pcoming Annual Meeting: August 16

Now, mark your calendars for our Marion-Polk Chapter Annual Meeting on Saturday, August 16, starting at 10:30 AM. We'll meet at the south end of Bush's Pasture Park in Salem, along Leffelle Street—plenty of parking available nearby.

Agenda highlights:

• Election of Officers: We'll vote on chapter leadership for the coming year.

• Log Market Report: Terry Lamers will provide an update on current log market trends.

• Member-to-Member Information Exchange: This year's theme focuses on sharing knowledge among ourselves. No formal speaker—just members talking to members about issues, challenges, and resources they've found useful. Bring books, articles, or discuss websites with superb content on forestry, wood products, or related topics. It's a great chance to learn from each other!

Like last year, we'll enjoy Subway sandwiches for lunch. The cost to attend is just $5 per person (pay upon arrival) to help cover food—note that the chapter will subsidize the remaining expenses to keep it affordable for all. Invite friends and neighbors ... everyone is welcome.

To ensure we order enough food, please RSVP to this email (drdavesullivan@gmail.com) by noon on Friday, August 15. Let us know how many in your party will be attending.

We're looking forward to a productive and engaging gathering—hope to see you there!

The first call is scheduled for Friday, August 15 th , at 11:00, with future calls at varying times to fit

different schedules. If members find value in these, we’ll keep them going. Here is the zoom link

as well:

Mike Cafferata is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: New Link for Meet the Executive Director
Time: Aug 15, 2025 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Port Orford. Friday, August 15th. 9am-3:30pm. Port Orford. Save the date. Cost will be $20/person.

This one-day workshop will include morning lectures followed by field visits to nearby landslide landforms. Learn about the geologic processes, risk factors and impacts that effect forest landowners. We will cover ODF forest practice rules that apply to harvesting and road construction. Contact Norma Kline at Norma.Kline@oregonstate.edu to receive additional information. Registration will be available in July.

Columbia County Chapter Board Meeting

7:00pm

Fern Hill Grange, Fern Hill Rd, Rainier OR

We would love to have you join for this multi-chapter event on August 9th

The Forest Foraging Tree Farm Tour is a Neighbor to Neighbor (N2N) event and is being hosted by OSWA, OFRI, and the Columbia, Washington, and Yamhill OSWA Chapters. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet and share a potluck meal with members from all 3 chapters and others in our community, and to learn about foraging in your forest. Because it is a N2N event, please feel free to invite friends and neighbors. Be sure to RSVP. Here are the details:

Date: Saturday, August 9th
Time: Noon - 2pm
Location: 23515 Beaver Falls Road, Clatskanie, OR 97016
RSVP by 8/5/2025 to: Darcy Davis, 503-550-2361 cell/text, darcydavis4OSWA@gmail.com

We hope to see you there!

RSVP to darcydavis4oswa@gmail.com

August 9th at Peter Bregman’s Eagle Roost Tree Farm.

We have a great program planned to make it really worth your time.

The main Speaker will be incoming state president Dan Newton with a history of stream rules and rule making over the past 30+ years. Also, future plans for OSWA.  

We will get an update on the status of The FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area regulations by Onno Husing, Director of Planning and Development for Lincoln County.

Presentation of the GIS study being done by graduate student Anedayo Akande on stream lengths in the Alsea River drainage and the amount of private forest lands these streams cross.  Interesting results so far.....

Comments by Peter Bregman on his history with 20 years involvement with OSWA.

There will be some nice door prizes for those in attendance (FREE STUFF!)

Also a presentation to the Volunteer of the Year.

Staying involved with OSWA at the county level will pay us all big dividends and I hope to see a big turnout for the speakers and the comradery with your friends and neighbors. We really look forward to seeing you there.

Benton Small Woodland Association Annual Picnic

Saturday, July 26 at 11:30, Castle Family Forest near Wren

The Castle Family Forest is our favorite location for the picnic. There is a shelter with picnic tables in a beautiful setting, with a restroom on site. After lunch you can take a walk on trails winding through the diverse forest.

Bring your own lunch and chairs.  Drinks and dessert will be provided.   

Directions: The Castle Family Forest is located on the Kings Valley Highway (Hwy 223) about a mile north of Hwy 20.  Watch for signs on the west side of the highway, just north of the Wren Community Hall. 

The longitude and latitude are 44.604130, -123.425829.

Limited parking at the shelter. Parking is available just inside the gate and across Highway 223.

No registration is required.  Bring a friend!

For more information, contact Sarah Edwardsson at sedwardsson@sbcglobal.net

Saturday, July 20, 2025 3-6:00 p.m.

At the tree farm and ranch of Rick and Brenda Epp

9216 Lookingglass Rd

BBQ dinner, beverages, and table service provided

Douglas County Livestock Association

Oregon Farm Bureau

Douglas Small Woodlands Association

Bring a chair and a potluck dish to share

RSVP by Friday, July 11

douglaschapteroswa@gmail.com -

oswa.org/douglas or QR Code:

Bring a neighbor, Meet a neighbor, Be a neighbor, See you there!

Guest speakers, Landowner information, Youth Activities, and more!

Fox Tree Farm Summer Tour

Saturday, July 12, 9:00-1:00

Tree Farmer of the Year 1997

-200 Acres Mechanical Thinning

-Redwood Planting 2007

-Pond Development

-Off-Grid New Home

Registration Required by Friday, July 11

9:00 Social with Coffee and Doughnuts by AgWest

10-12:00 Tree Farm Tour

12:00 Lunch provided by the Douglas Chapter and the Fox Family

Directions to tree farm provided upon registration.

You are invited to an upcoming educational field day hosted by the OSU Forestry and Natural Resources Extension: Thinning Your Forest - Mark Havel Memorial Field Day.

