2017 Annual Meeting In Bangor Maine

This year’s COFE Annual Meeting is being hosted by the University of Maine, School of Forest Resources, and the New England Region Council on Forest Engineering.  The theme of this 40th COFE Annual Meeting is “Forest Engineering, From Where We’ve Been, to Where We’re Going.”  Please see the ‘Call for Abstracts’ page for information about the technical presentation topics.  See the ‘Registration Page’ to register for the conference, and the ‘Hilton Garden Inn Bangor’ link for hotel information and to reserve your stay.

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Call For Papers

Full Meeting Agenda 

Registration Page

To make hotel reservations with the

Hilton Garden Inn Bangor, click here 

Use booking code COFE

This year’s COFE annual meeting is sponsored in part with generous donations from:

John Deere
Seven Islands Land Co.
SAPPI North America
Chadwick-BaRoss, Inc.

For additional information please contact: Raymond C. Berthiaume, COFE Co-Chair

Harvest Planning & Operations Manager
Wagner Forest Management, Ltd.
PO Box 121
Errol, NH  03579
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 Agenda

COFE 2017  “Forest Engineering, from Where We’ve Been, to Where We’re Going”

July 30 – August 2, 2017

Sunday 7/30 Travel Day

4:30pm-7:30pm Registration

5:00pm-6:30pm Executive Committee Meeting

6:30pm-8:00pm Evening Social/Reception at the hotel

Dinner on your own

Monday 7/31

7:30am Registration

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First Call for Papers 2017 Annual Meeting - Bangor Maine

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS, PAPERS, POSTERS
AT THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON FOREST ENGINEERING (COFE) ANNUAL CONFERENCE
BANGOR, MAINE, JULY 30-AUGUST 2, 2017

Conference organizers are inviting abstracts from academics, researchers, forestry professionals, students and others interested in forest engineering and operations.  Submit an abstract describing your work and elect to offer an oral presentation, full paper, or poster using the format for abstract submission on the www.cofe.org website.  The general theme of the meeting is: “Forest Engineering, from Where We’ve Been, to Where We’re Going.” Topics of special interest to the professionals attending the meeting also include: New Harvesting Technologies; Workforce Safety, Health and Availability; Environmental Issues of Roads and Logging; Planning and Assessment Technologies; and Issues of the Supply Chain and Transportation.  Other topics of interest will receive full consideration.

Please indicate if your abstract is intended for a full paper, oral presentation or for a poster. If you are submitting your abstract for a full paper,  indicate if you are a student and would like to have your paper considered for the Student Communication Award (http://cofe.org/index.php/awards/student-communication-award).

Please refer to the COFE Abstract Guide for formatting your abstract submission, and the COFE Paper Guide for formatting your paper at www.cofe.org

Please submit your abstract by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Direct any questions you may have to the same email

- The deadline to submit abstracts: March 20, 2017
- Notification of acceptance: April 21, 2017
- Deadline for final paper submission: June 30, 2017

Accepted full papers will be published as 2017 COFE Annual Conference Proceedings on the internet.  Authors and presenters are solely responsible for the content and grammar of their submissions.  The COFE Program Committee will evaluate your submission.  We look forward to your abstract and attendance at INTERNATIONAL COFE 2017!

2017 Annual Meeting Save the Date

The 2017 COFE Annual Meeting will be held July 30 – August 2, 2017 in Bangor, Maine, with an optional tour of the Bar Harbor area on August 3, 2017.  The meeting will be hosted by Wagner Forest Management and lead by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

More details will be available as we get closer to the date!

 

 

 

 

 

2016 COFE Annual Meeting Call for Papers

COFE will meet as part of the DEMO International 2016 Technical Conference: Adapting to a new reality.

DEMO 2016 is pleased to host the Council on Forest Engineering (COFE) 2016 Annual Meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver BC. In addition to a diverse technical program and the COFE Annual Meeting, DEMO 2016 will host the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Institute of Forestry (CIF), and coordinate interesting and informative pre and post conference field trips.

The conference will occur in conjunction with Demo International® 2016, which will be held on September 22-24, 2016 at the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest. Over the course of the conference seven individual themes will offer a diverse and comprehensive program presenting an opportunity for conference participants to discuss timely issues affecting different areas of forestry.

This event along with the networking opportunity and its affiliation with DEMO International® 2016 will attract well over 350 forest practitioners and members of the fibre supply chain from across North America and abroad.
 
Please consider submitting a paper abstract to be included in the COFE Annual Meeting program.

Guide for COFE authors
Please refer to the COFE Abstract Guide for formatting your abstract submission, and the COFE Paper Guide for formatting your paper.
Please submit your abstract by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • The deadline to submit abstracts: February 26, 2016
  • Notification of acceptance: April 11, 2016
  • Deadline for final paper submission: July 1, 2016

 
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For any enquiries regarding the programme, please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
We look forward to seeing you at DEMO International 2016

Sincerely,
Dr. Kevin Lyons
Co-Chair DEMO International 2016 Technical Conference 

2016 Annual Meeting

The 2016 COFE Annual meeting will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia CANADA on September 19 - 21,  2016.  The meeting will coordinate with the Canadian Woodlands Forum, The faculty of Forestry at UBC, and the DEMO International Conference.   This combination of meetings and in woods equipment demo should be a forest engineering highlight of the year  -  mark your calendars now and stay tuned for additional information! 

