Forest Health in Oregon

Forest Health in Oregon: State of the State 2020

The Forest Health in Oregon: State of the State 2020 conference will be held February 26-27 at the LaSells Stewart Center on the campus of Oregon State University. Geared to foresters, forest managers, woodland owners, students, and others with an interest in forest health, the conference will provide a blend of current state of the science information and practical applications on how to manage a healthy forest. Sessions at this year's conference include: Insects, Pathogens, & Invasive Species; Wildlife & Ecosystem Services; Fire; Silviculture, Forest Health, & Operations; Collaboratives & Partnerships; and Drought & Weather.

 

Registration

  • Early-Bird Registration: $150 (deadline February 18)
  • Regular Registration: $200 (begins February 19)
  • One-day registration: $125

On-site registration will be available. Standard Registration includes morning refreshments, lunch, AM/PM breaks, and all conference-related materials.

  • Student Registration: Student registration is free with a current, valid ID. Students can attend as many or as few sessions as they would like. Student registration includes all conference-related materials, but does not include food.

Cancellation requests must be made in writing to conferences@oregonstate.edu two (2) weeks prior to the start of the conference. Cancellation requests received by that time will receive a refund of registration fees minus a $50.00 administrative fee. Substitutions may be allowed. Please contact the conference organizers for approval.

 

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Program Agenda (PDF)

Additional Information

LOCATION
The LaSells Stewart Center
875 SW 26th Street
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-3101
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Special Report

January 2020 USDA Forest Service and Oregon Department of Forestry: Forest Health Highlights in Oregon - 2019  (26 MB)

 

PROGRAM AGENDA

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26th

7:30 – 8:15 am                 Registration opens and refreshments available in the Giustina Gallery

 

8:15 – 8:30 am                 Welcome and opening remarks    

                                        Dave Shaw; Professor and Extension Specialist, Oregon State University FNR Extension and College of Forestry

 

8:30 – 9:30 am                 Keynote: Fire, soils, and forest health   MOV Presentation  (146 MB)   

                                        Tom DeLuca; Dean and Professor, University of Montana W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation

                       

9:30– 10:00 am                Networking Break

 

 

Session 1: Tree Mortality, Drought, Weather, and Climate

Moderator: Jim Johnson; Professor and Senior Associate Dean, and Forestry & Natural Resources Extension Program Leader,

Oregon State University College of Forestry                       

 

10:00 – 10:30 am             Tree mortality in Oregon     PDF Presentation  (44 MB)

                                         Dave Bell; Research Forester, USFS PNW Research Station

                                         Andrew Gray; Research Ecologist USFS PNW Research Station

 

10:30 – 11:00 am             Snowdown and other weather events in 2018 and 2019     PDF Presentation  (186 MB)

                                         Danny Norlander; Aerial Survey Specialist, Oregon Department of Forestry    

 

11:00 – 11:30 am             Climate-induced tree growth decline and mortality in Oregon     PDF Presentation  (48 MB)

                                        Henry Lee; Research Statistician, Environmental Protection Agency   

 

11:30 am – 12:00 pm       Climate change predictions for vegetation in Oregon     PDF Presentation  (62 MB)

                                        Dominique Bachelet; Associate Professor, Oregon State University College of Agricultural Sciences

                                            

 

12:00 – 1:00 pm               Lunch

 

 

Session 2: Current Status of Insects and Disease

Moderator: Mike Cloughesy; Director of Forestry, Oregon Forest Resources Institute

 

1:00 – 1:30 pm                 2019 Forest insect trends     PDF Presentation  (23 MB)

                                         Christine Buhl; Forest Entomologist, Oregon Department of Forestry    

 

1:30 – 2:00 pm                 Forest pathogens and sudden oak death     PDF Presentation  (88 MB)

                                        Sarah Navarro; Forest Pathologist, Oregon Department of Forestry    

 

2:00 – 2:20 pm                 Declining bigleaf maples in Oregon – what’s going on?     PDF Presentation  (55  MB)    

                                         Beth Willhite; Entomologist, USFS Westside Forest Insect and Disease Service Center

 

2:20 – 2:50 pm                 Detection and mitigation of new exotic insect species in Oregon’s forests     PDF Presentation  (49 MB)

                                        Wyatt Williams; Invasive Species Specialist, Oregon Department of Forestry

 

2:50 – 3:00 pm                 Break

 

 

Session 3: Biodiversity and Forest Health

Moderator: Lauren Grand; Lane County Extension Agent, Oregon State University Forestry & Natural Resources Extension

 

3:00 – 3:30 pm                 Early seral plantation forests: biodiversity and ecosystem functions     PDF Presentation  (12 MB)

                                         Scott Harris; Graduate Student, Oregon State University College of Forestry

 

3:30 – 4:00 pm                 Evaluating the potential for intensively managed conifer forests to promote insect pollinators

                                         Jim Rivers; Assistant Professor, Oregon State University College of Forestry

 

4:00 – 4:30 pm                 Tree mortality: the wildlife perspective     PDF Presentation  (30 MB)

                                         Joan Hagar; Research Wildlife Biologist, USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center

 

4:30 – 4:45 pm                 Concluding remarks

                                        Mike Cloughesy; Director of Forestry, Oregon Forest Resources Institute

 

