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Solar Kiln Project

This past winter a mobile solar kiln for drying lumber was brought to Clackamas County to demonstrate how it works and to evaluate its effectiveness in our climate. The kiln was designed by Extension faculty at Oregon State University in Corvallis twelve years ago. Extensive restoration and redesign was done with the help of local forest owners in Clackamas County.

Learn about the solar kiln and the effort to bring it here to Clackamas County by clicking kiln.

Scott Leavengood, Director of OSU's Wood Innovation Center (OWIC) in Corvallis, has posted a slide show about the restoration project on his OWIC website (http://owic.oregonstate.edu/solarkiln). Also, he is posting data being collected as experience is gained drying lumber in various locations around the state. Check this site out for the latest information.

Lastest Dwarf Mistletoe Information

Dwarf Mistletoe is a disease agent attaching western hemlock forests in the Pacific Northwest. The pest causes growth loss in trees, branch and stem deformation.

Dave Shaw, Extension's Forest Health Specialist, is one of several researchers investigating Dwarf Mistletoe and its impact on tree health, vigor and growth. See his latest research published in an article published in the Canadian Journal of Forest Research titled: Basal Area Growth Impacts of Dwarf Mistletoe on Western Hemlock in an Old-Growth Forest.

Oregon Forest Industry Directory

This unique searchable database brings together those who have wood to sell with those wanting to buy products. The goal of the Directory is connect the broad array of interests within the Oregon forest products sector of the economy. The Directory was developed by OSU Extension in cooperation with the Oregon Small Woodlands Association and the Northwest Wood Products Association.

Looking for logs, have logs for sale, posts/poles, cabinet shops, lumber, beams, timbers, furniture makers, plywood manufactures, portable sawyers, special forest products...and on and on. It's all here names, contact information. Sort by species of interest.

Go to:http://www.orforestdirectory.com/