Forestry

Salvage logging and re-seeding a forest after a wildfire helps reduce flooding and returns water levels to normal faster, according to a new WSU research.

Experts from Washington and Oregon will talk on an array of topics relevant to private forest owners at the WSU-Vancouver Library on Feb. 8.

WSU and UI Extension’s Family Foresters Workshop, to be held Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, strengthens the skills of consulting foresters, state-employed service foresters, and other professionals serving forest owners.

Two new projects, funded by more than $600,000 in national and state grants, are helping landowners become experts at protecting their forests.

Family forest and farm owners in southeastern Washington can learn how to steward and pass their lands to the next generation, at the “Ties to the Land” workshop, Tuesday, Nov. 12 in Asotin, Wash. 

WSU Extension Forestry offers a free evening seminar on the impacts recent droughts have had on trees and what that means for privately owned forests in the region.

WSU Extension Forestry offers a free evening seminar on the impacts recent droughts have had on trees and what that means for privately owned forests in the region.

WSU Extension Forestry experts will help forest-owning families preserve their ties to the land at a succession planning workshop, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, in Forks, Washington.

WSU Extension Forestry offers a seminar on the impacts recent droughts have had on trees and what that means for privately- owned forests in the region.

Owners of wooded property around the Puget Sound will build skills for caring for their land and trees at the Puget Sound Forest Owners Field Day on Aug. 10.