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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2025 Annual Meeting Save the Date

We are excited to announce that the next COFE Annual Meeting will be held from September 15-17, 2025, in Morgantown, WV - the mountain home of West Virginia University. This year’s theme is “COUNTRY ROADS: BUILDING ON OUR FOREST OPERATIONS FOUNDATIONS FOR A...
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2024 Southern Region COFE Meeting – March 13 – Wakulla Springs FL

The Southern Region Council on Forest Engineering (SRCOFE) will hold a joint meeting with the Southeastern Region Forest Resources Association (FRA) on March 13, 2024, from 8 am–noon at the Lodge at Wakulla Springs, which is near Tallahassee, FL. You will have the...
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2024 Annual Meeting – May 22-24 – Moscow Idaho

2024 COFE Annual Meeting The Future of Forest Operations Greetings! We are honored and excited to host the 2024 Council on Forest Engineering Annual Meeting in the College of Natural Resources at the University of Idaho! Please join friends and colleagues in Moscow...
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2024 Western Region COFE Meeting 11 January

About This Event The conference will be offered with both an in-person and streaming option. Please select which option you prefer when registering. A recording of the seminar will be available to all registered attendees for the remainder of 2024. WR.COFE is a...
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COFE-FETEC 2023 Registration Now Open!

Forest Operations: A Tool for Forest Management May 23 – 25, 2023 Flagstaff, Arizona, USA Early bird discount is available through April 21st 2023…don’t wait! This meeting will be hosted by Northern Arizona University, USDA Forest Service and FETEC (Forest Engineering...
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Forest Machine Technology Conference – Call for Posters

Oct 1, 2014 |

Call for Posters FPInnovations, Canada’s R&D institute for the forest products industry, is proud to host the first Forest Machine Technology Conference (FMTC), to be held at the Hyatt Regency Montreal Hotel, on April 21-23, 2015 , in collaboration with...

2015 COFE Annual Meeting – Save the Date

Aug 21, 2014 |

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...

Western Region COFE Seminar on 1/16/2014

Nov 22, 2013 |

The WR.COFE group will be meeting January 16, 2014 at the Valley River Inn in Eugene, Oregon.  The one day seminar theme has been set as "Improving Forest Harvesting Operations"   WR.COFE is a regional chapter (western United States and British Columbia) of the...

The International Journal of Forest Engineering

Oct 14, 2013 |

The International Journal of Forest Engineering (IJFE) is dedicated to the dissemination of scholarly writings in all aspects of forest operations, both empirical and theoretical. Most published articles are original research, but review articles are also welcome.  An...

October 2012 Newsletter

Aug 12, 2013 |

Last Updated 30 May, 2013 2012 ANNUAL COFE MEETING The 35th Annual Meeting was held September 9-12, 2012 at the New Bern River Front Hilton, New Bern, North Carolina.  Host was North Carolina State University.  The theme was: “Engineering New Solutions...

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