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March 2010 In this issue: Starker Lectures continue: ecosystem services from forests and farms Starker Lectures continue Tree School x 4 Oregon Watershed Restoration Inventory reporting Update your contact info Forest Fact Breaks National Forest Landowners Conference       This year’s lecture series continues with a focus on the opportunities from ecosystem services for forest landowners. Market potential, credit accounting systems and legislative issues will be addressed in the lectures listed below. The following Starker Lectures will be presented in Corvallis: April 6, 3:30 – 5 p.m. Bettina von Hagen Markets for Ecosystems Services April 22, 3:30 – 5 p.m. Ted Lorensen Ecosystems Services from Forest Lands: The Oregon Approach May 6, 3:30 – 5 p.m. Sally Collins Ecosystems Services Capstone Lecture May 7, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Capstone Field Trip For complete schedule, locations, registration and speaker information, visit the series home page. The Starker Lecture Series is sponsored by the Starker Family and supported by the OSU College of Forestry and OFRI. Four Tree Schools, four locations Upcoming Landowner Educational Opportunities Tree School Clackamas March 20 Oregon City Tree School Umpqua March 25 Roseburg Tree School East April 17 Baker City Klamath Tree School May 22 Klamath Falls OSWA Annual Meeting April 29 - May 1 Clackamas     Tree School celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with an array of classes for forest landowners taught by highly skilled members of Oregon’s forest sector, including OFRI’s own Norie Dimeo-Ediger, Mike Cloughesy and Peter Matzka. Four Tree Schools will be hosted in the coming months: Tree School Clackamas March 20, Oregon City Tree School Umpqua March 25, Roseburg Tree School East April 17, Baker City Klamath Tree School May 22, Klamath Falls Landowners: time to report your watershed restoration projects The Oregon Watershed Restoration Inventory (OWRI) staff at the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) is geared up to review your recent watershed restoration project accomplishments. The launch of their online reporting site last year has made entering your restoration project information easier that ever, featuring expedited data entry, standardized data submissions and streamlined reporting for OWEB grantees to receive final payments. Online submissions are accepted throughout the year, but OWEB requests that you complete your online reporting for 2009 by March 31. Questions about the OWRI form and submissions can be directed to Bobbi Riggers at 503-986-0059 or email her. OFRI Outlook going online. Update your information. OFRI Outlook, our quarterly update on the programs and efforts of the Institute, is becoming a new electronic publication with color photos, helpful online links and file downloading. A printed version will no longer be available starting with the summer edition. Update your contact information We need to update the OFRI contact database to ensure you receive the newsletters and publications you wish to receive. A new online contact form is available on OFRI’s Web site. Follow the link in the upper left on the home page. Look for updates in the final printed edition of OFRI Outlook this spring. They're fast. They're fun. They're informative. Check out OFRI's Forest Fact Breaks To increase OFRI's video presence online, OFRI has launched five animated videos in a series called Forest Fact Breaks. Each animation covers a popular forest topic at an introductory level. The spots provide a high-level summary of specific forest topics, then invite the viewer to learn more by linking to fact sheets, special reports and other OFRI products. The series includes animations on: Reforestation Forest Fire Wildlife Clearcutting Photosynthesis The Forest Fact Breaks reside within OFRI’s new video library. There you'll find a collection of current and previous educational advertising, special video projects and Web video vignettes. Visit the video library. Mark your calendars: National Forest Landowners Conference in June The 2010 National Forest Landowners Conference in Stevenson, Washington, will pair traditional educational sessions with on-the-ground exploration tours of various aspects of forestry in the Pacific Northwest. Featured speakers include: Rick R. Holley - President and CEO, Plum Creek Clint Bentz - Chair of the Board of Trustees, American Forest Foundation Exploration tours include: Exploring Management: Family and Industrial Forests Exploring Destruction and Restoration: Mount St. Helens Exploring the Senses: A Day of Wine Tasting Register or at the conference Web page. Upcoming event: Humboldt State Forestry Alumni Weekend April 9-11 Arcata, California Every year HSU Forestry Alumni get together back in the old redwood stomping grounds to celebrate the HSU Forestry traditions. It's a great chance to reminisce, meet with old friends and see how the department is doing today. The weekend is scheduled in conjunction with HSU's Spring Preview weekend, when prospective students and their families come to visit HSU and the area. Register by March 31, 2010: Registration form: PDF, editable Word DOC Golf tournament registration form: PDF Printable schedule: PDF