Provost’s CouncilACADEMIC REPORT FOR 2006–2007

College of ForestryAugust 1, 2007

1. 2006-2007 Highlights

The College of Forestry celebrated the centennial of forestry programs at OSU. The first class enrolled in undergraduate forestry in 1906. The celebration included a special Starker Lecture series, a highly successful open house, banners that have been used across campus, an historical DVD, special Fernhopper events, and oral histories from alums.

a. Programmatic achievements Initiatives in support of student engagement and

successCurriculum enhancement and development The CoF monitors teaching effectiveness in every class taught via the

university’s SET process. This year 58% of our undergraduate and 69% of our graduate courses were rated as Very Good-Excellent, as were 67% of undergraduate instructors and 76% of graduate instructors. Overall, 88% of students rated their courses as Good to Excellent, and 90% rated their instructors’ efforts in that range.

The new undergraduate degree program in Forest Operations Management was approved by the State Board of Higher Education in May 2006 and was effective for fall 2006. At the end of Spring Term AY2007, 13 students were enrolled.

A major overhaul of the Forest Management curriculum, including new courses and options designed to stimulate student interest and enhance career relevancy, was completed.

The new Recreation Resource Management curriculum was implemented, and revision of options, minors, and courses designed to streamline the degree program and increase student success continued.

FR strengthened administration and delivery of the Natural Resources degree program and initiated changes in undergraduate advising to increase efficiency and foster student progress through their degree programs.

The name of the Outdoor Recreation Leadership & Tourism degree program was changed to Tourism and Outdoor Leadership in order to enhance marketing and better differentiate it from the Recreation Resource Management degree. Several new courses were added to the undergraduate and graduate curricula to update, upgrade, and enrich the course offerings.

WSE faculty completed the transition to a 180-credit hour degree requirement for the BS in WS&T. The new requirements were accepted by the accrediting body with no comment requiring response.

FE received approval for the permanent course FE 314, FOREST ENGINEERING RECITATION FOR STATISTICS 314. This recitation is intended to add forest engineering context to the material presented by the Statistics Department to improve student learning and retention for application in upper division forest management and forest engineering courses.

Bev Law offered a new Departmental course: Global Change Ecology (FS 600X, 3 credits, spring). In response to specific requests from students, FS also delivered two special topic courses in the spring term: Developing a Competitive Grant Proposal (FS599, Harmon) and Mycorrhizae Reading and Conference (FS 505, Luoma and Cazares).

New graduate-level courses in WSE were developed and approved this year to serve strategic niches. WSE530 Polymer Composites and WSE535 Polymer Synthesis and Structure were added to strengthen the budding polymeric materials science research programs on campus and to exploit our recent investment in new composite materials faculty. They will be taught in alternate years. WSE565 Wood Quality was developed to strengthen our program in this area and to support the College Planted Forests Research Initiative.

WSE470 Forests, Wood and Civilization was taught this year after a 1-year hiatus. Seventy-two students took this BAC course, designed to broaden student awareness of the role of forests and wood in their lives and to help them make informed choices in the future.

The sustainable Natural Resource Graduate Certificate Program was initiated, with the first courses offered online in winter and spring terms (10 courses, 8 instructors, 18 total students). More than 50 inquiries have been received about the program, mostly from individuals in developing countries.

A schedule of course fees was developed for implementation in Fall Term ‘07 or as soon thereafter as approved. These funds will help maintain high quality field labs and field trip experiences for our students–albeit at greater cost to them.

Financial support The CoF scholarship and fellowship programs are an essential

component of our student’s success. Scholarship funding for 2006–2007 totaled $552,333: $451,000 from college funds and S101, 333 from departments. Fellowship funding totaled $452,442: $100,500 from college funds and $351,942 from departments. Students also received aid through assistantships and work-study programs.o Of the 57 graduate students in the FS department, 93% were

supported in 2006–07 on either GRA’s funded by research grants

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(43) or full fellowships (10 total: 1 Ford Foundation, 3 NSF IGERT, 2 Newton, 1 Fulbright, 2 Richardson, and 1 Wessela).

o FE allocated $10,200 from the Konnie Family gift to retain 11 undergraduate students for AY 2007. A pool of about $20,000 of Konnie family gift funds, departmental unrestricted gifts, and Women’s Giving Circle grant funds have been allocated for departmental scholarships to recruit and retain undergraduate students for AY 2008. Awards have been made to 8 students to date; more will be forthcoming.

o In fall 2006, Forest Engineering awarded $155,284 in departmental donor-supported fellowships to 9 graduate students, as well as $33,523 in CoF Richardson endowment fellowships to four more graduate students for a total of $188,807 in donor-funded graduate fellowships. This may be the largest amount of private departmental fellowships awarded in the university. For fall 2007, FE has awarded $146,900 in departmental donor-supported fellowships to 9 graduate students, including one who will be supported by the CoF Richardson Endowment. This number is down from prior years because several recipients have leveraged their fellowships with other sources of support for one or more terms, and we lost one top recipient to a competing institution. These funds are being reallocated.

o Twenty-four students majoring in Wood Science and Technology received a Richardson Scholarship in AY07. Many received other awards as well. Students tell us that the Richardson Scholarship is critical to their decision to come to OSU or to stay in school, let alone major in WS&T. A key question for AY08 will be whether we can continue the Richardson Scholarship program at some level, or cut the students loose.

o FR students obtained financial aid from scholarships, fellowships, assistantships, and work-study programs.

