| The
Extension Forest and Natural Resources Program in central Oregon
provides objective, research-based information and educational
opportunities for woodland owners, industrial forest owners, logging
operators and natural resource professionals, and the public through
classes, seminars, field trips, and demonstrations.
I offer
programs related to forest regeneration, vegetation management,
thinning and stand management, silviculture systems, timber harvesting
methodology and technology, urban and community forestry and tree
care, and insect and disease management. A great deal of my work
recently has been in the arena of wildland fire and fuel reduction
strategies.
We develop
and provide educational materials through many topic-oriented
publications, videos and websites. In addition, I conduct on-the-ground
field research in the dry forests of central and eastern Oregon.
Current studies include investigating old-growth ponderosa pine
management, response of second-growth ponderossa pine (80 years
old) forests to various silvicultural practices, reforestation
and vegetation control following wildfire and salvaging logging,
and several other studies.
The main
goal of my program is to improve the stewardship of forest and
watershed resources to meet societal and landowner objectives,
now and in the future, and to develop new knowledge through applied
research to help land managers better manage all forest resources.
Stephen
A. Fitzgerald
Silviculture
& Wildland Fire Education Specialist
Oregon
State University Extension Service |
Holiday Tree Permits can be purchased this year at the following locations:
Bend: Deschutes National Forest Supervisor’s Office, Bend/Fort Rock Ranger
Station, G. I. Joe's, Butler Market South, and the Bend Convention and Visitor
Bureau
Camp Sherman: Camp Sherman Store (open only on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday)
Crescent: Crescent Ranger Station
La Pine: Quick Stop Market
Madras: Crooked River National Grassland office and Madras Bi-Mart
Paulina: Rager Ranger Station/Paulina Ranger District, and the Paulina Store
Prineville: Ochoco National Forest Supervisor's Office, Prineville BLM, and R&R
Grocery
Redmond: Redmond Air Center administration office
Sisters: Sisters Ranger Station, Lutton's Ace Hardware, Sister’s Main Line
Station, and The Hitchin’ Post
Terrebonne: Terrebonne True Value
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