Web Sites

TreeSearch is a database of downloadable research reports published by the USDA Forest Service.

The hashtag #forestproud is used by the North American Forest Partnership, a coalition aligned to tell the whole story of North American forests.  They have an extension collection of short videos on many forestry-related topics, as well as printed information.

Know Your Forest is an excellent database of information which was created specifically for Oregon, but much of the information is appropriate for Washington forests.

Washington State University, Forestry Extension, Resources by Topic contains numerous publications and links, many of which are duplicated in the “By Subject” section of this web site.

Wood: The Most Natural Resource is an educational site sponsored by the Washington Forest Protection Association and Oregon Forest Resources Institute.  Its mission is to:

  • Promote the benefits of wood as a cost-effective and environmentally preferred green building material to the design/build communities;
  • Develop professional and science-based print and electronic materials that highlight wood products as a preferred green building material;
  • Underscore the Pacific Northwest’s sustainable forest practices and high environmental standards throughout all communications; and
  • Advocate for the Pacific Northwest as a national center of expertise for sustainable forest management and innovative wood products manufacturing.

Webinars

Webinars are online seminars which can be viewed live at a designated time, or later after the session is archived.  Several organizations have collections of these that are available for viewing.

Oregon State University Extension hosted a series of webinars from 2022-2022 covering the topics covered by their in-person Tree Schools.  These webinars can be viewed online and are divided into categories: Business and Planning; Christmas Trees, General, Management, Pests and Weeds, Special Products, Water, Wildfire and Wildlife.

Southern Regional Extension Forestry Office has a collection of over 300 archived webinars and continues to add new ones of a wide range of forestry subjects.  Many of them are focused on southern forests and land, but others may be of interest to forest land owners in the Pacific Northwest.  You can view past webinars or see the schedule of upcoming webinars at their Webinar Portal.