Events

After a successful debut as a virtual summit in 2021, Northwest Innovative Forestry Summit is returning in 2022 — this time in person — at the University of Washington’s Pack Forest! The Pacific Northwest region benefits from a long, deep, and often underappreciated history of experimentation and innovation in its forest sector. Current challenges call […]

Emerald Ash Borer Has Been Found in the Pacific Northwest, and it’s bad news for ash trees.  Emerald ash borer is an invasive beetle that became established in the U.S. in the early 2000s near Detroit, MI.  It has since killed hundreds of millions of ash trees in the eastern U.S. in Canada and is […]

This year, the Symposium will be held in the fall—a new time for us—at the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House on the UW Seattle campus, with options to attend in-person or online. This year’s program aims to bridge the gap between tribal practices and local government, fostering the kinds of partnerships that can interweave community, access, […]

Plans are in the works for a Tree School Field Day at Hopkins Demonstration Forest this fall! Learning opportunities will include field classes, demonstrations and hands-on activities. The wide variety of forest types and forest management demonstration areas across the 140 acres at Hopkins provide diverse educational opportunities. Likely topics include: young stand thinning and […]

Registration is now open for the 2022 OFIC Annual Meeting on October 9-11 at the Sunriver Resort in Sunriver, Oregon. To view program highlights and register for the event - online this year - please visit this link (be sure to select a dinner option for Monday night under add-ons). As usual, OFIC has held a […]

Many science topics are increasingly difficult to discuss due to rising polarization. Opinions on climate change, vaccine use, and more may be aligned with identities and values that are hard to work through, particularly when your own values may be different from, or even conflict with, those of your audience. During this 3-hour virtual workshop, […]

Wildfires in the western United States are becoming more frequent and more damaging to affected communities. Increased damages due to wildfire owe in part to a growing number of homes, businesses, and other structures in wildfires’ paths. The past several decades have seen a large increase in the number of US homes in areas known […]

Researchers from the disciplines of structural engineering, architecture and wood science discuss current mass timber research activities. Hosted in Corvallis, OR, at Oregon state University (OSU), the 2022 TDI Mass Timber Research Symposium is a half-day event dedicated to sharing the breadth of mass timber research projects and faculty expertise coming from TDI's faculty collaborators […]