learn about Terry Lamers’ planting techniques and challenges. Topics include log markets, seedling planting, thinning, and the Private Forestry Accord. Note: this is a repeat tour and will be similar to earlier tours of the Lamers' redwood stands.

RSVP: Lorelle Sherman at lorelle.sherman@oregonstate.edu or 541-713-5016

(Note: Maximum of 40 participants. Please RSVP by Thursday, October 10th.)

Basic Forestry Shortcourse

Thursdays, October 10–31, 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m., and Saturday, October 26, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Camp Taloali, 15934 N Santiam Highway SE, Stayton
$40 per person or $50 per family

This five-session introductory program is ideal for people who recently acquired forest property, who are currently struggling with an aspect of their land management, or who are simply looking to learn something new. Through a combination of classroom instruction and hands-on activities, participants will learn about plant ID, assessing soil conditions and tree health, forest development and ecology, enhancing wildlife habitat, harvesting and operations, and local resources for technical and financial assistance. 

https://extension.oregonstate.edu/marion/events/basic-forestry-shortcourse&utm_campaign=FNR%20Clackamas%20County%20Forestry&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Basic+Forestry+Shortcourse+CTA&utm_content=Oct%202024

Alternative Approaches to Woody Residue Management Field Tour

 Join us for a field tour of a suburban forestland parcel undergoing fire risk reduction and habitat restoration to explore alternative approaches for managing woody debris. We will have demonstrations of mastication and an air curtain incinerator (ACI), as well as presentations and discussion. Topics include: fire risk reduction, invasive insect sanitation, cost-share options, biochar production, smoke management, and protecting public health.

Wednesday October 9th, 2024, 9:30-2:00PM

Corvallis, OR (Vanpool from: 2760 SW 53rd St, Corvallis, OR 97333)

Details & Register Here: https://beav.es/pn9

Join us for the CCSWA October Board Meeting at Fern Hill Grange, 7:00pm.

BENTON SMALL WOODLANDS ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP GATHERING

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2024, BEGINNING AT 5:30 PM at spectacular PATRICK HALL*

come at 4 if you’d like to attend the Board meeting

*Patrick Lumber Co.
33415 Noon Rd
Philomath

There will be snacks & tasty treats PLUS a presentation on Oregon’s Statewide Wildfire Hazard Map by Shannon Murray, Director of Strategic Initiatives, OSU College of Forestry

https://hazardmap.forestry.oregonstate.edu/

FLYER HERE

Yamhill County Roadside Ditch Management with Nick Wilkinson from Yamhill Co Public Works

Tour of Westminster Woods 

10:00 am Welcome, Introductions and a brief history of the Westminster Property.

10:15 am Do you need to thin? Assessing Your Stand. An in the woods discussion of inventory processes led by Dave Powell, retired Forest Service silvaculturist. Attendees will be able to experience hands on plot work to determine current stocking levels.

12:00 Lunch sponsored by the chapter and prepared by the Presbyterian women associated with Westminster.

1:00 pm Now What? Now that you know you’re stocking levels, what needs to be done to reach your objectives and goals for your forest? Dave Powell will discuss tree size, spacing, species selection and other factors important to reaching a desired objective.

2:00 pm Discussion of funding sources for assistance in pre-commercial thinning for landowners.

2:30pm Tour ends

See MAP here

Contact Tom Beechinor if you’d like to attend. tgbtreeman@gmail.com