This year Alaska SAF is launching a brand-new speaker series. For March's presentation, Glenn Juday will speak on fine-scale boreal forest changes observed at the Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest over the past half century. Juday is a faculty member with the University of Alaska Fairbanks. CFEs will be available. Register in advance for this meeting: […]

For this months' chapter meeting, John Guetterman will present “Using LiDAR in BLM Forest Management.”  BLM uses a variety of LiDAR products as it manages public land forest resources.  Using simple hillshades as an aid in navigation, mapping stream locations, modeling forest stand metrics, and modeling individual tree metrics are just a few of the examples […]

For March's meeting, Amanda Sullivan-Astor, the forest policy manager of Associated Oregon Loggers, will report on the many bills passed in the 2022 Legislative Session, which affect the forestry sector. She will also share what is happening at the Board of Forestry and at the federal level. Amanda is also the OSAF Member-at-Large and a […]

This month's meeting features Demetrios Gatziolis, a research forester with the USDA Forest Service PNW Research Station. Demetrios’ presentation will describe the various types of point clouds that are collected, extracted, or synthesized via laser scanning, photogrammetry, and structure from motion. He will discuss how relevant technologies have evolved recently, and offer suggestions on how […]

This month’s meeting features Cal Mukomoto, the Oregon State Forester. Mukomoto will provide a brief overview of significant issues facing the Oregon Department of Forestry, such as wildfire preparedness and financing, Oregon SB 762, Climate Change, implementation of the Private Forest Accord, development of a Habitat Conservation Plan for State Forest lands, and finally, shared […]

The Blue Mountain SAF Chapter is resuming our monthly meetings now that fall arrived. For the September meeting we will meet on Wednesday, September 28, 5:30 p.m. at Tap That Growlers (1104 Adams Ave, La Grande, OR 97850) Agenda Welcome; Introductions Treasurers Report OSAF Update SAF National Convention Recap How was your summer? NW Active […]

Getting the most out of every log. That saying has long been the mantra of the forest products industry. Given high log costs and low sales margins on lumber, much of the past innovation in the industry has been driven by the need to maximize recovery. And of course, those pressures have not gone away. […]

Now that we are officially in the fall, Marys Peak Chapter will the meeting season with a MPSAF Social. The social is scheduled for October 19 at 5:30 p.m. at the Block 15 Taphouse in South Corvallis. Students from the OSU SAF chapter are also invited! While the intention of this meeting is to bring […]

For the Blue Mountain SAF Chapter's December meeting, John Rizza, NE OR Regional Fire Specialist – OSU Ext., will present on a project that he and other colleagues have been working on in Grant County. This project includes an assessment of 45,000 acres of private lands using an approach that will yield rapid results and […]