DATE:  January 15, 2015

LOCATION:   Valley River Inn, Eugene, Oregon

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

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The 2015 COFE Annual Meeting will be held in Lexington, Kentucky July 19-22, 2015.  We will be hosted by Marco Contreras and the University of Kentucky.  The theme of the meeting will be "Engineering solutions for non-industrial private forest operations."

Mark your calendars now and look for more information in the coming months on this excellent opportunity to visit the "Bluegrass State".