First Foods Management Approach of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
History of Tribal Forestry in Oregon: Reservation-Termination-Restoration-Transformation
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Training the next generation in Digital Manufacturing and Mass Timber Buildings
Tree-ring analysis explains physiology behind drought intolerance brought on by fire suppression
Tree rings tell the story of what’s happening physiologically as fire suppression makes forests more dense and less tolerant of drought, pests and wildfires, new research shows.
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Climate change anomaly intensifies Swiss needle cast in some Douglas-fir forests
The epidemic of Swiss needle cast on the wet and foggy west slope of the Oregon Coast Range has intensified as recent climate trends make the environment friendlier to the fungal disease that hits Douglas-fir, the most important timber species in the Pacific Northwest.
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New building at OSU could reshape future engineering
KMTR 16 went on a recent tour of the George W. Peavy Forest Science Center, an all wood building that was manufactured using materials from our forest products industry in the Northwest.
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OSU climate change report a mixed bag for Central Oregon forests
The results of the study, published in the industry publication Global Change Biology earlier in November, demonstrate that the effects of drought and larger fires driven by climate change will not be spread equally across forests in the Western United States over the next three decades.
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Freres builds for the future with new mass plywood panels
The mass plywood panels currently being used in the new George W. Peavy Forest Science Center were developed and tested with the help of OSU College of Forestry.
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