Events

For the Portland SAF Chapter's November meeting, Paul Anderson, station director of the USDA Forest Service PNW Research Station will give a talk title  "Forest Service Research: Informing natural resources management and policy." All foresters and their guests are invited regardless of SAF membership! Program agenda: 5:30 p.m. social time, 6:00 p.m. dinner ($20), 6:30 […]

For North Puget Sound's November chapter meeting, our guest speaker is Susan Prichard, research scientist at the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington. Susan will share a presentation from her recent publication on climate change adaptation for western forests. You can read her comments confronting misinformation about the need for forest thinning […]

For the Umpqua SAF Chapter's November meeting, join us for a panel discussion on log marketing and buying. The panelists are Ryan Bronson, timber manager with C & D Lumber, Dave Sutton, marketing manager with Lone Rock Timber, and Toby Mills, log buyer with Swanson Group. There is an in-person and virtual option available for […]

South Puget Sound's monthly chapter meeting will feature some upfront news at the chapter level followed by a talk by Cam Brown about using LiDAR to manage forests. Cam Brown is a professional forester from British Columbia and a partner at Forsite Consulting. He earned a MSc in Forest Engineering at Oregon State University. CFE […]

For the December meeting, past OSWA Executive Director, Jim James, who will provide an overview and update of the Private Forest Accord. The Private Forest Accord is an agreement between forest entities and conservation groups, who have been working to find common ground and negotiate proposed changes to the Forest Practices Act since early 2020. Jim […]

For the Southwest SAF Chapter’s December meeting, Sen John Braun will provide an update on issues before the state legislature, including those of interest to foresters. Senator John Braun was first elected to the Washington State Senate in 2012 to represent Southwest Washington’s 20th Legislative District, which includes most of Cowlitz and Lewis counties along with parts […]

The Capitol SAF Chapter meeting features Jeff Mehlschau, Weyerhaeuser Western Regeneration Team Lead, who will discuss the demand for seedlings post-fire, what nurseries are doing to accommodate the demand, and what the future looks like for regeneration. To receive the Zoom link for this meeting, email jenniffer.bakke at gmail.com.

This year Alaska SAF is launching a brand-new speaker series. The first presenter is Justin Crotteau, a research forester for the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. While currently based out of Missoula, Montana, he spent 2018-2019 in Juneau, Alaska, studying young growth with the Pacific Northwest Research Station. He investigates forest structural and […]