Theme: IMPROVING FOREST HARVESTING OPERATIONS
January 9, 2020 at Boulder Falls, Lebanon Oregon
Credits Available:
- 7 OPL-Reg Credits Oregon Professional Logger Program
- 8 Washington Master Loggers Program Credits
- 5.5 Cat 1 Contact Hours SAF Continuing Forestry Ed Credits
WR.COFE is a regional chapter (western United States and British Columbia) of the COUNCIL ON FOREST ENGINEERING (COFE). 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. COFE serves the forestry profession by disseminating technical information about forest engineering.
Registration and Fees: Registration is now handled through: Western Forestry and Conservation. The fee for this conference is $135. This includes a one year membership in The Council on Forest Engineering
Please use the following secure link to register for the program: REGISTER NOW LINK
If you have difficulty with the registration webpage or any questions regarding registration please contact: Western Forestry and Conservation 4033 SW Canyon Road, Portland, OR 97221 Phone: (503) 226-4562
Schedule:
0700 – 0815 REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Provided)
0815 – 0830 Introduction to WR.COFE & Seminar, Jeff Wimer, Chair, WR.COFE & OSU FERM Department
0830-0900 Utility Poles, Ben Johnson – McFarland Cascade
0900 – 0930 Drones for Road Change – A users perspective, Greg Schmitz – Schmitz Timber Management
0930 – 1000 50 years in the logging business – A logger’s perspective, Bobby King – RR King Logging
1000 – 1010 Peterson Cat Update
1010 – 1040 BREAK (Refreshments Provided)
1040 – 1050 Pape’ Machinery Update
1050 – 1120 Logging Safely Around High Voltage Facilities 11, Bashor,Walter B (BPA) – TFEF-ALVEY – Bonneville Power
1120 – 1150 Continuous bridle multi-stump anchors and live tethers interacting with rub trees; some unexpected results, Kevin Lyons – OSU
1150 – 1200 Modern Machinery Update
1200 – 1250 LUNCH (Provided)
1250 – 1320 ANNOUNCEMENTS, Ticket Raffle, OSU Student Scholarship Awards – Jerry Sedlak Memorial Scholarship
1320 – 1330 Blount International update
1330 – 1415 OSO Landslide, Gunnar Schlieder
1415 – 1425
1425 – 1445 BREAK (Refreshments Provided)
1445 – 1515 Decommissioning Roads Overall strategy, Amanda Warner Thorpe – USFS
1515 – 1545 Waste area – water impacts, Gunnar Schlieder
1545 – 1600 Wrap-Up and Evaluation — Jeff Wimer