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Milling practices and silvicultural factors affecting forestry in Benton County, Oregon

Purpose

1) Economic aspects of the small mill 2) Theory of silviculture referring occasionally to small mill practices as they affect cutting and regeneration of the stand.

Project Start Date
 
Project End Date
1936-06-01
Related Publications
Schroeder, George and Thomas, Gail. Milling practices and silvicultural factors affecting forestry in Benton County, Oregon. June 1, 1936, MS Thesis, Oregon State College, School of Forestry.
Project Categories
  • Forest Products
  • Sawmills
Keywords
  • Milling practices
  • mills
  • silviculture
  • silvics
  • benton county
  • sawmills
  • sawmill
  • small mill
  • George Schroeder
  • Gail Thomas
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
Oregon State College- Forestry
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Schroeder, George
Role
C
Collaborators
Thomas, Gail
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14

A Portable Sawmill for McDonald Forest

Purpose

OSC should have a sawmill for training students- this is a management plan and feasibility study.

Project Start Date
 
Project End Date
1937-06-01
Related Publications
Krause, Gustav J. A Portable Sawmill for the McDonald Forest. B.S. Thesis, June 1937, Oregon State College, School of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon.
Project Categories
  • Forest Products
  • Sawmills
Keywords
  • Portable sawmill
  • sawmills
  • McDonald
  • student training
  • Gustav Krause
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSC- Forestry
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Krause, Gustav J.
Role
PI
Collaborators
N/A
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15

Fence Post Farm

Purpose

This area is known as the Fence Post Farm. It is a testing site for various treatments and varieties of fence posts that was established by T. J. Starker and has been measured since by Forest Products personnel.

Project Start Date
1928-01-27
Project End Date
1999-12-31
Related Publications
Miller, D.J. Service life of Treated and Untreated Fence Posts: 1985 Post-Farm Report. Corvallis, Oregon: Forest Research Laboratory, Oregon State University, 1986.
Miller, Donald; Morrell, Jeffrey; and Schneider, Philip. Service life of treated and untreated fence posts: 1996 Post Farm Report. August 1999, Forest Research Laboratory, Oregon State University.
Morell, J.J., and Mark Newbill. Kerfing to Prevent Decay of Doug-fir Poles: An Update. Forest Products Journal 36 (6): 63-67. 1985.
Morell, J.J., S.M. Smith, M.A. Newbill, and R.D. Graham. Reducing Internal and External Decay of Untreated Doug-fir Poles: A field test. Forest Products Journal 36 (4): 47-52. 1986.
Project Categories
  • Forest Products
  • Wood Treatment
Keywords
  • Fence post farm
  • wood treatment
  • fence decay
  • telephone poles
  • TJ Starker
  • Starker
  • Forest products
  • fencing
  • fences
  • chemical treatment
  • wood resistance
  • Jeffrey Morrell
  • poles
Additional Information
Currently Active
Yes
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Morrell, Jeffrey J.
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
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Relation of Species of Attacking Decay Fungi to Kind of Preservative Treatment

Purpose

Isolations are made from treated stakes from time to time to determine what fungi may be invading and correlating that with the kind of preservative treatment.

Project Start Date
1956-01-01
Project End Date
1992-06-30
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Forest Products
  • Wood Treatment
Keywords
  • relation
  • decay
  • fungi
  • fungus
  • pathogen
  • pathology
  • pathogens
  • preservative
  • preserve
  • treatment
  • fungal
  • invasion
  • stakes
  • poles
  • stake
  • wood
  • products
  • product
  • posts
  • post
  • isolations
  • isolate
  • treated
  • chemical
  • chemicals
  • Highley
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
Forest Products Lab, Madison, Wisconsin.
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Highley, T.L.
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
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53

Weathering Characteristics of Pre-finished Hardboard Lap Siding

Purpose

Test the weathering characteristics of pre-finished hardboard lap siding. This is one of several sites in the U.S.A.

Project Start Date
1963-01-01
Project End Date
1983-06-30
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Forest Products
  • Wood Treatment
Keywords
  • Weathering
  • weather
  • erosion
  • erode
  • hardboard
  • baord
  • lap
  • siding
  • wood
  • products
  • product
  • finished
  • Currier
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Currier, R.A.
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
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60

Pile-top Farm

Purpose

To develop simple, effective methods for protecting tops of pressure-treated piles that have been cut off.

