College of Forestry - Oregon State University

Return on Investment
Management received a $65,000
grant from OSU Extended Campus to
develop online delivery. The program
is to be offered through ECampus in
winter term, 2007.
l The CoF continued to engage with
Eastern Oregon University personnel
to extend the Natural Resources
degree program to that campus.
l The Departments of Forest Engineering
and Forest Science supported
the implementation of the new OSU
graduate program in Water Resources,
which offers five new degree options.
Initial students were accepted
for advising by CoF faculty.
l New partnerships with Tripod Data
Systems (TDS) and PPI (formerly
Portland Precision Instrument & Repair
Co) have resulted in donation and
reduced cost purchase of about $80,000
of new high order surveying and mapping
equipment and software that will
benefit surveying instruction for CoF
students. As part of the partnership,
TDS and PPI staff will assist in student
training and classroom instruction.
l The partnership with Weyerhaeuser
and Chemeketa Community College
for the Latinos in Forestry program
was strengthened.
l The management plan for the Mc-
Donald Dunn Research Forest was
revised to enhance the value of the
forest as a field laboratory for teaching,
research, and demonstration.
l Over 600 graduate and undergraduate
students benefit from the biological,
social, technological, engineering,
and environmental research carried
out by FRL scientists.
Cooperating with Stakeholders
l James E. Johnson, silviculturist,
expert in ecological restoration, and
award-winning Extension specialist,
was appointed Associate Dean for
Extended Education and Extension
Program Leader in the CoF.
l The Northwest Tree Improvement
Cooperative (NWTIC, FS) began
40 years ago as a joint venture of the
Industrial Forestry Association and
the USFS, Pacific Northwest Research
Station. Now led by Keith Jayawickrama,
the NWTIC is the largest
cooperative in the Forest Science Department
(26 members) and has just
begun work on the third generation
of Douglas-fir breeding and testing.
l Scott Leavengood (WSE) and Jim
Reeb (WSE) cotaught several courses
at the Clackamas County Tree School
in March 2006. Attendance had to
be capped at over 40 participants for
a milling and drying workshop and
hands-on mill demonstration.
l John Simonsen (WSE) has been collaborating
with a firm in Arizona to
develop a nanocrystalline cellulosebased
barrier film for fabrics that
can protect against chemical agents.
A joint patent application is in the
works with a promising potential for
commercialization.
l The Wood Utility Pole Research Cooperative
expanded its membership
to 17 members. This Cooperative is
uniquely focused on the science and
technology of protecting and managing
the wood pole resource, while
ensuring a healthy market for Oregon
pole timber.
l WSE faculty successfully conducted
the OREGON WOOD MAGIC
program in Richardson Hall for
over 1400 3 rd and 4 th grade students,
teachers, and chaperones in October
2005. This program, which exposes
students to the wonders of wood and
its roles in their lives, is supported by
the Oregon Forest Resources Institute
and by over 90 volunteers.
l A new OREGON WOOD MAGIC
ROADSHOW conducted 187 in-class
programs around the state to over
5700 elementary school students in
the 2006 academic year. A full-time
educator has been hired with support
from the Oregon Forest Resources
Institute to deliver this program. The
ROAD SHOW will visit over 300
classes next year.
l WSE faculty developed and managed
a 3-day“Wood Fest” at the World Forestry
Center in Portland in April. This
new event included a public Wood
Fair with educational and art displays,
a continuing education program for
architects, and a version of Wood
Magic designed for Portland-area 3 rd
and 4 th grade students. Eric Hansen
and graduate student Chris Knowles
led the program, which was funded by
the Oregon Forest Resources Institute
and supported by multiple industry
and other stakeholders.
1973
The Forest Engineering
Institute is
initiated.
1975
Forest Engineering
Department awards
first Ph.D.
1976
Forest Science Department is established.
Moon tree is planted, east side of Peavy.
Beuter report is released.
1978
Forestry Intensified
Research (FIR) Program
begins.