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Future of Hardwoods in Oregon (and the Pacific Northwest)

Future of Hardwoods in Oregon (and the Pacific Northwest). Glenn Ahrens Oregon State University Extension Forestry Clatsop and Tillamook County. Future of the Hardwood Industry = Hardwood Resource. Available timber inventory Harvesting volume trends Long-term sustainable supply?

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Future of Hardwoods in Oregon (and the Pacific Northwest)

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  1. Future of Hardwoods in Oregon (and the Pacific Northwest) Glenn Ahrens Oregon State University Extension Forestry Clatsop and Tillamook County

  2. Future of the Hardwood Industry = Hardwood Resource • Available timber inventory • Harvesting volume trends • Long-term sustainable supply? • Incidental hardwoods in the forest • Managed hardwood forests

  3. Source: USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis, BC Ministry of Forests

  4. Source: USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis, BC Ministry of Forests ~1995-2000

  5. Abundant hardwoods are a legacy of past practices. • Modern forest practices generally reduce the hardwood component in the PNW.

  6. Source: USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis

  7. Source: USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis

  8. Availability of alder timber is reduced by policy and regulation • Public timber policy – federal and state • Riparian management areas • Unstable slopes • Wildlife habitat

  9. Negative factors Continued management favoring conifers Reduction in forest land base due to policy, regulation, and non-forest land use Positive factors Continued regeneration of incidental hardwoods. Increasing management for alder. Uncertain balance - determines the future of the Hardwood Resource

  10. Increasing Hardwood Management in the Future Depends on: • high market values = log prices • successful management techniques • competitive timber yields and economic returns.

  11. Source: Oregon Department of Forestry quarterly log price reports 1977-2004

  12. Source: Oregon Department of Forestry quarterly log price reports 1977-2004

  13. For a brighter future……Improve the capability of landowners to profitably produce and sell hardwoods. • Improve market options - veneer logs, sawlogs, pulp logs. • Demonstrate yield and economic returns from managed alder. • Continue research and education on how to manage for higher value hardwood stands . • Increase availability of seedlings.

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