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Tree Thinning for Health and Vigor

Many landowners ask about proper or optimum spacing when thinning trees.

By Max Bennett, Stephen Fitzgerald

OSU Extension Catalog

Fire FAQs--Air quality impacts from prescribed fire and wildfire: How do they compare?

Compares the impacts that prescribed fires and wildfires have on air quality. One in a series of fire FAQs that are based on questions Forest & Natural Resource Extension agents and specialists have received from the people they serve.

By Carrie Berger, Stephen Fitzgerald, Dan Leavell

OSU Extension Catalog

Choosing the Right Tree-Planting Contractor for Your Family Forest

Replanting after a timber harvest? Tree planting is expensive, you want to choose the right tree planting contractor from the start. Learn what questions to ask potential contractors.

By Stephen Fitzgerald

OSU Extension Catalog

Fire FAQs--Salvage Cutting: What are the effects on fire behavior and severity?

Discusses the purpose and benefits of salvage cutting. One in a part of a series of fire FAQs that are based on questions Forest & Natural Resource Extension agents and specialists have received from the people they serve.

By Carrie Berger, Stephen Fitzgerald, Lauren Grand, Dan Leavell

OSU Extension Catalog

Fire FAQs--Have the size and severity of forest wildfires increased in Oregon and across the West?

Presents research findings from the last ten years on the patterns of fire sizes since the 1980s. One in a series of fire FAQs that are based on questions Forest & Natural Resource Extension agents and specialists have received from the people they serve.

By Max Bennett, Carrie Berger, Stephen Fitzgerald, Dan Leavell

OSU Extension Catalog

Fire FAQs--Managing Wildfire for Resource Benefit: What is it and is it beneficial?

Discusses the conditions, planning, and circumstances involved in managing naturally ignited wildfire as a strategic choice to achieve forest resource management objectives. One in a series of fire FAQs that are based on questions that Forest & Natural Resource Extension agents and specialists have...

By Carrie Berger, Stephen Fitzgerald, Dan Leavell

OSU Extension Catalog

Managing Woodlands in the Coastal Fog Belt

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 Stephen Fitzgerald, Valerie Elder, Norma Kline

OSU Extension Catalog

Keeping Your Home and Property Safe from Wildfire: A Defensible Space and Fuel Reduction Guide for Homeowners and Landowners

This publication provides help for homeowners who want to reduce the wildfire risk around their homes or on their forest property by creating defensible space.

By Kara Baylog, Max Bennett, Stephen Fitzgerald, Alicia Christiansen