Operationalizing Resilience: Sustaining Working Forests
The 49th annual meeting of the Council on Forest Engineering will be held August 2-5, 2026 in Missoula, Montana. Hosted by the WA Franke College of Forestry and Conservation at the University of Montana, the meeting will focus on the forest operations, partnerships, and innovations that sustain working forests in the face of changing climate, management objectives, technologies, and markets.
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GENERAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Sunday
August 2
Evening Welcome Reception and Executive Committee Meeting
Monday
August 3
Plenary and Concurrent Presentations
Tuesday
August 4
Concurrent Presentations
Wednesday
August 5
Field Tour
CONFERENCE DETAILS
COFE 2026 Conference Hotel
About the Venue: Holiday Inn Missoula Downtown “In the Heart of It All, By the River” For COFE 2026, we have secured the Holiday Inn Missoula Downtown, a unique full-service hotel located directly in the heart of the city with a park-like setting along the Clark Fork...
COFE 2026 Call for Abstracts – NOW OPEN
Share Your Research in Missoula this Summer! Are you working on the future of forest operations? The submission portal for the 2026 Council on Forest Engineering Annual Meeting is officially open! This year’s theme, Operationalizing Resilience, focuses on the critical...
COFE 2026 ANNOUNCEMENT & SAVE THE DATE
Operationalizing Resilience: Sustaining Working Forests The 49th annual meeting of the Council on Forest Engineering will be held August 2-5, 2026 in Missoula, Montana. Hosted by the WA Franke College of Forestry and Conservation at the University of Montana, the...
CONFERENCE SPONSORS
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