The Oregon Forest Resources Institute produces a wide variety of educational videos covering a range of topics related to Oregon forests, forest management and forest products.
A selection of OFRI videos and educational advertising can be viewed below. These and other videos are also posted on OFRI’s YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/user/oregonforests.
Video Library
A Day in the Woods: Chemicals and the Forest
Join Mike Cloughesy and Nicole Strong as they discuss why foresters ...
A Day in the Woods: Clearcutting
Join Mike Cloughesy and Nicole Strong as they talk about clearcutting in ...
A Day in the Woods: Drinking Water Protection
Join Mike Cloughesy and Nicole Strong as they describe how forest operators ...
A Day in the Woods: Fish Habitat Protection
Join Mike Cloughesy and Nicole Strong as they look at how loggers ...
A Day in the Woods: Forest Roads
Join Mike Cloughesy and Nicole Strong as they explain the importance of ...
A Day in the Woods: Reforestation
Join Mike Cloughesy and Nicole Strong as they explain why replanting is ...
A Day in the Woods: The Oregon Forest Practices Act
Join Mike Cloughesy and Nicole Strong as they discuss Oregon’s evolving forest ...
A Day in the Woods: Visual Management
Join Mike Cloughesy and Nicole Strong as they explain how scenic highways ...
A Day in the Woods: Wildlife Habitat Protection
Join Mike Cloughesy and Nicole Strong as they explore the requirements of ...
Big Idea 1 : 2018 Educational Advertising
Wood, from sustainable Oregon forests, is one of the greenest building materials we've got. Innovations in mass ...
Big Idea 2 : 2018 Educational Advertising
Wood, from sustainable Oregon forests, is one of the greenest building materials we've got. Innovations in mass ...
Big things, little things
Millions of trees are planted in Oregon's forests to benefit future generations.
Carbon Bits: Photosynthesis
How does a tree absorb carbon dioxide and store that carbon as wood? It's Photosynthesis!
Different Forests. Different Goals: Carbon Storage
Part of a seven-part series exploring a range of forest management choices.
Different Forests. Different Goals: Certified Tree Farm
Part of a seven-part series exploring a range of forest management choices.
Different Forests. Different Goals: Fire Resiliency
Part of a seven-part series exploring a range of forest management choices.
Different Forests. Different Goals: Forestland Grazing
Part of a seven-part series exploring a range of forest management choices.
Different Forests. Different Goals: Songbird Habitat
Part of a seven-part series exploring a range of forest management choices.
Different Forests. Different Goals: Threatened Species Habitat
Part of a seven-part series exploring a range of forest management choices.
Different Forests. Different Goals. Multiple Use
Part of a seven-part series exploring a range of forest management choices.
Educational Advertising: Amazing
Oregon’s forests provide us with all kinds of environmental, social and economic values, thanks in large part to...
Educational Advertising: Bob and Kirk on Water
Oregon has strong laws that protect drinking water and fish habitat. Working forest landowners and forest operat...
Educational Advertising: Devices
2020 Educational Advertising spot
Educational Advertising: Forecast
All that rain Oregon gets every winter and spring makes it a great place for growing trees, especially evergreen...
Educational Advertising: Rings
2020 Educational Advertising spot
Educational Advertising: Signs
Each year in Oregon, forest landowners plant 30 million to 40 million tree seedlings of many species to replace ...
Educational Advertising: The 4 R’s
“Reduce, reuse and recycle” is an important part of an environmentally conscious lifestyle. In Oregon, we have a...
Educational Advertising: View
Oregon’s working forests affect many aspects of our society. From our clean drinking water to our social service...
Educational Advertising: Wood is Everywhere
Oregonians use wood and wood products every day. Much of that wood comes from local forests where landowners are...
Find Your Path: Electrician
A forest products mill runs on large machines and complicated electronics. A skilled electrician is always in hi...
Find Your Path: Field Forester
Joe Newton shows what it’s like to be a field forester. He spends most of his time outdoors, helping forest land...
