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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2015 Annual Meeting in Lexington Kentucky
COFE Annual Meeting Registration NOW OPEN! Early Registration Before June 1st! Register today at http://cofe.ca.uky.edu/ For the first time, the 2015 COFE annual meeting will be hosted by the Department of Forestry at the University of Kentucky. It...
Western Region COFE Seminar Jan 15, 2015
Details have been released for the 2015 WR.COFE meeting! The seminar will be January 15, 2015 at the Valley River Inn, in Eugene, Oregon. The full schedule and registration information are posted here
Forest Machine Technology Conference – Call for Posters
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
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
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
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...
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