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September 2015
Cameron Demonstration Forest Tour
RSVP required. Call the Benton County Extension Office 541.766.6750 or email Andrea Location: We will meet at Peavy Arboretum lodge and go by vans to Cameron Tract, departing promptly at 9:30 am. Due to fire conditions and parking limitations at the tract, no additional vehicles will be allowed. Please take this opportunity to visit the Elizabeth Starker Cameron Demonstration Forest (aka Cameron Tract) with Tammy Cushing and Brad Withrow-Robinson. Tammy is the new Starker Chair of Private and Family Forestry, and…
Find out more »Bald Hill Silviculture Twilight Tour
Time: 6:00 PM to “dark” Join Benton County Extension for an entertaining walking tour and lively discussion of some alternative management activities demonstrated on this property close to Corvallis. In a very short distance we will visit four different plantings with different histories (starting for Christmas trees or timber), spacings, and arrangements. Now marked for the first commercial thinning entry this fall (at age 24), we will talk about density, live crown ratios and ring counts on our way to discussing what it…
Find out more »January 2016
Water Rights Workshop
Did you have your irrigation water shut off this summer? Do you have questions regarding your water rights? Please join the Polk Soil and Water Conservation District, Oregon Water Resources Department, and the Natural Resource Conservation Service to discuss how and why users received shut off notices this past summer, and to begin a discussion about irrigation efficiency opportunities in Polk County. Guest Speaker: District 16 Water Master Joel Plahn Please RSVP by January 4th, 2016 to marc.bell@polkswcd.com or call…
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