The Woodland Compass

Welcome to the Woodland Compass, the OSU Extension electronic newsletter for landowners in Benton, Linn and Polk Counties.  The Compass will be posted here and sent out by email every two months with news and information to help landowners take care of and enjoy their woodland properties.  Electronic announcements of upcoming events will be distributed through the Needle to help keep you informed about local workshops, tours or other happenings. 

With the Compass and Needle, we hope to be able to bring you more-focused, detailed and timely information on the art and science of woodland management, with more photos and links than in print formats.

To receive the Compass and Needle delivered to your inbox, contact Jody with your name, email, and physical mailing address & phone (to help keep email lists current). 

Current Issue:

  • May/June 2013

          Happy Spring, or is it summer already? 

          Keep Up on Your Fire-prevention Maintenance

          Stressed and Dying Conifers - another year for “Valley Crud”

          The Value of Dead Wood- an anecdote and photo contest

          Bugs, the Good and Bad (Dead Wood Revisited)

          Extension FNR newspaper articles for June 2013

Archives:

  • March/April 2013

          Forest Restoration …in Thailand

          Nature’s Timing

          “Is SNC Hurting me?”

          In the News

          Extension FNR newspaper articles March/April 2013

  • January/February 2013

          Welcome & Introduction

          Forestry and Woodland Resources for Benton, Linn, and Polk Counties

          Growing a New Forest

          Experiments by Design

          Leadership Transition and other News from the Board of Forestry

          Extension FNS newspaper articles Jan/Feb 2013