Highlights of 2005-2006

• PNWTIRC personnel published one journal article and one PNWTIRC Report, and gave seven research presentations.
• We welcomed one new member, Cascade Timber Consulting, Inc. Bill Marshall will serve as their representative on the Policy/Technical Committee.
• In the Wood Quality Study, we supervised destructive sampling (thinning) of progeny tests, gathered field measurements, milled boards from our study logs, tested stiffness of the kiln-dried lumber, and conducted preliminary data analyses.
• We carried out crown management in the Miniaturized Seed Orchard Study at Plum Creek to control tree height and remove rootstock branches.
• We continued our pruning treatments at the Roseburg Forest Products Regeneration Center Vaughn miniaturized seed orchard, and counted flowers in the spring of 2006.
• In June of 2006, we held a demonstration of lumber stiffness testing in the OSU Department of Wood Science and Engineering laboratory. This demonstration was held in conjunction with the PNWTIRC 2005-06 Annual Meeting
• The PNWTIRC is participating in the planning and implementation of a National Science Foundation Center for Advanced Forestry Systems (CAFS) with North Carolina State University, Virginia Tech, Purdue, and the Tree Biosafety and Genomics Research Cooperative at OSU.
• We co-hosted the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Western Forest Genetics Association in Corvallis, OR. Our co-hosts were the USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station and the Northwest Tree Improvement Cooperative.

Full Report (pdf)