 

 

 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27th

7:30 – 8:20 am                 Refreshments available in the Giustina Gallery

 

8:20 – 8:30 am                 Opening remarks

                                        Dave Shaw; Professor and Extension Specialist, Oregon State University FNR Extension and College of Forestry

 

 

Session 4: Collaboratives and Forest Health in Oregon        

Moderator: Emily Jane Davis; Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Oregon State University College of Forestry

        

8:30 – 8:45 am                 An overview of collaboration and partnership approaches to forest health     PDF Presentation  (271 MB)

                                        Emily Jane Davis; Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Oregon State University College of Forestry

 

8:45 – 9:00 am                 The use of scientific information in forest collaborative processes     PDF Presentation  (189 MB)

                                         Trent Seager; Senior Forest Scientist, Sustainable Northwest

 

9:00 – 9:15 am                 Case study of the Southern Willamette Forest Collaborative     PDF Presentation  (155 MB)

                                        Sarah Altmeus-Pope; Coordinator & Facilitator, Southern Willamette Forest Collaborative

 

9:15 – 9:30 am                 Large landscape projects of the Klamath-Lake Forest Health Partnership     PDF Presentation  (12 MB)

                                        Daniel Leavell; Extension Agent, Oregon State University Forestry & Natural Resources Extension

 

9:30 – 10:00 am               Panel discussion

 

10:00 – 10:30 am             Networking Break

 

 

Session 5: Silviculture, Forest Operations, and Forest Health

Moderator: Brad Withrow-Robinson; Extension Agent for Linn, Benton, and Polk Counties, Oregon State University Forestry & Natural Resources Extension

 

10:30 – 11:00 am             Silviculture for swiss needle cast     PDF Presentation  (9 MB)

                                        Gabriela Ritokova; Faculty Research Assistant and Assistant Director of Swiss Needle  Cast Collective,

                                        Oregon State University College of Forestry

 

11:00 – 11:30 am             Silviculture and forest health, an industry perspective     PDF Presentation  (50 MB)

                                        Florian Deisenhofer; Silviculture Manager, Hancock Forest Management

 

11:30 am – 12:00 pm       Modern forest operations: a forest and human health perspective     PDF Presentation  (16 MB)

                                        Francisca Belart; Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Oregon State University College of Forestry

 

12:00 – 1:00 pm               Lunch

 

 

Session 6: Fire in Oregon

Moderator: Janean Creighton; Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Oregon State University College of Forestry

and Northwest Fire Science Consortium Administrative Director

 

1:00 – 1:30 pm                 Recent Oregon fires and a glance at NFDRS seasonal indicators     PDF Presentation  (16 MB)

                                         Teresa Alcock; Protection Program Analyst, Oregon Department of Forestry

 

1:30 – 2:00 pm                The climax lodgepole pine forests of South-Central Oregon: bark beetles, dwarf mistletoe, fuels, and fire    

                                   PDF Presentation  (23 MB) 

                                        Dave Shaw; Professor and Extension Specialist, Oregon State University FNR Extension and College of Forestry            

 

2:00 – 2:30 pm                 Fire refugia: what are they, where are they, and why do they matter?     PDF Presentation  (40 MB)

                                        Meg Krawchuk; Assistant Professor, Oregon State University College of Forestry   

 

2:30 – 2:45 pm                 Break

 

2:45 – 3:15 pm                 Dry forest resistance, gone but not forgotten: an ecological perspective on living with fire     PDF Presentation  (41 MB)

                                        Andrew Merschel; Graduate Student, Oregon State University College of Forestry

           

3:15 – 3:45 pm                 Wildfire moneyball: analytics for the new normal     PDF Presentation  (112 MB)

                                         Chris Dunn; Research Associate, Oregon State University College of Forestry

 

3:45 – 4:00 pm                 Closing remarks

                                        Dave Shaw; Professor and Extension Specialist, Oregon State University FNR Extensio and College of Forestry

 

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

The 2020 Forest Health in Oregon conference has been certified for 12.0 Category 1 CEUs by the Society of American Foresters (SAF).

 

ACCOMMODATIONS
Several hotels are available in Corvallis. For a list, please visit the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce website. The Hilton Garden Inn (541-752-5000) is within walking distance to the LaSells Stewart Center. Parking is free in the hotel lot for registered guests.

 

PARKING AT OSU:

  • Visitor permits are required Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 5:00pm.
  • Visitor permits are $10 per day. Visitor permits must be displayed on the dash of your vehicle at all times.  If the permit is not displayed you may receive a parking violation.
  • It is recommended that permits be purchased online prior to your arrival.  There are kiosks located in each of the visitor parking lots to purchase a permit on site, if needed.
  • To purchase a permit online go to http://parking.oregonstate.edu/visitor

The best visitor parking is located in the Reser Stadium Parking lot on the corner of 26th and Western Boulevard (across from the LaSells Stewart Center) and in the Parking Garage on floors 1-4 located at 26th and Washington Way.

 

CONTACT US
Program questions: Dave Shaw, OSU College of Forestry, 541-737-2845, dave.shaw@oregonstate.edu.
Registration questions: Shannon Murray, OSU College of Forestry Continuing & Professional Education, 541-737-3740, shannon.murray@oregonstate.edu.

 

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