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.
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2023 Western Region COFE Meeting 12 January
The conference will be offered with both an in-person and streaming option. Please select which option you prefer on the registration form. A recording of the seminar will be available to all registered attendees for the remainder of 2023. WR.COFE is a regional...
2023 Annual Meeting – Save the Date
2023 Council on Forest Engineering Conference Forest Operations: A Tool for Forest Management May 23 – 25, 2023 High Country Conference Center - Flagstaff, Arizona Program Topics Training and education for forest operations workforce development Advances in forest...
Special Issue Announcement IJFE
Please consider submitting a manuscript to the special issue of the International Journal of Forest Engineering on Digitalization of forest operations Special Issue Editor: Janine Schweier, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) ...
One Big Family – Shaping Our Future Together – October 4-7, 2022
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! The Council on Forest Engineering (COFE), the International Symposium on Forest Mechanization (FORMEC), and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Division 3 will meet in Corvallis, Oregon. This year’s international...
NER.COFE Meeting April 11-12 — Brewer, Maine
The New England Region COFE group will be meeting April 11 and 12, 2022. April 11th will focus on Workforce Capacity Issues and Forest Management and Markets, While April 12 will focus on Forest Management and Wildlife and Zoning, Lidar, Pests in Forestry....
2018 Annual Meeting Summary
The Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation hosted the 41 Annual Council on Forest Engineering Meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia at the Williamsburg Lodge in Colonial Williamsburg July 15-18, 2018. The meeting was co-chaired...
Recent Reseach Publications
- Predicting the occurrence of root rot in tree stumps based on harvester data
- Use of video to promote skill development in loading machine operators
- Forestry workers’ perceptions on occupational safety: a comparative study of British Columbia and South Korea
- Exploring barriers and facilitators to well-being among logging industry workers: a mixed methods study
- Repetitive movements of harvester operators during thinnings in a pine-planted forest
- Toward a digital twin to improve the training and performance of forestry operators
- Assessment of machine productivity for a feller-buncher, processor, and harvester: a case study in the southern pine plantations of Queensland, Australia