Forestry

A “Ties to the Land” workshop will help landowners in Northeastern Washington to protect their forests, farms and ranches with a succession plan.

One‑fourth of the carbon held by soil is bound to minerals as far as six feet below the surface, a WSU researcher has found.

Washington State University Extension Foresters will lead a Forest Stewardship Coached Planning course designed to preserve forests for the future.

Landowners, large and small, can learn about managing stands of alders at workshops in Kent and Raymond, Washington.

Workshop in southwestern Washington provides insights on how families can maintain their ties to the land across multiple generations.

Family forest owners and managers in western Washington invited to learn how to plan, manage and protect their forests at the Westside Family Forest Owners Field Day.

Owners of private and family forests and range in northeastern Washington can learn to manage and protect their lands at an upcoming “in-the-woods” extension field day.

KENT, Wash. – Learn to identify and control invasive weeds that choke out trees and forested areas at the Invasive Forest Weed Control Field Practicum hosted by WSU Extension.

By Siddharth Vodnala, intern, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture

PULLMAN, Wash. – Researchers from Washington State University, along with those from Oregon State University and the University of Montana, have recently devised refined methods to estimate the amount of forest residue — the leftovers from trees after logging — that is available for wood-based biorefineries to use.

VASHON ISLAND, Wash. – Forest and woodland owners from Vashon will build skills to care for their trees at the Vashon Island Forest Owners Field Day, 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, at Agren Memorial Park.