Enrollment trends Undergraduate enrollment in FE increased 22%, from 82 to 100

students, in fall 2006. Sixteen graduates (13 FEs, 3 FE/CEs) have completed undergraduate degrees in Forest Engineering since July 1, 2006 and found jobs abundant. Employers are aggressively recruiting because we don’t have enough graduates to meet demands.

Graduate enrollment in FE declined slightly in AY2007. Seven graduate students completed programs in AY2007, including the first student in the OSU Water Resources Graduate Program advised by an FE adviser. Students have been employed by university research programs, consulting firms, state and federal agencies, and, for PhDs, in academia.

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For fall 2007 another decrease in FE graduate enrollment, to about 22 students, is projected. Major Professor capacity has declined with our inability to fill faculty positions vacated by Garland and Schoenholtz. Applicant numbers were also down, especially in the water area, likely because interest in the OSU water resources graduate program is growing and the word was out that Schoenholtz had left. Once again, however, we had more qualified graduate student applications than we had resources to support.

FE successfully taught its full undergraduate and graduate curriculum in AY2007, generating 3132 SCHs, about 3% less than in AY 2006. The decline was in graduate level SCHs; undergraduate SCHs increased almost 8%, as larger recruiting classes in recent years began to take upper division FE classes. SCHs generated per teaching FTE were 851 with current FTE allocations.

The annual number of graduates from WST programs continued to increase, continuing a 5-year trend. Fall 2006 enrollment in WS&T and Wood Science declined slightly but remained at or near 10-year highs. Student credit hour generation and SCH/teaching FTE in WSE remained stable. The decline in graduate students was an expected result of faculty reduction in engineering and normal recruitment cycles. The slight decline in undergraduates may be normal variation or the consequence of some recruiting challenges. Fall 2007 enrollment of undergraduates is expected to be higher and graduate enrollment to be about the same as the effects of lost WUR funding kick in. Employment of WST graduates remains at 100% as demand continues to exceed supply of our graduates.

17 students in FS completed degree programs: 7 PhD, 8 M.S., 2 M.F. Student numbers in FS will dip below 50 next year, for the first time this decade, because the new recruiting class is smaller than normal.

Preparing graduates for career success FE maintains an active working relationship with the State Board of

Engineering Examiners (OSBEELS), including providing service for development and grading of the professional forest engineering licensing examination.

FE graduate students, with faculty support from Arne Skaugset, organized and hosted a Forest Engineering Graduate Student Research Symposium on Forest Operations, Soils, and Hydrology in March 2007. The event included preparation of proceedings of the 18 presentations by FE graduate students.

FE provided logistical support for OSU Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society fellowship nomination process and annual awards banquet. John Sessions chairs the membership and awards committees.

A new annual Graduate Student Symposium in FS was launched on May 16, 2007. Totally organized and run by the students, the symposium consisted of 14 oral presentations by students well along

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in their research programs, and 9 posters by new students describing their planned research. The symposium was designed to give students experience in scientific presentations and to provide a forum for exchange of research ideas.

Instead of holding the “building community” field trip for faculty, staff, and undergraduate and graduate students in AY 2007, FE allocated gift funds to support student participation in the international Skyline Symposium. This enabled 33 undergraduate and graduate students to participate, including 13 graduate students who presented posters of their research work.

FE allocated $2,500 from a Gibbett Hill Foundation gift to establish an Undergraduate Research Award to promote engagement of undergraduate students in FE research programs. It was a modest start, but five faculty applied for and received $500 awards. o Kevin Boston—Develop correlation between Zorn impact hammer

and laboratory CBR that may allow for improved control of forest road construction.

o Michael Wing—Investigate the reliability of several new consumer GPS receivers for collecting resource measurements to support forest operations.

o Karis McFarlane & Stephen Schoenholtz—Investigate effects of forest management, harvesting and site preparation on forest soil carbon and nitrogen storage and dynamics in plantation forests of the Pacific Northwest and New Zealand.

o Arne Skaugset & Amy Simmons—Investigate the effect of contemporary forest practices on the generation and fate of sediment in forested watersheds and streams (Hinkle Creek Paired Watershed Study, Alsea Watershed Study, Trask Paired Watershed Study and the Oak Creek Study).

o Jim Kiser— Effects of Mechanical Damage on Residual Coastal Douglas-fir Following Commercial Thinning. Phase 1: Understanding the impacts of damage to young-growth Douglas-fir and other commercial timber species in the Pacific Northwest.

A new partnership with Triad Equipment and Link Belt Manufacturing resulted in a gift of a log loader for use by the Student Logging Training Program and in our courses on timber harvesting and logging management. This gift helps promote application of classroom principles into work practice via the latest technology. The current arrangement is for 1 year, but a longer relationship is under consideration. The value of the 1-year gift lease exceeds $90,000.

Ongoing partnerships with Traverse PC, Tripod Data Systems (TDS), and PPI Group provided access to state of art technology and software for student education in geomatics. The partnerships also provide access to corporate technical staffs for assistance in student training and classroom instruction.

