Upcoming Forestry & Natural Resource events in & around Benton, Linn, & Polk Counties

Starker Lecture Series "Forest Biomass: Energy & Beyond"

The Starker Lecture Series schedule for 2013 will focus on the topic of Forest Biomass. These lectures are held on the OSU campus and are free and open to the public. They are also available to view via videostreaming.

May 30: Capstone Field Trip a Tour of "Forest Biomass - From the Ground Up" Registration required deadline May 17 or until seats are filled. To register

For more information, visit the Starker Lecture Series website

Ties to the Land

Keeping Family Forests and Farms in the Family a workshop sponsored by the Women Owning Woodlands Network and Oregon State University. http://tiestotheland.org/

Date: May 18th

Location: West Salem, Oregon

Time: 9am - 4 pm

Cost: $35 per person / $ 10 per additional family member

For more information and to register email Anne Walton, WOWnet Program Assistant or 503-589-1412, cell/text 503-508-4496

Twilight Tour

Linn County Small Woodlands Association is hosting a twilight tour in the Scio area. The theme will be bucking and grading logs. The plan is to have logs to buck and grade on the landing close to Scio. Aaron White will be our logger and lugging the chain saw, John West, a Columbia Bureau Scaler, will join us to explain how he would apply the Bureau Scaling Rules to the logs Aaron has rolled out on the landing. We hope you will take this opportunity to learn to make better marketing and/or bucking decisions and better understand how scaling rules work.

Date: Tuesday May 21st

Location: Meet at the Scio Odd Fellows Hall, on the east side of Highway 226 (South Main Street), across the street from Clevenger’s gas station. We will car pool from there

Time: 4 - 8 PM

Bring a sack lunch. Beverages provided by LCSWA

Call or email Dave Bateman 503.394.2051, if you have questions.

Jefferson Farm Oak RestorationTours

Restored Oak Savanna and Wildflower Tour, www.heritageseedlings.com Stewardship Page.
Lynda Boyer, restoration biologist and native Seed Manager for Heritage Seedlings, will lead the of the incredible 200 private land site site near Jefferson, OR. Bring your camera, field guide, binoculars and lunch (outhouses, drinking water, and fruit provided).

Date & Time: June 1st, Saturday 9-1 pm OR June 4^th, Tuesday 9-1 pm

There is no attendance limit but please RSVP to lboyer@heritageseedlings.com

Directions: to Jefferson Farm – Main Gate {follow the tour signs from there} 11782 Jefferson Hwy/99E, Jefferson, OR 97352. I-5 North or South, Take exit #244 (N. Jefferson), Head south on Jefferson road, Go about ¾ mile to green farm gate on left (flagged), [Farm gate is just before mp1 and if you see Steiwer Lane on the left you have gone too far], Follow the signs for parking

Integrated Pest Management for Christmas Trees

This workshop is appropriate for growers who manage Christmas tree operations of any size who want to better understand the insect and disease problems on their farm and expand their toolbox for dealing with these problems.

Date: Monday, June 3rd, 2013,

Time: 8:30 am – 4:15 pm

Location: North Willamette Research and Experiment Station

15210 NE Miley Road, Aurora, OR

Cost: $60 includes one copy of the full-color diagnostic guide “Identifying and Managing Christmas Tree Diseases, Pests and Other Disorders” published by OSU Extension Service. Participants that already have a copy of the guide may register at the reduced rate of $30.

To register: Online at this link: https://secure.oregonstate.edu/osuext/register/578

OR mail your check payable to OSU Extension Service, by May 20, 2013 to:

OSU Extension Service – IPM Workshop, 200 Warner Milne Rd, Oregon City, OR 97045

Wildlife in Managed Forests Tour - Interactions of Silviculture & Habitat

The tour will visit managed forests of a wide range of ages to illustrate how management with a primary purpose of growing timber can also be very pro-active toward wildlife.

Date: June 6, 2013

Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Location: Begin & end at the Benton County Fairgrounds, 110 SW 53rd St, Corvallis

Cost: Free, but registration limited. Includes transportation and lunch

Flyer for more information, to register contact Mike Cloughesy

Celebrate National Get Outdoors Day at McDonald Forest

"Discover the forest in your backyard" Focus on families and first time forest visitors. Guided hikes (English/Spanish), fishing for kids 12 & under, pictures with Smokey Bear, learning stations about trees, wildlife, forest ecology, & outdoor skills.

Free and open to the public

Date: Saturday June 8, 2013

Time: 10 am to 3 pm

Location: Peavy Arboretum at McDonald Forest

For further information call the OSU Extension Benton County office 541-766-6750