WESTERN REGION COUNCIL ON FOREST ENGINEERING SEMINAR
January 16, 2014
Valley River Inn, Eugene, Oregon
THEME: IMPROVING FOREST HARVESTING OPERATIONS
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
0700 – 0815 REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Provided)
0815 – 0830 Introduction to WR.COFE & Seminar
Jeff Wimer, Chair, WR.COFE & OSU FERM Department
SESSION 1: FOREST TRANSPORTATION
0830 – 0900 TMDL’s — the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Chris Jarmer, OFIC
0900 – 0935 Wet Weather Hauling: Techniques for Minimizing Road Damage and
Sediment Delivery
Benjamin Flint, WA DNR
0935 – 1005 Centralized vs. Non-Centralized Dispatch
Vincent Carroa, President, Northwest Management Inc.
1005 – 1050 BREAK (Refreshments Provided)
SESSION 2: HARVESTING OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
1050 – 1120 Long-Term Soil Productivity of Managed Forests: Mechanisms of Apparent Resilience After Intensive Biomass Removal
Jeff Hatten, OSU FERM Department
1120 – 1150 Equipment Anchors
Ben Leshchinsky, OSU FERM Department
1150 – 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 Unmanned Aerial Systems Forestry Applications
Michael Wing, OSU FERM Department
1350 – 1420 3D Lidar Modeling
Richard Gabriel, OSU FERM Department
1420 – 1500 BREAK (Refreshments Provided)
1500 – 1530 How to Collect Best Possible GPS Data Under Tree Canopy
Jon Aschenbach, Resource Supply
1530 – 1600 Smartphone and Tablet Mapping Apps in the Woods
Jeff Grogan, Weyerhaeuser
1600 – 1630 Advancements in Airborne Remote Sensing
Will Fellers, WSI
1630 – 1645 Wrap-Up and Evaluation — Jeff Wimer