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Southern Region COFE Co-sponsors Spring Symposium in Gainesville, FL

The Florida Division SAF, UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Association of Consulting Foresters and Southern Regional Council on Forest Engineering are hosting a one and one half day conference that will be of interest to COFE members in the Southern US.

The theme of the 43rd Annual Spring Symposium is "Innovations in Timber Harvesting and Utilization"

The dates are May 13-14, 2015 at the Austin Cary Forest Learning Center in Gainesville, Florida.

For full details and registration please visit  Symposium Registration and Details

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2015 Annual Meeting in Lexington Kentucky

COFE Annual Meeting Registration NOW OPEN!  Early Registration Before June 1st!  

Register today at http://cofe.ca.uky.edu/

For the first time, the 2015 COFE annual meeting will be hosted by the Department of Forestry at the University of Kentucky. It will be held July 19 – 22, 2015 in Lexington, Kentucky.  The theme of the meeting is “Engineering Solutions for Non-Industrial Private Forest Operations”.  This meeting will have technical presentations addressing the following topics:   

  • Forest operations as a mean to restore and improve forest health
  • Biomass utilization for energy production
  • Best management practices to reduce site disturbances and maintain stream water quality
  • Transition to mechanized operations in hardwood forests
  • Small-scale forest operations for non-industrial private landowners

For more information about the 2015 COFE meeting, please visit the conference website or contact Conference Chairman:  

Dr. Marco Contreras, Assistant Professor of Forest Management
Department of Forestry College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
University of Kentucky
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Western Region COFE Seminar January 15, 2015

DATE:  January 15, 2015

LOCATION:   Valley River Inn, Eugene, Oregon

WR.COFE is a regional chapter (western United States and British Columbia) of the COUNCIL ON FOREST ENGINEERING (COFE).  COFE is an international professional organization formed to foster the development of forest engineering in industry, government, and education in order to promote the best methods of managing and operating forests, both private and public.  COFE serves the forestry profession by disseminating technical information about forest engineering.  For more information, see the COFE website at: www.cofe.org

THEME: IMPROVING FOREST HARVESTING OPERATIONS 

(8 Hours AOL Professional Logger Credits)  (5.0 Cat 1 Contact Hours SAF Continuing Forestry Ed Credits)

Seminar Schedule

0700 – 0815    REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Provided)

0815 – 0830    Introduction to WR.COFE & Seminar;  Jeff Wimer, Chair, WR.COFE & OSU FERM Department

SESSION 1: Harvesting Operations and Safety

0830-0900       WA Loggers Safety Initiative Program; Travis Naillon Washington Labor and Industries

0900 - 0935     Multi-stump Anchoring Systems; Brian Tuor  

0935 - 1010     Large-scale Restoration of Dry Forests in Oregon and Washington: Changing the Game; Bill Aney, USFS

1010 – 1020    Break - Pape’ Machinery update

1020 – 1050    BREAK (Refreshments Provided)

SESSION 2: Forest Roads

1050 – 1120    The use of rotary asphalt broom on aggregate roads – an alternative to grading (sometimes); Kevin Boston, OSU FERM Department. 

1120 – 1150    The use of Geogrids in Forestry Haul Roads and Log Yards; Michael Frey, Alliancegeo

1150 – 1200    Updates & Break Sponsorship -- TBD

1200 – 1245    LUNCH (Provided)

1245 – 1320    ANNOUNCEMENTS, Ticket Raffle, OSU Student Scholarship Awards, Jerry Sedlak Memorial Scholarship – Loren Kellogg

SESSION 3: Technological Innovation In Forestry   

1320 – 1350    Planning Logging Operations Using Lidar and DEM Data;  Craig Spiers, Softree

1350 – 1420    Traverse PC and the P.L.S.S.; John Balcom, Traverse PC

1420 – 1430    Updates & Break Sponsorship -- TBD

1430 – 1500    BREAK (Refreshments Provided)

1500 – 1530    Using Improved GNSS Receivers in Forestry; Jim Lahm, Elecdata

1530 – 1600    Skyline Payload and Tension Analysis with SkylineXL;  Steven Rheinberger, USFS retired

1600 – 1630    Lasers and telematics;  Eric Arritola - SITECH

1630 – 1645    Wrap-Up and Evaluation --- Jeff Wimer

Registration and Fees

Registration is now handled through: Western Forestry and Conservation

The fee for this conference is:             COFE members: $110    and    Non-members: $125 (Includes one year membership)

Please use this secure link to register for the program

If you have difficulty with the registration webpage or any questions regarding registration please contact:

Western Forestry and Conservation
4033 SW Canyon Road, Portland, OR 97221
Phone: (503) 226-4562

 

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