Humans are a Forest Dependent Species!
In many cultures around the world humans depend on forests for food, shelter, water, fuel, and many other benefits. Indeed many people in the US are ‘forest dependent’ in that regard. Further there are many ecosystems that have developed based on the actions of humans over many thousands of years. Fire-maintained prairies and savannahs are excellent examples and recent social decisions to exclude fire from many forest systems has resulted in profound changes to the functions of those systems.
The Faculty, Staff and Students in the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society are dedicated to the discovery and dissemination of knowledge related to the interactions among forests, people and other organisms. Humans are dependent on forests in many ways. We seek to understand the diversity of benefits derived from forests and expand our knowledge of how forests function to provide those benefits. We provide the expertise needed by scientists, managers, and the general public as they jointly decide how these values can be sustained in the face of climate change, land use pressures and economic uncertainties. Our goal is to contribute to decisions that lead to sustaining these important values on forest lands in Oregon, in the U.S. and around the globe now and into the foreseeable future.
If you wish to advance your education or simply have interests in a wide array of forest values and ecosystem services, or are interested in the structure and function of forest ecosystems, you’ve come to the right place! We provide educational opportunities ranging from undergraduate degrees in Recreation Resource Management (at the Corvallis Campus) and Tourism and Outdoor Leadership (at our OSU-Cascades Campus) to the interdisciplinary program in Natural Resources. For advanced training, we also provide opportunities through interdepartmental graduate degree programs in Forest Science and Forest Resources and a new on-line Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Natural Resources.
OSSS (Oregon Society of Soil Scientists) - Winter meeting 2010!
http://www.oregonsoils.org/
"The Soil-Waste Interface"
February 18-19th @ Edgefield in Troutdale (Portland).
2 days of talks - field trip - meals!!!
Special advanced showing of DIRT: The Movie!!!
· Non-students - $100 (includes registration and meals!) - $90 for OSSS members
· Special Student Pricing $60 - (includes registration, one-year membership to the OSSS, transportation to and from, ALL meals, some FREE rooms too!)
Click here to register online!
Speakers and Agenda Paul Stamets!
Dirt The Movie Screening with Pizza Buffet Field Trip: Sandy River Soils and Columbia River Gorge Waterfalls
The theme of the meeting this year is “Soil-Waste Interface Solutions.”
We plan to cover the major alternatives today from latest treatment technology to natural treatment alternatives such as phytoremediation, water reuse, treatment wetlands, groundwater recharge, etc. We will see how humans have evolved over time to find out that the old natural systems appear to be the most cost effective of overcoming the waste conundrum.
For more details contact OSSS President 2009-2010 Daniel Moreno - Daniel.Moreno@oregonstate.edu
or past President 2008-2009 James Cassidy - james.cassidy@oregonstate.edu
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BGSS is held every winter quarter as an opportunity for graduate students in the biological sciences to present and discuss their research in a friendly environment, and to foster collaborations and discussions across departments at OSU. Presentations of research at any stage (proposal, data collection, project completion) are welcome! The symposium includes presentations all day Saturday and an evening social event at a rental house in Newport. Registration fee includes meals on Saturday, breakfast on Sunday, and lodging at the rental house.
Friday, Feb 5 -- Registration & abstract submission open
Friday, Feb 26 -- Registration & abstract submission deadline
More information at: http://www.science.oregonstate.edu/bgss
