DATE: January 15, 2015
LOCATION: Valley River Inn, Eugene, Oregon
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. For more information, see the COFE website at: www.cofe.org
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)
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