Project Start Date
1976-10-01
Project End Date
1999-12-31
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Forest Products
  • Wood Treatment
Keywords
  • pile-top
  • pile
  • top
  • farm
  • protect
  • protecting
  • pressure-treated
  • pressure
  • treated
  • treat
  • method
  • cut
  • off
  • Jeffrey Morrell
Additional Information
Currently Active
Yes
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Morrell, Jeffrey J.
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
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112

Simulated Docks

Purpose

To develop simple, effective methods for increasing the service life of decking, stringers and caps.

Project Start Date
1979-05-07
Project End Date
1999-05-01
Related Publications
Morrell, Jeffrey and Newbill, Mark. Kerfing to prevent decay of Douglas-fir Poles: An Update. Forest Products Journal 36 (5): 46-48. 1986
Project Categories
  • Forest Products
  • Miscellanous Products
Keywords
  • Simulate
  • simulated
  • dock
  • docks
  • deck
  • decking
  • string
  • stringers
  • stringer
  • cap
  • caps
  • increase
  • increasing
  • wood
  • products
  • product
  • Jeffrey Morrell
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Morrell, Jeffrey J.
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
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139

Transmission Poles

Purpose

Thirty ten foot long cedar poles and 29 pressure-treated Douglas-fir poles, 18 feet long. Sprinkled from June 1 to September 30, one hour per day. Cedar poles - to develop above-ground sapwood preservative treatment using low mammalian tox

Project Start Date
1980-07-01
Project End Date
1986-06-30
Related Publications
Goodell, B.S., Krahmer, R.L., and Graham, R.D. Residue Retention and Fungal Invasion of Chloropicrin-Treated Douglas-fir. Forest Products Journal 35 (2): 45-49, 1985.
Goodell, B.S., Krahmer, R.L., and Graham, R.D. Bound Chlorinated Residue in Chloropicrin-Treated Douglas-fir. Wood and Fiber Science 18 (1): 127-133, 1986.
Helsing, G.G., Morrell, J.J., Graham, R.D. Evaluations of Fumigants for Control of Internal Decay in Pressure-Treated Douglas-fir Poles and Piles. Hlozforschung 38 (1984): 277-280. 1984
Morrell, Jeff, and Scheffer, Theodore. Persistence of Chloropicrin in Western Redcedar poles. Forest Products Journal, Vol. 35, No. 6, 63-67, 1985.
Smith, Susan and Morrell, Jeffrey. Correcting Pilodyn Measurement of Douglas-fir for Different Moisture Levels. Forest Products Journal 36 (1): 45-46. 1986
Zahora, Andrew and Corden, Malcolm. Gelatin Encapsulation of Methylisothiocyanate for Control of Wood-Decay Fungi. Forest Products Journal 35 (7-8):64-69. 1985
Zahora, Andrew and Coren, Malcolm. Methylisothicyanate Fungitoxicity to Poria carbonica in Douglas-fir Heartwood. Material und Organismen 20(1985):193-204, 1985.
Project Categories
  • Forest Products
  • Wood Treatment
Keywords
  • Transmission
  • pole
  • poles
  • telephone
  • cedar
  • cedrus
  • douglas-fir
  • douglas fir
  • pseudotsuga menziesii
  • product
  • products
  • wood
  • treatment
  • treatments
  • mammalian tox
  • Jeffrey Morrell
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Morrell, Jeffrey J.
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
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187

Wood Quality Heritability

Purpose

Identification of within-tree quality variabilty using X-ray samples taken every 4 feet along a stem. Objective is to identify wood quality parameters for standing timber.