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The demand for geomatics and land surveying professionals is expanding rapidly, and the work is a fundamental necessity for Oregon’s economic development. FE has been exploring options for collaboration with the CoE and faculty at OIT in offering instruction and R&D to meet employer demands.

Student success in WSE is enhanced by effective advising by the Lead Advisor and other faculty, career counseling by all faculty, and internship/permanent job coordination by a faculty advisor. Student exit interviews consistently point to effective advising, the caring nature of the faculty, and career/internship counseling as major factors in their success and strengths of WSE.

The WSE Senior Project continues to be key in preparing undergraduates for career success. This 3-term series of writing-intensive courses also emphasizes skills in critical thinking, analysis and problem solving, and presentation. Students typically pick a project in conjunction with a faculty advisor and, frequently, with an industrial sponsor. For example, this year two seniors conducted projects in cooperation with the Brightwood Corporation in Madras. Their work provided impetus for Brightwood to change their manufacturing processes and product design—a win-win for both student and company.

Major research/scholarship initiatives CoF faculty obtained a total of $11,892,150 in extramural funding:

$9,729,353 in grants, agreements, and contracts and $2,162,797 through the cooperatives in FY 2007.o FS was among the top three departments in the University in

terms of grants and contracts, at nearly $5.3 million. FS-based cooperatives received an additional $1,003,726.

o Extramural funds obtained by WSE faculty continued a 3-year upward trend and totaled over $1.975 million, including the WUR funds.

o FR faculty received $794,359 in extramural funding for research. Another $660,000 in extramural funding was secured by Extension faculty affiliated with FR.

o FE faculty obtained research funding totaling$1,756, 221; support for the Watershed Research Cooperative brought the FE total to $2,739, 342, a 91% increase.

CoF faculty and students published nearly 350 journal articles and other scholarly works, including five books: Buckman, Bishaw, Hanson, and Benford, Growth and Yield of Red Pine in the Lake States; Landgren, Withrow-Robinson, et al., Ties to the Land: Your Family Forest Heritage; Radosevich, Holt, and Ghersa. Ecology of Weeds and Invasive Plants. 3rd ed.; Tappeiner, Maguire, and Harrington, Silviculture and Ecology of Western U.S. Forests; and White, Adams, and Neale, Forest Genetics.

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Understanding the origin, dynamics, and sustainability of earth and its resources Six CoF faculty, including the dean, authored or coauthored 5 of the

10 chapters in Oregon Forest Resources Institute’s new book on Forests, Carbon and Climate Change: A Synthesis of Science Findings.

As detailed in the section on national and international impacts, many CoF scientists are providing leadership in national and global collaborations and networks concerned with this theme.

FS provides leadership in several collaborative, largely interdisciplinary research efforts:o H. J. Andrews LTER has begun to prepare for the next 5-year

NSF grant renewal, with enhanced emphasis on social science-forest ecology interactions and impacts of global-climate change.

o AmeriFlux continues to grow and prosper under scientific leadership provided by Bev Law (FS). Collaboration (with funding) was established with Microsoft to enlist their aid in developing a database design for AmeriFlux. A $1.5 million grant will support affiliated research sites in the Northwest. Data from Bev’s sites were used in a recent Nature article on human influences on the carbon cycle in temperate and boreal forests.

o CFER has suffered some severe reductions in the past several years and is funded by FRESC only until the end of the calendar year. The extent to which the BLM and ODF will continue to support CFER is not clear.

The Watershed Research Cooperative (FE) is gaining national visibility and credibility as early results from the Hinkle Creek study are presented at scientific meetings and graduate students complete theses. The interdisciplinary work at this site is virtually unique in North America in its focus on both physical and biological aspects of watershed function and response to harvesting. More that $1.15 million in federal and local cooperator support was received in 2006. This is in addition to the in-kind faculty and operating budget support provided by the FRL, USGS FRESC, and other partners.

Jeff McDonnell (FE) received$422,000 from Kennecott Greens Creek Mine in Alaska to help with reclamation efforts focused on developing hydrologically functional hillslopes for forest restoration.

Optimizing enterprise, technological change, and innovation Four patents were granted to WSE faculty in CY2006. Two more have

been granted in the first half of 2007, including one that has been successfully commercialized. Other potential commercialization activities are underway.

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Notable outcomes this year in the development of formaldehyde-free adhesives include the expanded adoption of OSU technology by Columbia Forest Products in manufacturing formaldehyde-free products. The editors of Sustainable Industries Journal selected CFP’s PureBond Plywood, bonded with Kaichang Li’s (WSE) adhesives, as the second-ranked Top Green Building Product of 2006. Last year, Columbia Forest Products converted all its plywood plants to the new adhesive, replacing more than 47 million pounds of the conventional formaldehyde-based adhesive and reduced emissions of hazardous air pollutants by 50–90 percent at each of its plants. Continued commercial development and expanded use of the new adhesive is anticipated. This technology is now providing a significant royalty stream to the University.

