Educational Programs

1.  Classes and Programs held through the year.  Please register by calling Holly at 541-672-4461 or email to: holly.burton@oregonstate.edu .  Please check our online Calendar of Events for more information about upcoming classes. 

2.  Tree School Umpqua  -  March 29, 2012 was a great success!   (To receive the next Tree School Umpqua brochure when available in February, 2013, please email your mailing address to steve.bowers@oregonstate.edu  ) 

Tree School is coming back to Douglas County and Roseburg Oregon!  

This annual summer event in SW Oregon is a one-day mini-college for family forestland owners, foresters, loggers, arborists, teachers and the public. Classes typically include vegetation management and reforestration, riparian planting and silviculture, insects and diseases of conifers and hardwoods, thinning, small scale logging, wildfire, hydrogeology and water regulations, soils, forest protection rules, tree identification, Christmas tree management, certification and sustainability, and cruising, falling, bucking, and scaling timber. 

3.  Douglas County School Forestry Tour (Glide School Forestry Tour) 

May 8 thru 11, 2012   (Tuesday thru Friday)

This Tour has been held annually for more than 50 years at the Douglas County Glide Educational Forest. It is an outdoor educational program for Douglas County fifth-grade students. Students spend a day in the woods learning about archaeology, fisheries, fire management, forest management, forest products, tree identification and wildlife. Volunteer instructors from natural resource agencies, private industry, and non-profit organizations make the event possible by donating their time and sharing their expertise with the students.

• Information for Teachers bringing students to the Tour
• Information for Volunteer Tour Instructors

4.  Master Woodland Manager Volunteer Program

Master Woodland Manager Training on the Horizon

Interested in becoming a Master Woodland Manager in Douglas County? Call for details at 541-672-4461 (or 1-800-883-7568 in Douglas County). Or email Steve Bowers at: steve.bowers@oregonstate.edu

 For more information, visit the statewide Master Woodland Manager website.

5.  Additional Articles of interest below

• Managing Stand Density Symposium Proceedings - March 16-17, 2005

Last Update:  05/02/2012

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