Find Your Path: Fish Biologist
Elise Kelley shows us what it takes to be a fish biologist. It’s a highly competitive position that uses hands-o...
Find Your Path: Forest Engineer
Travel into the woods with Mary Castle of Molalla, Ore., as she shows what it’s like to be a forest engineer. Sh...
Find Your Path: Forestry Teacher
Simon Babcock shows us what goes into teaching the future forest-sector workforce. It includes lots of hands-on....
Find Your Path: Hydrologist
Water is quite possibly the most important forest value we have. Bonny Hammons shows us what being a hydrologist...
Find Your Path: Logging Crew
Kirk Luoto takes us out with a hardworking logging crew and explains what it’s like to be a logger and what’s...
Find Your Path: Maintenance Manager
Much of the forest sector depends on a fleet of reliable rigs. Chris Roth oversees the maintenance and repair on...
Find Your Path: Mill Operator
Lead sawyer Fred Barklow shows what it’s like to work in one of today’s high-tech forest products mills in Riddl...
Find Your Path: Procurement Forester
Spend some time with Brian Norris to see what goes into being a procurement forester. Brian splits his time betw...
Find Your Path: Recreation Manager
Most of us love the forest because it’s where we enjoy our weekends and vacations. Recreation is a big deal in.....
Find Your Path: Seedling Nursery Manager
In Oregon’s forests, well over 40 million seedlings are planted every year. Most of the seedlings come from a nu...
Find Your Path: Stewardship Forester
Stewardship foresters ensure forest landowners follow Oregon forest protection laws when they harvest timber...
Find Your Path: Wildland Firefighter
What does it take to stop a raging wildfire? Brian Burnside of Miller Timber Services in Philomath, Ore., explai...
Find Your Path: Wildlife Biologist
Jenniffer Bakke shows what it’s like to work as a wildlife biologist with a forest management company in Indepen...
Forest Fact Break: Carbon Capture
This 90-second animated video looks at carbon capture, also called carbon sequestration. Trees pull carbon out o...
Forest Fact Break: Clearcutting
This two-minute animated video explains why forests are clearcut in Oregon for ecological and economic reasons. ...
Forest Fact Break: Ecosystems
This 90-second animated video looks at forest ecosystems. An ecosystem is made up of all the living and non-livi...
Forest Fact Break: Fire Safety
This 90-second animated video looks at fire safety. People cause a lot of fires in our forests. Being safe with ...
Forest Fact Break: Forest Fire
This 90-second animated video explains why forest fires have become so severe in the West, and how active forest...
Forest Fact Break: Forest Management
This two-minute animated video answers the question, "What the heck is forest management?" Oregon forests are ma...
Forest Fact Break: Forest Types
This 90-second animated video looks at forest types in Oregon. It offers a look at the top five forest types in....
Forest Fact Break: Green Building
This 90-second animated video looks at the environmental advantages of using wood building products. Carbon...
Forest Fact Break: Photosynthesis
This 90-second animated video explains how photosynthesis works and why our forests are such an important part o...
Forest Fact Break: Reforestation
This 90-second animated video explains how reforestation is Oregon law, ensuring sustainable forests for future....
Forest Fact Break: Sustainability
This 90-second animated video looks at forest sustainability. How do we protect our forests for the future, whil...
Forest Fact Break: Tree Biology
This two-minute animated video looks inside a tree to figure out what’s going on in there: tree biology...
Forest Fact Break: Water
This 90-second animated video looks at the relationship between water quality and Oregon’s forests. Healthy fore...
Forest Fact Break: Wildlife
This 90-second animated video explains why forest animals live where they do. It’s part of OFRI’s Forest Fact Br...
Forest Fact Break: Wood Products
This 90-second animated video looks at wood products. We use trees for all kinds of daily items. Some are pretty...
Forest Harvest Methods: Clearcutting
Clearcutting is a timber harvesting practice where most of the trees in a given area are harvested at the same t...
Forest Harvest Methods: Restoration Thinning
Without regular fires, Oregon’s dry east-side forests have grown much thicker. The unnaturally dense forests tha...