A major WSE departmental initiative this year is to begin developing the composites materials science faculty as a cohesive group. John Nairn is the lead. Some actions this year include the following:o A composites industry advisory committee was formed and 12

advisors from 8 companies met in February 2007 to become more familiar with OSU and to offer advice about needed research.

o The composites faculty toured several manufacturing facilities as a group.

o Eighteen students and faculty traveled to Pullman, WA, for a research collaboration meeting with WSU, U of I and PNNL.

o WSE faculty has stepped up their participation with the Materials Science program on campus and was active with the recent MatSci program review. WSE faculty worked with others to develop several new graduate courses in polymer materials to enhance campus cooperation and cross-training.

Research projects in WSE during the past year cover a wide range of topics, as can be expected with a mission-focused program such as WSE. Some notable new efforts to watch include the following:o Transient Electric Birefringence of Cellulose Nanocrystals

(Simonsen)–an IP disclosure was filed on a new discovery that CNX will turn opaque in an electric field. This has potential applications in systems similar to liquid crystal displays.

o Modifying wood for structural composites (Kamke, Nairn)–a new grant focuses on improving properties of rapidly grown wood, such as poplar, for structural applications. Some commercial interests may emerge this year.

o Rubber-wood composites (Li)–a 2nd year of industrial funding has been approved for exploring the potential of using wood-based materials as a rubber additive.

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o Use of natural products as botanical repellants (Karchesy)–a new round of work on potential for natural products is being supported by US Centers for Disease Control.

o Ionic liquids for removal of pollutants from process exhaust (Milota, Li)–DOE project successfully completed. Follow-up work could involve commercialization by several interested parties.

WSE faculty is very active in developing new research ideas for the Oregon BEST and Western Sun Grant funding opportunities. Projects that could take off if funded include a microbial fuel cell for hydrogen production, green pesticides, an integrated forest biorefinery, ethanol separation membranes from cellulose nanocrystals, nylon-wood composites, and others.

The Oregon Wood Innovation Center (OWIC), based in WSE, completed its first full year and added a key staff member.

Managing natural resources A new wildlife biologist with training in landscape ecology, Matthew

Betts, joined FS in February. He will be closely affiliated with the Ecosystem Informatics Program, and his salary will be largely funded for several years by the Provost’s Initiative supporting this program. Matt will also be a major contributor to the FRL’s Fish and Wildlife in Managed Habitat Research Program.

The Center for Intensive Plantation Silviculture (CIPS) in FS was initiated with 19 dues-paying members representing industry and state and federal agencies. Doug Maguire is the Director.

The seven research cooperatives in FS are doing well; overall membership has remained relatively constant. It will be interesting to see if and how the formation of CIPS will impact the cooperatives.

In addition to a well-funded molecular genetics program with hybrid poplars (primarily Strauss), several new developments are likely to greatly enhance the ability of the FS department to do genomics research in Douglas-fir (Howe). This includes significant funding (~$1 million) pending from the USDA-CREES Coordinated Agricultural Project (CAP) and the formation of a new NSF Center for Advanced Forestry Systems ($250K to OSU). Funding also has been granted by DOE for gene sequencing of key conifer species, including Douglas-fir. No funds will come to the Department for this latter project, but Howe will have a role in designing this research to be contracted with an outside laboratory.

The FS Department houses two service laboratories:o After many years in the making, the Richardson Hall Quarantine

Facility became operational in December, with Darrell Ross as its first Director. The first project involves testing several insects from Asia for biological control of knotweed.

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o The Cooperative Chemical Analytical Laboratory (CCAL) has made a number of improvements in operational efficiency and upgrading of equipment under its new Director, Kathy Motter.

John Sessions (FE) received $105,000 from the O&C Counties to help them evaluate and develop alternatives associated with the new BLM planning process. The resulting plans have significant economic, social, and environmental impacts on county economies and infrastructure.

With Jeff Morrell’s leadership, the Wood Pole Research Cooperative expanded its membership to 15 electrical utilities. The research agenda is varied but designed to keep wood poles a cost-effective means of delivering electric power to consumers. Recent OSU research on pole bending strength conducted through the Coop helped to protect this major market for Oregon timber growers and wood treaters. The Coop sponsored the 6th Northeast Utility Pole Conference in Binghamton, New York in 2006, where over 90 suppliers, utility engineers, purchasing agents and specifiers assembled to learn of the latest developments in the utility pole industry.

Major outreach/engagement initiatives FR continued to organize and orchestrate the Starker Lecture Series.

A special series highlighting the Forestry Centennial brought an exceptional group of nationally and internationally acclaimed speakers to campus.

CoF hosted a major conference on Forests and Climate Change at LaSells Center, co-hosted with OFRI and the Oregon Department of Forestry. Speakers included authors from the aforementioned book plus additional speakers. More than 250 people attended.

For the 50th year, the Variable Probability Sampling short course (FR) was offered by the same individual, ex-Professor John Bell—a landmark event by any measure!

FR sponsored a timely seminar on Scientific Foundations of Post-fire Policy: New Findings, New Ideas to highlight the diversity of work underway by CoF graduate students and faculty.

FR initiated plans to offer the short course Basics in Accurate Forest Land Appraisal in November 2007.

FS faculty contributed significantly to the productivity of the Forestry Extension program by leading 19 Extension/Outreach workshops, giving presentations at 69 events, and producing 10 publications.

