Educational Programs
- Diamond to Dust - Oct 15, 2009 - 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM - Roseburg, Oregon
- Forest Health & Ecology Field Trip
- 8:00 AM meet at Douglas County Library parking lot
- Cost: Free (BYO lunch or purchase lunch at Diamond Lake Lodge)
- Pre-register with Holly at 672-4461 or
- Tree species, selection, & spacing: Time for a Change? - Nov 14, 2009 - 9am-1pm - Glide Educational Forest, Glide, Oregon.
- Firewood: How, When, & Where - Dec 5, 2009 - details TBA.
- Climate Masters - Roseburg, Oregon - Jan 5-March 9, 2010
2. Tree School Umpqua, Thursday, March 25, 2010
Tree School is coming back to Douglas County!
Location: 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
Tuesday, May 11 to Friday, May 14, 2010 (9 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
This Tour has been held annually for more than 40 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.
4. Basic Forestry Short Course
An integrated series of classes covering tree biology and ecology, silviculture, reforestation, forest protection, mapping and measurements, timber marketing, harvesting, forest business management, watershed systems, and wildlife. Please contact Steve Bowers if you're interested in this series (E-mail: Steve Bowers)
5. Resource Management Planning Course
A well-written management plan can be extremely valuable! Contact us to find out about our next step-by-step planning series. This is an advanced course; we recommend you complete the Basic Forestry Short Course first. For more information, phone Steve Bowers at 541-672-4461 or 1-800-883-7568, or (E-mail: Steve Bowers) .
6. Master Woodland Manager Volunteer Program
For more information, visit the statewide Master Woodland Manager website.
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).
Managing Stand Density Symposium Proceedings - March 16-17, 2005
Last Update: 10/14/2009
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