Course Resources

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Mid – South Willamette Valley – May 28th – July 2nd

• Class 1 (May 28): Getting to know your property: assessing your site and your goals, identifying trees

Homework and Follow-up from Class 1 – At the end of class, we showed a short plant ID video, and invited you to make your own to share with the class, to share with family members, or your thousands of housebound YouTube fans. If you want to make and share a video you can follow this link to a Qualtrics release form for this class by our colleague Norma:  https://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2u7er2IjfljMc9T. After signing the release form, click the right arrow at the bottom right of the screen. You will be redirected to a Box folder called Upload Your Videos. From there, click the upload video link which will pop up as an email address. Attach your file here the way you would to a normal email.  When you click send, the file will automatically upload into the Box folder and we will get an alert.

• Class 2 (June 4): What’s going on in your woods: how forests grow and develop, Forest health

1. For Forest Health. Read a short article: A healthy forest is no accident – https://oregonforests.org/node/716

2. View the video  Maintaining Tree Health  (about 10 min) for some basics.

3. Optional, for those of you in and around the valley curious about the impacts of our drought, read the  short blog posts from June 2018 Another rough year for Willamette Valley trees Part 1 and Another rough year for Willamette Valley trees Part 2 which are just 2 in a long series.

• Class 3 (June 11): What’s going on in your woods: wildlife use of forests, sources of assistance

1. Enhancing wildlife habitat 6 min video http://vimeo.com/11312260
2. “Enhancing Wildlife on Private Woodlands . 
3. Family Forests and Wildlife:  What You Need to Know or  
4. “Wildlife in Managed Forests”
5. Know Your Forest website http://knowyourforest.org/
6. Woodland Fish and Wildlife – https://woodlandfishandwildlife.com/
7. Mesmerizing Migration: Watch 118 Bird Species Migrate Across A Map Of The Western Hemisphere

• Class 4 (June 18): Taking care of your woods:management techniques including planting, weed control

1. TNC Weed Control Methods Handbook: Tools and Techniques for Use in Natural Areas
2. Tree Topics Blog: http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/treetopics/
3. Successful Reforestation: An Overview  (EC 1498)
4. “Establishing and Managing Forest Trees in Western Oregon

• Class 5 (June 25): Taking care of your woods: Tending you woods, thinning and marketing wood.

1. Silviculture information – from low tech to the world of apps.
2. Alternative Forest Management series
3. Tree Topics Blog: Thinning archive – http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/treetopics/tag/thinning/
4. Things to consider when selling trees from your property
5. Income Opportunities from Logs – https://www.youtube.com/embed/9KkY_Uvx0Ys

• Class 6 (July 2): Getting it done: laws and regulations, fire preparedness

1. Oregon’s Forest Protection Laws : An Illustrated Manual
2. Accountant or Tax Preparer  EM 9169
3. Logging Contractor EM 9170
4. Chemical Applicator  EM 9171
5. Consulting Forester EM 9241
6. Oregon Forest Industry Directory at http://www.orforestdirectory.com/
7. Ember video
8. Website Preparing homes for wildfire
9. Reducing Fire Risk on Your Forest Property. PNW 618.
10. Fire-Resistant Plants for Home Landscapes
11. Fire-resistant Landscape Plants for the Willamette Valley