In addition to the six FS faculty with formal Extension appointments, several “research” faculty in the Department had significant outreach/continuing education efforts. These include the seven research cooperatives, CFER (Hibbs), Andrews LTER (Bond), and Outreach in Biotechnology (Strauss).

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Three significant Extension publications were produced this year: “Ties to the Land: Your Family Forest Heritage” (Withrow-Robinson, Co-author), “Guide to Reforestation in Oregon” (Rose and Haase), and “Understanding Eastside Forests” (Emmingham).

Loren Kellogg (FE) led a 1-day symposium cosponsored by the FE Department, Associated Oregon Loggers, and Western Region COFE on timber harvesting for more than 100 participants.

The Forest Service collaborated with the FE Department in offering another continuing education short course on Timber Sale Area Planning. This appears to be an alternate year event for the time being.

In his capacity as Chair of the Science Steering Group of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences devoted to improving Prediction of Ungauged Basins (PUB), Jeff McDonnell (FE) led several NSF-sponsored workshops.

Mike Wing (FE) offered a broadened slate of short courses on GIS/GPS themes to diverse audiences.

Several publications over the past year have been directed at woodland owners and logging professionals, but two new ones stand out:o Managing Woodland Roads, prepared by Steve Bowers (FE,

Extension) with support from ODF.o Timber Fallers Safety, prepared by Jeff Wimer (FE) with support

from OR-OSHA. The Oregon Wood Innovation Center (WSE) completed its first full

year and added a key staff member. Since the beginning of 2007, OWIC completed a major study and compilation of current uses, research needs, major barriers and opportunities for increased use of wood biomass in Oregon. They put on Oregon Wood Fest in Portland, a workshop for architects to encourage greater intelligent use of wood products, and are hosting a standing-room only conference on new formaldehyde emission regulations in July.

Under Jeff Morrell’s leadership, the Wood Magic educational outreach program (WSE) expanded to include a Road Show with Dr. Leslie McDaniel as the traveling Wood Magician. Leslie traveled over 30,000 miles and made 313 presentations at 121 schools, engaging over 9,300 students, teachers, and parents in AY07. The WSE faculty, staff and students hosted over 2000 3rd and 4th grade students, teachers and parents at the fall Corvallis event and a spring event at the World Forestry Center. The Oregon Forest Resources Institute continues to value this program greatly and will support it financially in AY08.

Especially noteworthy as Continuing Education and Extensions events this year are the SPC Path to Quality in Wood Products Manufacturing, a new 2-day CE event held in Portland with 66 participants from the western US and Canada, and the Oregon Wood

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Fest, a full-day event at the World Forestry Center that drew over 500 participants.

Other educational programs include numerous tours and demonstrations for elementary, high school and community college students, as well as programs for students in the College of Engineering.

The FE Department hosted the triennial 13th Pacific Northwest Skyline and IUFRO-cosponsored International Mountain Logging Symposium in April 2007 with about 185 participants.

The second program under the banner of the International Forest Engineering Institute (IFEI) was held in July, 2006, in collaboration with the University of Idaho. The group included about 20 participants from Korea, China, and Japan.

National/international impact of programs and initiatives Five of the “25 most significant empirical studies” on public

involvement in Forest Service policy making (W.D. Leach, Journal of Forestry, Vol. 104, No. 1) were authored by FR faculty and graduate students.

Two journal articles following up from last year’s post-fire salvaging paper in Science received significant national media coverage and reflected well on the CoF (Shatford, Hibbs, and Puettmann, 2007. Conifer regeneration following forest fire in the Klamath-Siskiyous: How much, how soon? Journal of Forestry 105: 139-146) and Thompson, Spies, and Ganio, 2007. Re-burn severity in managed and unmanaged vegetation in a large wildfire. PNAS 104: 10,743–10,748).

Several ECampus courses were delivered nation- and world-wide (e.g., FOR 111, FOR 365, FOR 445, FOR/FW/RNG 446).

Several FR training guides and manuals received widespread acclaim from users (e.g., public involvement DVD, stream flows & recreation guide, Extension circulars).

FE is perceived globally as a bastion of intellectual strength in the science and practice of forest engineering, and its faculty continues to bear the responsibility of providing disciplinary leadership and service regionally, nationally, and globally. For example,o Paul Adams is a member of the Executive Committee, Oregon

SAF, and the National SAF Committee on Forest Policy.o Kevin Boston serves as Associate Editor, Western Journal of

Applied Forestry.o Loren Kellogg is Research Advisor to the Cooperative Research

Center for Forestry (CRC-Forestry), Australia; Coordinator of. IUFRO Research Group 3.01.00: Harvesting and Transportation Engineering, and Chair: Western Region Council on Forest

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Engineering. He also serves on the editorial board of the Southern Hemisphere Forestry Journal and the Executive Committee of the Council on Forest Engineering (COFE).

o Jeff McDonnell is Chair of the IAHS Decade on Prediction in Ungauged Basins (PUB), coordinating the 65 member countries and 3500 IAHS members, and Chair of the PUB Working Group on Slope Intercomparison Experiment (SLICE). He also chairs the Working Group on Watershed Instrumentation, UC Berkeley National Hydrological Synthesis Center. He is the USA representative to the UNESCO HELP Program and network of hydrological observatories and a member of UNESCO PUB-HELP-FRIEND Technical Working Group. He serves in an editorial capacity for eight journals and other publications.

