Forest Operations, planning, organizing and executing silvicultural and access activities; enhancing supply chain efficiency.

Our Mission

Developing, communicating and teaching the science, knowledge and engineering necessary for the sustainable management of forest, land and water resources that will achieve economic, environmental and social objectives.

Silviculture and Stand Disturbances

Application of silviculture and vegetation management to achieve management objectives (from restoration to intensive timber production); fire, fire ecology and fire management.

Water and Watersheds

Understanding watershed processes in forested ecosystems and the impacts of management activities on these processes.

Forest Mensuration and Models

Modeling tree and stand development; forest data sampling and monitoring methods; mapping and data management technologies.

Forestry Economics

Analyzing trade-offs in the forest and resource policy decision process; environmental and resource law; analysis of markets for ecosystem services and products.

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Our department comprises a unique group of specialists in forest management, engineering, biometrics, hydrology, forest health, and silviculture working to support decisions for sustainable forests. Our teaching and research emphasize all aspects of active forest management and restoration from regeneration through harvest for multiple land use objectives, including wood production and management for values other than wood.

FERM News

The Million Tree Project

April 2011

Robin Rose, Professor in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University discusses the Million Tree Project. Video shows the Shanghai organization "Roots & Shoots" planting trees in Inner Mongolia, China.

Additional Information:

http://vimeo.com/24552737

New Graduate Program

The Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) graduate program emphasizes the conservation of forest-dominated landscapes to meet a defined set of ecological, economic and social criteria over long time frames. The program follows the sustainable principles outlined by the Montreal Process Criteria and Indicators. These principles have been adopted by the State of Oregon.

Event Calendar

27Jun2013

HJA Day at the Andrews Forest

HJA Day is the annual field gathering at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest. Activities will include field trips to sites in the Andrews Forest and presentations from researchers,…

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