Are you a farmer or small woodland owner with Oregon Ash trees on your property? If so, Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is an invasive insect recently discovered in Oregon that you may want to learn how to identify. Join us for a 2-hour workshop where we will learn the biology and impacts of EAB in […]

The 1994 Northwest Forest Plan was heralded as the truce in the Timber Wars and was intended to bring peace to the war in the woods in the Pacific Northwest, home to cathedral ancient forests and the much-maligned northern spotted owl.  In some ways the Northwest Forest Plan succeeded, and in other ways it failed; […]

Foundations of Assisted Migration Assisted migration is emerging as a climate adaptation solution. This webinar will cover the basics of assisted migration, address concerns, and introduce an approach to research that investigates multiple facets of assisted migration. Presenters: Nicholas LaBonte, Eastern Region Andrew Bower, Office of Sustainability and Climate Alejandro Royo, Northern Research Station As […]

Mike Belfry has been a scaler and cruiser for over 35 years in the PNW. Most recently he was operations manager for the Pacific Log Scaling Bureau where he provided trained scalers for customer job sites. Before that position, Mike was National Forest Regional Measurement Specialist with the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. He also […]

We appear to have emerged from the long and heated debate about the fate of the oldest forests we have on public lands with a consensus that these should be protected because of their value for watershed function, biodiversity and long-term carbon stores.  The importance of those “public trust” values–in policy at any rate-- now […]

Selecting Sources for Assisted Migration Seed source selection is critical to the success of assisted migration. This panel discussion will cover new tools to help land managers select the tree species or genotypes to plant for assisted migration and raise challenges in this aspect of planning assisted migration. Presenters: Carolyn Pike, Eastern Region Anantha Prasad, […]

Celebrate National Forest Products Week with the SCIENCEx team and learn how agency scientists pioneer new and better uses — from skyscrapers to energy to plastics — for products from sustainably managed forests. Speakers: Ken Zwick: Introduction Nate Anderson: Interconnections in Forest Products Research Hongmei Gui: Life Cycle Assessments Moderator: Margaret Gregory SCIENCEx Webinar Series […]

Celebrate National Forest Products Week with the SCIENCEx team and learn how agency scientists pioneer new and better uses — from skyscrapers to energy to plastics — for products from sustainably managed forests. Speakers: Adam Senalik: Mass Timber Dave Nicholls: Bioenergy Grant Kirker: Wood Decking on Miliary Ships Moderator: Melissa Kunz SCIENCEx Webinar Series The […]

Celebrate National Forest Products Week with the SCIENCEx team and learn how agency scientists pioneer new and better uses — from skyscrapers to energy to plastics — for products from sustainably managed forests. Speakers: Carl Houtman: Nanocellulose Production Nicole Stark: Renewable Packaging from Nanocellulose Nayomi Plaza Rodriguez: Nanostructures and X-Ray Imaging Moderator: Dorothy Punderson SCIENCEx […]

Adrian Miller Senior Director Environmental Affairs - Weyerhaeuser Speaker Biography Adrian Miller currently serves as the Senior Director of Environmental Affairs at Weyerhaeuser where he is responsible for managing environmental regulatory risk for the US timberlands business. Prior to joining Weyerhaeuser, Miller served as the Director of Public Affairs for Rayonier where he was responsible […]

Join FHS Historian Jamie Lewis as he engages in Conversations in Forest History with leading historians, artists, researchers, policy makers, and newsmakers as they apply their historical knowledge to current topics. Each conversation opens with a short presentation before Jamie and his guest take questions from the audience. Topics include the decline of the majestic American […]

Celebrate National Forest Products Week with the SCIENCEx team and learn how agency scientists pioneer new and better uses — from skyscrapers to energy to plastics — for products from sustainably managed forests. Speakers: Consuelo Brandeis: Wood Pellets in Bioenergy William Gould: Salvaged Wood Products Andrew Groover: Tree Genetics and Forest Products Moderator: Cherie Fisher […]

Operationalizing Assisted Migration Putting plans into practice often comes results in unexpected challenges and circumstances. This set of presentations will showcase real examples of implementing assisted migration under a variety of circumstances, covering what needed to be considered and what was learned in the process. Presenters: Bryce Adams, Northern Research Station Marcella Windmuller-Campione, University of […]

Forest lands in the United States are owned primarily by private forest landowners who have a wide variety of forest management objectives and reasons for owning forests. Mature and old growth forests can be rare in the parts of the nation, yet some private landowners may wish to manage for this forest type. In this talk, Heather […]