o Glen Murphy was a Planning Committee Member for the 2nd Southern African Precision Forestry Conference held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in March 2006. He also is an interim Board Member of IUFRO 3.11 Environment and a member of the editorial board of the New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science.

o Marv Pyles serves as a Civil Engineering Program Evaluator, Engineering Accreditation Commission, and Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. He also is Co-chair of the Joint OSBEELS, WSBEELS committee on Forest Engineering Licensing and Technical Editor of the International Journal of Forest Engineering.

o John Sessions is Associate Editor, Editorial Board, Finnish Forest Science, Silva Fennica; Senior Advisor, International Selection Committee for the Wallenberg Prize; Deputy Leader, Research Group 3.06, Forest Operations in Mountainous Terrain, IUFRO; and one of two academic members nationally of the Department of Interior Interagency Science Team.

o Jeff Wimer has been a member of the OR-OSHA Logging Code Committee.

o Michael Wing serves as Associate Editor of geospatial technology for the Journal of Forestry and Chair-elect for SAF’s Land Use Planning, Organization & Management working group (E2) working group.

Hal Salwasser serves on several national and international boards and commissions: Institute for Forest Biotechnology, National Commission for Science on Sustainable Forestry, World Forestry Center, National Academies Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

FR faculty assisted policymakers at state and national levels concerning natural resource issues. They also contributed significantly to professional organizations and societies. For example,o Steve Fitzgerald and Hal Salwasser participated in a

Congressional Field Hearing concerning the Biscuit Fire in 2006.

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o Temesgen Hailemariam was appointed as a Deputy for the IUFRO Section 4.02.03: Forest Inventory.

o Rick Fletcher is the national representative to the Operating Committee for the American Tree Farm System (2006–08).

o Chal Landgren was appointed Deputy Director of the IUFRO Christmas Tree Working Group.

o Several faculty serve in an editorial capacity for scholarly journals: Darius Adams (editorial board, Journal of World Forest Resources Management), Heidi Jo Albers (editorial board, Contemporary Economic Policy), John Bailey (Associate Editor, Western Journal of Applied Forestry), John Bliss (Co-Editor-in-Chief, Small-Scale Forest Economics, Management, and Policy), Kreg Lindberg (editorial board, Journal of Sustainable Tourism and Journal of Ecotourism), Claire Montgomery, (Associate Editor, Forest Science), and Randy Rosenberger (Associate Editor, Journal of Leisure Research).

FS faculty has prominent roles in national and international societies, advisory committees and panels, and professional organizations. For example, o Barbara Bond continues to serve on the NSF NEON Panel and

the Natural Scientific Advisory Committee, Wind River Canopy Crane Research Facility. She is an Associate Editor for Ecological Applications.

o Mark Harmon is a member of the US LTER Network Strategic Plan Committee and served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Northwest Scientific Association. He is on the editorial advisory board for Forest Ecology and Management.

o Steve Hobbs continues as Chair of the Oregon Board of Forestry and a member of the USDA McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Shared Leadership and Planning Team.

o Glenn Howe is Chair of the Climate Change Task Force and co organized the International Banbury Conference on Conifer Genomics. He is an Associate Editor, Forest Science, and a guest Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

o Olga Krankina is leader of the NASA project“NELDA: Monitoring and Validating the Distribution and Change in Land Cover across Northern Eurasia.” She also is a member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the Nordic Centres of Excellence, the Expert Advisory Committee of AsiaFlux Research Network in Japan, China, Thailand and Indonesia, the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Working Group on "Ecosystem Model/Data Intercomparison,” and the International Science Advisory Board of Fluxnet–Canada Research Network.

o Bev Law serves on numerous national and international committees on carbon cycling and global warming.

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o Klaus Puettmann is Deputy Coordinator of the IUFRO Working Party 4.14.00, Ecosystem-based Management of Forested Landscapes and a member of the German Research Council, National Initiative for Excellence Panel.

o Robin Rose revived and serves as Managing Editor of Tree Planters’ Notes.

o Darrell Ross served as Chair of the Local Arrangements Committee, 2007 Pacific Branch Annual Meeting, for the Entomological Society of America in Portland and is Chair of the Fifth North American Forest Insect Work Conference.

o Steve Strauss was named to two NRC Committees in 2007. He is on the editorial boards of Biomed Central Plant Biology, Forestry, New Phytologist, Tree Genetics and Genomes, and New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science.

o Several other faculty members serve in an editorial capacity to journals: Dave Hibbs (North American Editor, Annals of Forestry), Dave Shaw (Associate Editor, Western Journal of Applied Forestry, and Dave Turner (Associate Editor, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment).