Project Start Date
1986-07-01
Project End Date
1987-12-31
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Forest Products
  • Lumber
Keywords
  • wood
  • quality
  • grade
  • grades
  • heritability
  • qualities
  • identification
  • tree
  • X-ray
  • X
  • stem
  • stems
  • standing
  • timber
  • Mike Hoag
  • McKimmy
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Hoag, Mike
Role
C
Collaborators
McKimmy, M.D.
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Improving the Performance of Western Wood Species

Purpose

This test will evaluate the performance of 6 western wood species treated with CCA. Stakes will be driven into the ground and will be inspected on an annual basis for degrees of attack compared to untreated controls. Where failure occurs chemical analy

Project Start Date
1988-08-16
Project End Date
1988-08-16
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Forest Products
  • Wood Treatment
Keywords
  • improve
  • improving
  • performance
  • western
  • wood
  • CCA
  • trees
  • tree
  • Jeffrey Morrell
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Morrell, Jeffrey J.
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
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Improving the Performance of Wood Poles

Purpose

A series of pole sections will be treated with a new fumigant. These poles will be evaluated for fumigant movement. A second series of poles will be treated with groundline preservative wraps to evaluate chemical movement in and out of pole sections.

Project Start Date
1988-08-16
Project End Date
1988-08-16
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Forest Products
  • Wood Treatment
Keywords
  • improve
  • improving
  • performance
  • wood
  • pole
  • poles
  • product
  • products
  • treatment
  • fumigent
  • fumigents
  • wrap
  • wraps
  • chemical
  • chemicals
  • Jeffrey Morrell
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Morrell, Jeffrey J.
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
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269

Maximum Taxol yields in Taxus Brevifolia

Purpose

1) Quantitative and qualitative analysis of taxol and taxol derivatives from needles and bark of mature yew trees to determine if phenology, environmental conditions or penetic difference affect taxol production. 2) Cultural treatments (hedging and bran

Project Start Date
1990-09-20
Project End Date
 
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Forest Products
  • Miscellanous Products
Keywords
  • taxol
  • yews
  • pacific yew
  • taxus brevifolia
  • tree
  • trees
  • max
  • bark
  • phenology
  • penetic
  • hedging
  • hedge
  • Nan Vance
  • Rick Kelsey
Additional Information
Currently Active
Yes
Agency
Forest Science OSU & PNW Research Station
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Vance, Nan
Role
PI
Collaborators
Kelsey, Rick
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293

Log Water Balance Study

Purpose

Eight log sections of four species will be set up for measurement of wetting and drying processes. These sections are approcimately 60cm in diameter and 50cm in length. The cut ends will be sealed with parafin and they will be off the ground attached to

Project Start Date
1991-11-01
Project End Date
1992-11-01
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Forest Products
  • Wood Treatment
Keywords
  • log
  • logs
  • wood
  • water
  • balances
  • balance
  • hydrology
  • dry
  • drying
  • parafin
  • chemical
  • chemicals
  • USFS
  • Mark Harmon
  • Jay Sexton
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
Forest Service
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Harmon, Mark
Role
C
Collaborators
Sexton, Jay
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299

Branch Extraction Off Frame Pilot Study

Purpose

This is only a pilot study for work elsewhere. They are studying ways of obtaining samples of upper branches of large trees.

Project Start Date
1992-06-12
Project End Date
1992-06-12
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Forest Products
  • Miscellanous Products
Keywords
  • branch
  • branches
  • extraction
  • frame
  • pilot
  • upper
  • tree
  • trees
  • Labau
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
outside OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Labau, V.
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
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303

Expanding markets for Oregon White Oak

Purpose

To detemine if it is possible to expand the current market for Oregon White Oak using exsisting softwood mills; determine the lumber recovery rate by log grade; determine the changes required to saw acceptable OWO lumber in a sawmill in which the primary

Project Start Date
1992-07-01
Project End Date
1993-06-30
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Forest Products
  • Lumber
Keywords
  • Oregon white oak
  • quercus garryanna
  • markets
  • market
  • product
  • products
  • softwood
  • wood
  • lumber
  • grade
  • grades
  • sawmill
  • mill
  • mills
  • Mike Milota
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
OSU
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Milota, Mike
Role
C
Collaborators
N/A
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312

Appendix Team: Wood Accoustics

Purpose
N/A
Project Start Date
2006-01-01
Project End Date
2007-01-01
Related Publications
N/A
Project Categories
  • Forest Products
  • Miscellanous Products
Keywords
  • appendix
  • team
  • teams
  • wood accoustic
  • accoustics
  • Glen Murphy
Additional Information
Currently Active
No
Agency
COF
Project Type
Research
Research Forest
N/A
Researcher
Murphy, Glen
Role
PI
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N/A
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413

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