College of Forestry

The OSU College of Forestry is pleased to honor John Murphy, Jr., Dennis Dykstra, and Andrea Thorpe as the 2012 Forestry Outstanding Alumni. They will be recognized at the College’s Spring Awards Ceremony on May 31, 2012 at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center Ballroom.

If you feed them, they will come.  At least, Oregon State University researchers are hoping that’s the case with area hummingbirds. The university has tapped fourth-graders at Timber Ridge School, among students at other mid-valley schools, to hang feeders to help researchers collect data.  Todd Bertwelt, an undergraduate in OSU’s College of Forestry, came to Timber Ridge in late April to explain the project.

In a 33-year career, Cloughesy has organized and led 30 major forestry conferences, led tours and taught more than 200 classes and workshops. At the forest resources institute, he directs programs for forest landowners and professionals. He's also directed its outreach education and served as a professor and assistant leader of the Forestry Extension Program at Oregon State University's College of Forestry.

Many people are aware that despite its name, Douglas-fir is not a true fir. It's also not a pine, not a spruce and not a hemlock. Outside of the United States, it is often called Oregon pine, also a misnomer.  What is a Douglas-fir, then?  It's a unique species, in a class by itself, according to the newly revised Oregon State University publication, "Understanding Names of Oregon Trees," (EC 1502).