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Measuring Your Trees

OSU Extension Catalog

Procedures outlined in this publication show how to estimate standing volume and annual growth of individual timber stands that are relatively uniform in species, age, size, and density. Estimates of volume and growth are helpful in planning when to harvest or how much to remove in a thinning...

Fire FAQs—What is forest fuel, and what are fuel treatments?

OSU Extension Catalog

Forest fuel is combustible biomass—everything from needles and twigs to shrubs, downed trees, and logs. Wildland fire managers reduce and rearrange fuel to reduce the probability of forest fires. Fuel treatments include thinning, prescribed burning, pruning, and mowing. A combination of treatments...

By Dan Leavell, Stephen Fitzgerald, Carrie Berger

Reducing Hazardous Fuels on Woodland Property: Disposing of Woody Material

OSU Extension Catalog

Tells various ways to use and dispose of woody material left after a thinning or harvest on forest land. Uses include sawlogs, posts and poles, firewood, and biomass fuel. Describes slash-disposal options: cut and scatter, pile and burn, chipping, and hauling away. Outlines thinning rules and...

By Stephen Fitzgerald, Max Bennett

A Land Manager's Guide for Creating Fire-Resistant Forests

OSU Extension Catalog

This publication provides an overview of how various silvicultural treatments affect fuel and fire behavior, and how to create fire-resistant forests. In properly treated, fire-resistant forests, fire intensity is reduced and overstory trees are more likely survive than in untreated forests. Fire...

By Stephen Fitzgerald, Max Bennett

Selecting and Buying Quality Tree Seedlings

OSU Extension Catalog

Selecting trees adapted for long-term growth under your local conditions and how to choose nursery stock that has a high probability of surviving and showing good initial growth. Focuses on trees suitable for long-term timber production in Oregon.

By Amy Grotta, Max Bennett, Glenn Ahrens

Managing Woodlands in the Coastal Fog Belt

OSU Extension Catalog

Landowners face special challenges and opportunities managing woodlands in Oregon's coastal fog belt. This publication discusses forest management treatments that allow you to achieve your goals in this fast-growing environment.

By Norma Kline, Valerie Elder, Stephen Fitzgerald

Measuring Timber Products Harvested from Your Woodland

OSU Extension Catalog

Defines measurement units used for common forest products (board foot, cubic foot, cord, linear measurements, weight). Covers log rules used to convert log size into board feet, board foot volume, weight, and cubic foot volume, with tables for conversions between units. Describes standards for...

Tools for Measuring Your Forest

OSU Extension Catalog

Describes tools that woodland owners need to measure property acreage, boundaries, and characteristics of standing timber, including individual log volumes.

By Lauren Grand, Francisca Belart

Tree Growth, Forest Management, and Their Implications for Wood Quality

OSU Extension Catalog

This publication provides basic information on tree growth, characteristics that define wood quality, and the implications of common silvicultural (tree tending) activities on wood quality. It is a summary. Tree growth is an immensely complex process, and not all aspects of wood formation are fully...

By John Punches

Producing and Selling Logs for Maximum Revenue

OSU Extension Catalog

A woodland owner must take certain steps to produce and sell logs for maximum revenue. This publication includes best practices for obtaining bids, selecting a buyer, and writing purchase orders; using the Scribner log rule, making decisions about bucking, selecting log lengths and diameters, and...

By Scott Leavengood

Enhancing Reforestation Success in the Inland Northwest

OSU Extension Catalog

This publication highlights vegetation management strategies to improve conifer seedling survival and growth. It compares vegetation management methods such as scalping, mulch mats, and herbicides for use on small woodland properties.

By Stephen Fitzgerald

Reducing Hazardous Fuels on Woodland Properties: Mechanical Fuels Reduction

OSU Extension Catalog

Describes mechanical ways to reduce hazardous fuels on woodland properties, including Slashbuster-type machines, grinders, and masticators. Outlines considerations in using mechanical methods: move-in cost and parcel size, site impacts, and maintenance.

By Stephen Fitzgerald, Max Bennett

Individual Tree Selection (ITS) in a Northeast Oregon Mixed Conifer Forest

OSU Extension Catalog

This publication is part of the Alternative Forest Management series. It describes a case study on Individual Tree Selection (ITS) in a mixed conifer forest in Northeast Oregon. ITS is of interest because it provides a continuous forest canopy; potentially reduces reforestation costs; produces...

By Robert (Bob) Parker, Stephen Fitzgerald

Thinning: An Important Timber Management Tool

OSU Extension Catalog

Explains how seedlings grow into mature trees and how stands of trees develop. Describes basic tree growth and growth processes (photosynthesis, respiration, and translocation-assimilation). Discusses how thinning affects individual tree growth and stand growth, including growth responses, thinning...

Choosing the Right Service Provider for your Family Forest: Accountant or Tax Preparer

OSU Extension Catalog

How do you choose the right accountant or tax return preparer for your forest? Part of this important decision is based on personality, but there are some key questions you should ask potential (and maybe even your current) providers of these important services. This publication will guide you what...

By Tamara Cushing

Managing Insects and Diseases of Oregon Conifers

OSU Extension Catalog

Discusses options for managing major insect pests and diseases of conifers in Oregon forests: bark beetles, wood borers, and ambrosia beetles; defoliators; aphids, adelgids, and scale insects; terminal and branch insects and pitch moths; root diseases; stem decays; foliage diseases; canker diseases...

By Dave Shaw

Competition and Density in Woodland Stands

OSU Extension Catalog

Get the most out of your woodland with a thorough look at competition among trees and the density of your woodland stand. Learn to use the relative density scale and a stand density table specific to your tree species to determine the best time to thin your trees to achieve your desired results.

By Brad Withrow-Robinson, Doug Maguire

Introduction to Conifer Release

OSU Extension Catalog

Successful regeneration of forest stands often requires that crop trees be released from competing vegetation. This publication provides basic information on how to determine if release is necessary and methods for release.