WSE faculty is prominent contributors to national and international societies, advisory committees and panels, and professional organizations.o Jim Funck has been elected Vice-President of the Society of Wood

Science and Technology.o Rakesh Gupta is Associate Editor, Journal of Structural

Engineering, and Kaichang Li and John Simonsen are on the editorial boards of Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy and Wood Material Science and Engineering Journal, respectively.

o Barb Lachenbruch headed a science review team for the Wood Quality Initiative, Ltd, a public/private consortium in New Zealand and Australia. She is an Executive Board member of the International Academy of Wood Science. Barb returned from Chile last summer from a year on a Fulbright Fellowship.

o Mike Milota and Eric Hansen are active leaders of IUFRO Working Groups on Drying and Forest Products Marketing, respectively.

o Jeff Morrell just completed his term as the first American President of the International Research Group for Wood Preservation. This group is very influential in helping governments with establishing research agendas with foreign and exotic pest issues, biodeterioration of infrastructure, and building code requirements.

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FE secured a new home for the International Journal of Forest Engineering with the Forest Products Society. The finances of the journal improved considerably as subscription numbers increased sharply. This success will maintain a key outlet for international scholarship in forest engineering and operations. Marv Pyles led the transition in journal management this year and will continue serving as the journal technical editor in 2007–2008.

WSE sponsored the 2006 World Conference on Timber Engineering in Portland. Over 500 scientists, engineers and others attended the successful 5-day meeting. Many attendees traveled to Corvallis to see our labs and learn about OSU and WSE.

The CoF continued to foster international exchange of information, technology, and ideas through educating international students and trainees, hosting visiting scientists in the College, and encouraging faculty travels and collaborations with scientists in many countries.

Eric Hansen is the PI on a new project entitled Enhancing the Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Mexico’s Forest Sector, funded by USAID through a Mexican Higher Ed Program. The project includes three Mexican universities, two research institutes, the national forest service, and two indigenous communities. WSE alum Dr. Antonio Silva (University of Guadalajara) leads the Mexican component of the project. Other OSU faculty involved includes Rick Fletcher, Joe Karchesy, Barbara Lachenbruch, Mike Milota, and Jeff Morrell. This project will bring Mexican graduate students to OSU and send OSU faculty to Mexico for educational projects.

b. Faculty and staff recognition and awards Particularly notable is the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge

Award given to Kaichang Li and his team (WSE) by the EPA for their work on formaldehyde-free adhesives.

Paul Adams (FE) and Jim Johnson (FR) were elected as Fellows of the Society of American Foresters.

John Bailey (FR) received the Aufderheide Award, awarded by students, for excellence in teaching.

Max Bennett (FR) received the Extension Service’s Search for Excellence Award.

Matthew Betts (FS) received a postdoctoral fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.

Mike Bondi (FS) received the OSU Extension Service Team Award and Search for Excellence Award.

Charles Brunner (WSE) received the 2007 Dean’s Award for Advising, Mentoring, and/or Resident Undergraduate and Graduate Instruction.

Steve Fitzgerald was coeditor of the book Ecology and Management of Eastern Oregon Forests: A Comprehensive Manual for Forest

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Managers, which received the Gold Award from the Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals.

Rick Fletcher (FR) received an Agricultural Service Award from the Benton County Fair Foundation.

Rick Fletcher (FR) and Chal Landgren (FR) received the OSU Extension Service’s Team Award.

Bill Galligan (WSE) received an Award of Merit for lifetime contributions to the lumber industry from the West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau.

Mark Harmon (FS) spent his sabbatical as a Harvard Forest Bullard Fellow of Harvard University.

Cathleen Ma (FS) received the Dean’s Award for Research and Scholarship

Tom Manning (FS) received the Faculty Research Assistant Award. Jeff McDonnell (FE) was invited to give the Penman Lecture to the

British Hydrological Society; the J.J. Boussinesq Centre Masterclass Lecture, Delft, The Netherlands; and the Frontier Lecture at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting.

John Nairn won the George Marra Award from the Society of Wood Science and Technology.

Klaus Puettmann (FS) will spend his sabbatical as a Mercator Professor, so named by the German Research Council.

Jim Reeb received the Awesome Force Award of the Extension Forestry Team.

Hal Salwasser was elected as President-elect of the National Association of University Forest Resources Programs, NASULGC’s forest division.

Bo Shelby (FR) received the Service Award from the Clackamas River Relicensing Settlement Working Group and was honored by the Natural Resources Program for his 14 years of service as Director.

John Sessions (FR) was recognized by the Oregon Department of Forestry with an Award for Outstanding Service and continues to serve as Senior Advisor to the International Selection Committee for the Wallenberg Prize.

Denise Steigerwald (FS/Computer Support) received the Dean’s Support Staff Award.

David Turner (FS) received a Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Sabbatical Fellowship from Colorado State University.

Michael Wing (FE) received the OSU L.L. Stewart Faculty Development Award.

The Centennial Open House Committee (Nathalie Gitt, Aleece Kopczenski, and Rose Lacey, Dean’s Office; Sandie Arbogast, Gretchen Bracher, Caryn Davis, and Susan McEvoy, Forestry

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Communications Group; Steve Cox, Jeff Hino, and David Zahler, Forestry Media Center; Debbie Bird McCubbin, Student Services) received the Dean’s Award for Service.

c. Student recognition and awards Chris Gabrielli (WSE; with Fred Kamke) placed third in the SWST

student poster competition at the 50th Annual SWST Convention. Rachel Heath (RRM) and Abe Wheeler (FM) received the Drucilla

Shepard Smith award, which recognizes OSU students who have maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA.

