PORTLAND, Ore. – A new publication from the Oregon Forest Resources Institute (OFRI) introduces readers to the vast variety of native bees found in Oregon’s forests.

PORTLAND, Ore. – An upcoming webinar series for foresters, forest landowners and managers, and others with an interest in forestry, will focus on the health of Oregon’s forests, including the current condition of Oregon’s forests, forest health trends, challenges, current research findings and possible solutions. 

PORTLAND, Ore. – A new three-part educational video series produced by the Oregon Forest Resources Institute (OFRI) explores what it takes to reforest Oregon’s timber-producing forests.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Nine years ago, the Oregon Forest Resources Institute (OFRI) installed timelapse cameras in a reforested area on private timberland in Oregon’s Coast Range to capture the growth of 4-year-old and 9-year-old trees that were planted in a clearcut. Footage from the solar-powered cameras, which filmed the fast-growing young trees for seven years, shows how a new forest has filled in the timber harvest within 15 years of planting seedlings. 

PORTLAND, Ore. – Since it was first published two decades ago, Oregon’s Forest Protection Laws: An Illustrated Manual has become standard reference for private forest landowners and forestry workers seeking to learn about state forest practice rules and regulations. The updated fourth edition of the colorfully illustrated manual, developed by the Oregon Forest Resources Institute (OFRI), now includes information about a new set of rules created during the most significant revision to Oregon’s forest practice laws in 50 years.

PORTLAND, Ore. – A team of students calling themselves “The Rogue Pack” from Logos Public Charter School in Medford won the Oregon Envirothon for the third year in a row at the 2024 statewide competition on May 3 at The Oregon Garden in Silverton. The win earned the students a spot at this year’s national NCF-Envirothon, planned for July 28-Aug. 30 in Geneva, New York.

Portland, Ore. – The Oregon Forest Resources Institute (OFRI) has promoted Rikki Heath to director of K-12 education programs following the retirement of the former director of K-12 education, Norie Dimeo-Ediger, earlier this year. 

Portland, Ore. – Sourcing from Sustainable Forests, a new special report from the Oregon Forest Resources Institute (OFRI), examines what it means to manage forests responsibly, and how architects and builders can ensure that the wood used for their projects comes from sustainable sources.

Silverton, Ore. – As the holiday season approaches, new interpretive signs installed near the Oregon Forest Resources Institute’s Christmas tree demonstration plot at The Oregon Garden will help visitors to the Silverton attraction learn about Oregon’s Christmas tree industry.

Portland, Ore. – The Oregon Forest Resources Institute (OFRI) has hired a new environmental educator: Jenna Mendenhall.

Portland, Ore. – More than 170 Oregon high school students from 20 schools across the state tested their knowledge and skills in natural resources and environmental sciences during this year’s Oregon Envirothon competition, held May 2 at The Oregon Garden in Silverton. 

Portland, Ore. – The 2025-26 edition of the Oregon Forest Resources Institute’s Oregon Forest Facts publication is now available to order or download. 

Portland, Ore. — The Oregon Forest Resources Institute (OFRI) and partners are hosting the inaugural Forest Wildlife Research Summit Oct. 30 at Oregon State University in Corvallis to highlight scientific research on the habitat needs of forest-reliant wildlife and their response to forest management actions.

Portland, Ore. — The Partnership for Forestry Education has updated its KnowYourForest.org website, which serves as a gateway to the information, tools and educational opportunities available to Oregon’s forest landowners.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon State Forester Peter Daugherty has appointed two new members to the Oregon Forest Resources Institute board of directors, and reappointed a current member for a second three-year term.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon’s 2017 fire season will be remembered as one of the worst on record, with large blazes such as the Chetco Bar fire requiring huge expenses to suppress. But there’s more to the story than the millions of dollars spent fighting this conflagration in southwestern Oregon, the Eagle Creek fire in the Columbia River Gorge, and the many other expansive wildfires that burned across the state.

PORTLAND, Ore. – With more than two dozen mass timber buildings – including offices, condos and schools – either completed, under construction or in the planning stages in Oregon, the state is rapidly becoming the national epicenter of wood building innovation.

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Forest Resources Institute board of directors has named seasoned marketing and communications professional Erin Isselmann to serve as the Institute’s new executive director. Isselmann, most recently the director of communications for the Portland Business Alliance, joined OFRI July 9. She has held communications and marketing leadership roles at several Fortune 500 companies, including Xerox, Tektronix and Conduent, and has more than two decades of experience in corporate communications, public relations and digital marketing.

PORTLAND, Ore. – A new educational program from the Oregon Forest Resources Institute aims to help inform the approximately 61,000 Oregonians with forest-related jobs about contemporary forestry practices and instill a sense of pride of their work in the state’s forest sector.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Gov. Kate Brown has declared this week, Oct. 21-27, as “Oregon Forest Products Week” in recognition of Oregon’s leadership in manufacturing wood products, developing innovative wood products, and designing and constructing tall wood buildings.