This event offers a valuable opportunity to learn about forest thinning and to remember our friend and partner in forestry education, Mark Havel, who was instrumental in establishing the Thinning and Pruning Demonstration area at Hopkins Demonstration Forest.

Overview: Once you have established a stand of trees, thinning becomes your most important treatment for directing the course of forest development and stand conditions to meet your objectives. This field day will combine instruction and demonstration to cover:

• How trees compete and grow

• Making decisions based on age, size, and season for thinning

• Spacing and selection of trees to remove or retain

• Methods for harvesting and yarding small trees in crowded stands

Date & Time: Friday, July 12, 2025

• 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM: Optional gathering with morning welcome and refreshments, dedicated to remembering Mark Havel.

• 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Educational field day on forest thinning.

Location: Hopkins Demonstration Forest 16750 S Brockway Rd Oregon City, OR 97045

What to Bring: Please bring appropriate outdoor clothing and footwear for a workshop in the woods. Coffee, hot water, and morning refreshments will be available.

Accessibility & Accommodations: This workshop will take place in the woods, involving periods of standing and walking on uneven terrain. A bus will be available to transport individuals into the woods from the Hopkins Demonstration Forest parking lot.

Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made by July 7, 2025, to Jean Bremer at 503-655-8631 or jean.bremer@oregonstate.edu. If you have any questions about the format or if cost is a barrier to your participation, please also contact Jean Bremer.

Cost & Registration: $5.00 per person. Please register online at: https://beav.es/N6o

Special Appeal from OSU Extension Forester Glenn Ahrens: Glenn Ahrens and the event organizers are trying to find someone who has been using the small-scale logging equipment and other “future forestry products” that Mark Havel made. They are hoping to feature some of Mark’s tools and equipment in one of the demonstrations in a young timber stand at Hopkins. If you have or know of someone who has Mark Havel's equipment and might be willing to participate, please contact Glenn Ahrens directly via email at glenn.ahrens@oregonstate.edu.

This is a wonderful opportunity to learn, connect, and honor Mark Havel's contributions to our forestry community. We hope to see you there!

View our full schedule on the 2025 OSWA Convention Page

Lodging

A variety of hotel, guest house, and campground options are available in the corvallis area.

Tour # 4

Crestmont Farm: Ecologically Enhanced PCT (Pre-Commercial Thinning)
Thursday, June 19 • 1 PM - 4:30 PM

Meet at Philomath Scout Lodge.
Carpool for tours. Short walks. Dress for the weather.

Travel to the award-winning Crestmont Farm property with owner Ed Easterling and his team for this special tour. Traditional Pre-Commercial Thinning (PCT) operations leave stands with dense slash, limited wildlife habitat, elevated fire risk, and challenging firefighting conditions. Crestmont’s creative Plantation Transformation Strategy (PTS) addresses those issues and more. This tour contrasts PCT and PTS with hands-on demonstrations of cost-effective practices to deliver highly valued ecological, fire-resilient, and aesthetic results, proven with adapted variations over hundreds of acres.

https://www.crestmontfarm.com/

Tour # 6

Oregon State University Research Forest Hiking Tour
Thursday, June 19 • 1 PM - 4:30 PM

Meet at Philomath Scout Lodge.
Carpool for tours. Forest Trails. 2 miles. Dress for the weather.

Join Dr. Mark Swanson, OSU’s Starker Chair of Family Forestry for an insider’s guide to field research conducted at the world-famous McDonald and Dunn Forests and the Peavy Arboretum…

https://extension.oregonstate.edu/people/mark-swanson

https://cf.forestry.oregonstate.edu/our-forests/mcdonald-and-dunn-forests

Tour # 3

Starker Forests: Successful Reforestation
Thursday, June 19 • 1 – 4:30 PM

Meet at Philomath Scout Lodge.
Carpool for tours. Short walks. Dress for the weather.

Travel to the nearby Starker Forests properties with the company’s professional foresters to see recent plantings, site preparation, learn about tree selection and proper tree planting techniques, protecting trees, conducting inventories, and complying with Oregon’s reforestation rules.

https://starkerforests.com/

Tour # 5

Foraging Your Woodlands Walk
Thursday, June 19 • 1 PM - 4:30 PM

Meet at Philomath Scout Lodge.
Carpool for tours. Short walks. Dress for the weather.

Explore the Oregon State University Peavy Arboretum with local Extension Forester Lorelle Sherman. Summer is a season of abundance in our Oregon woodlands. From wild herbs and salad greens to berries and shoots and edible blossoms, this is an amazing time to learn about the diversity of wild foods around us. This hands-on workshop is designed for those who love exploring nature but are new to foraging. We will cover the core aspects of plant identification, ethical harvesting practices, and how to safely prepare your wild harvest. 

https://extension.oregonstate.edu/people/lorelle-sherman

https://cf.forestry.oregonstate.edu/our-forests/arboretum-facilities

Tour # 2

Wren Hill Lumber Company & Patrick Lumber Manufacturing Mill Tours
Thursday, June 19 • 7:30 AM – Noon.

This tour can be paired with Thursday afternoon tours.
Carpool from Philomath Scout Lodge. Wear closed-toed shoes or work boots.

The Patrick Lumber Manufacturing facility is a local resaw operation specializing in Oregon hardwoods and making a wide array of products for many different industries. Patrick Lumber is expanding into new markets and adding a new sawmill to their operation. Wren Hill Lumber Company opened in 2023 and is a fairly new arrival in the sawmill industry. They are installing a larger system to handle logs up to 31” diameter. They buy many conifer species.

https://www.patlbr.com/

https://www.wrenhilllumber.com