January 19, 2017 at the Valley River Inn, Eugene, Oregon
THEME: IMPROVING FOREST HARVESTING OPERATIONS
- (7 Hours + 1 Forest Practices AOL Professional Logger Credits)
- (8 Washington Master Loggers Program Credits)
- (6.0 Cat 1 Contact Hours SAF Continuing Forestry Ed Credits)
Draft Agenda
0700 – 0815 REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Provided)
0815 – 0830 Introduction to WR.COFE & Seminar — Jeff Wimer, Chair, WR.COFE & OSU FERM Department
SESSION 1: Steep Slope Tethered Assist
0830-0900 Operators in Steep Slope Logging and Safety Measurement — John Garland – Garland and Associates
0900 – 0930 The Rapid Evolution of Steep Slope Winch Assist In the Woods of the Northwest — Bruce Skurdahl – Summit Machinery
0930 – 1000 International research on winch-assist equipment — Dzhamal Amishev – FPInnovations
1000 – 1010 Blount / Oregon Cutting Systems Update
1010 – 1040 BREAK (Refreshments Provided)
1040 – 1050 Peterson Cat
1050 – 1120 Proposed changes for streamside shade buffers with Salmon, Steelhead or Bull Trout streams — Greg Wagenblast – ODF
SESSION 2: Forest Practices Update
1120 – 1150 Potential Changes to Industrial Fire Rules — Chet Behling – ODF
1150 – 1200 Triad Machinery / Link-Belt update
1200 – 1240 LUNCH (Provided)
1240 – 1310 ANNOUNCEMENTS, Ticket Raffle, OSU Student Scholarship Awards – Jerry Sedlak Memorial Scholarship
1310 – 1320 Pape’ Machinery update
SESSION 3: Technological Innovation in Forestry
1320 – 1350 Estimation of volume and products that can be obtained from individual stems using consumer grade cameras — Bogdan Strimbu – OSU College of Forestry
SESSION 4: Road and Water
1350 – 1420 eRoad Susan Reszczynski
1420 – 1430 Ponsse Update
1430 – 1500 BREAK (Refreshments Provided)
1500 – 1530 Slope and Abutment Construction using Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil — Michael Frey – Alliance Geomatics.
1530 – 1600 Scour and Redeposition in Streambed Simulated Culverts — Anna Vesper – Weyerhaeuser/OSU
1600 – 1630 Railcars for Bridges — Alex Dunn – McGee Engineering
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: $135. This includes a one year membership in The Council on Forest Engineering
Please use the following secure link to register for the program:
https://www.123signup.com/register?id=ncbvv
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