An Oregon State University researcher says he has developed a new way to predict the future price of logs that uses readily accessible economic information.
Oregon State University’s College of Forestry is the new home of a forensics lab that fights timber crime, a $1 billion annual problem for the United States’ forest products industry.
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May 19, 2020 | 11:03 am CDT
Long considered pests by forest managers, deer and elk can help Douglas-fir seedlings thrive under certain vegetation management conditions, a five-year study by Oregon State University shows.
The A.A. "Red" Emmerson Advanced Wood Products Laboratory is among the first facilities in the country totally dedicated toward structural timber research. It's now open at Oregon State University.
A partnership between Oregon State University’s Colleges of Forestry and Engineering and University of Oregon’s College of Design, TDI is a research collaborative focused on the advancement of structural wood products and mass timber design.
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Freres Lumber's patented massive plywood panels will begin to be assembled at Oregon State University's new A.A. "Red" Emmerson Advanced Wood Products Laboratory.
The massive plywood panels (MPP) will be used for both interior and exterior walls of the laboratory, as well as roofing in the George W. Peavy Forest Science Center.
After extensive tests, Oregon State University has deemed western juniper - an invasive tree that has spread across much of Oregon - viable for commercial wood markets.