2015 Annual Meeting in Lexington Kentucky
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”. Technical presentations addressing the following topics are sought. Presentations related to other applied forest engineering and operations topics might also be accepted. Abstracts are due February 28, 2015. Please see the full "Call for Abstracts" for additional details.
- 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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Department of Forestry
College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
University of Kentucky
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In order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the International Journal of Forest Engineering, Editor-in-Chief Ola Lindroos, has notified COFE that access to the journal is now FREE until the end of October. 