William P Hoskins (FE), Bill Richardson (NR), and Abe Wheeler (FM) were named the Paul and Neva Dunn Outstanding Seniors in the CoF.

Glenn Kohler (FS) won first place in a student poster competition at the Entomological Society of America meeting in December.

Rachael Kollen and Jason Evans (WST undergraduates) won two of the seven highly competitive Robert Dougherty Scholarships awarded to North American students for AY08. OSU is the only institution to have multiple recipients of the scholarships, given by the Composite Panel Association.

Judd Lehman (FM) received the 2007 Harold Bowerman Leadership Award.

Anica Mercado (NR) won the Pack Essay Award. Susan Morré (FR) received the Dean’s Award for Service in

International Programs. Bill Richardson (NR) received the Clara H. Waldo and E. A. Cummings

Outstanding Student Award, Oregon State University’s highest award for undergraduate students.

Chaylon Shuffield (FM) won the Kelly Axe Award. Nicole Strong (FR) and Elissa Wells (FR) received the Dean’s Award

in Extended and Continuing Education. Brendan Welsh (FE) received the OSU Writing in the Curriculum

Culture of Writing Award. Nicole Younger (FR), a graduate student working under the direction

of Temesgen Hailemariam (FR), received 3rd place at the poster session of the National SAF Convention in Pittsburgh.

2. Strategic Plan Implementationa. Initiatives undertaken and their outcome at the end of the year

Enhancing student engagement and successIn addition to accomplishments listed under Section 1.a. of this report,

Undergraduate enrollment grew from 467 in 2005–2006 to 492 in 2006–2007, a 5% increase and a 42% increase over 2002. Graduate

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enrollment dipped slightly, from 157 to 142, but still represented a 7% increase over 5 years.

Scholarship funding for 2006–2007 totaled $552,333: $451,000 from college funds and S101, 333 from departments. Fellowship funding totaled $452,442: $100,500 from college funds and $351,942 from departments.

Six-year graduation rates have steadily improved since 2002-2003 and are now only 10% below university levels, a significant change from 20% below. This is an area we will continue to work on.

Increasing research and outreach See the Major Research/Scholarship Accomplishments under Section

1.a. of this report. Enhancing diversity and community

The CoF continued to foster a collegial and supportive work environment via frequent communications, openness, and special events (e.g., Centennial Open House, Payday Coffees, Benton County Food Share Drive, departmental meetings).

For the first time, FS FRAs organized the departmental seminar (Spring 2007), featuring speakers from among FRAs and RAs in the department. In addition, the FRAs were encouraged to develop their own organization to mentor new FRAs, provide for professional development, and enhance communication and networking among themselves and with the rest of the Department.

Student participation in FS departmental governance is facilitated through Graduate Student Representatives chosen by the students. This year, six Graduate Representatives served on departmental committees and organized several departmental activities.

Vacant faculty and staff positions were filled from underrepresented populations.

Graduate students from underrepresented populations were recruited and received financial support (e.g., departmental Richardson Fellowships).

CoF supported the formation of the nation’s only chapter of International Forestry Students Association and the chapter’s major activities, including the International Forestry Seminar.

Provide a brief self-assessment of the unit efforts in the three areas: what worked; areas that need improvement; major barriers.

On student engagement and success, a number of things are working well: active recruitment, excellent teaching, lots of field trips, scholarships and fellowships, active student clubs, getting undergraduates engaged in the research enterprise, and a faculty and staff remarkably committed to student success. Areas that need improvement include additional financial aid and better course offerings across campus, so our students are not held behind by lack

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of access to required courses. Major barriers are largely financial, such as the inability to fill vacant faculty positions due to state budgets.

On research and outreach, what is working well is the grant and contract effort of faculty. We are a relatively small faculty with a very large research and outreach enterprise, more than 60% of which is funded through grants and contracts. Areas that need improvement continue to be respect among some faculty for the work of others and openness to constructive critique of work by those who might have different views of the researcher’s work. This is much better than it was prior to January 2006, but tensions still lie beneath the surface. Major barriers include declining real spending power of federal formula funds, loss of federal agency funding for CFER (~$900,000/year) and Wood Utilization Research (~$700,000/year), restructuring in the forest industry that could impact Research Cooperatives in the future, inability to fill key faculty vacancies such as Harvesting Extension, Timber Engineering and Forest Soils, and possibly tensions created by the impending departmental reorganization.

On diversity and community, a lot is going well. The time and energy devoted to improved communications and more open and transparent decision making are paying off. We continue to try to attract faculty from underrepresented classes but, with the inability to hire new faculty until our budget is in better shape, there is not much possible here for a few years. Major barriers include lack of underrepresented faculty in candidate pools, lack of financial resources to fill vacancies, and historic professional cultures that are still in transition from being dominated by Anglo males. We’re not where we used to be, but we’re not yet where we want to be.

b. Major unit activities during 2006-2007 that helped promote one or more of the five thematic areas

Everything we do in the College is directly aimed at the Natural Resources thematic area; many overlap other thematic areas, as well. The major accomplishments cited in Section 1.a of this report document the College’s major activities in this area.

In addition to their research cited in Section 1.a, many of our faculty contribute substantially to the Earth Systems, the Innovation, and the Curriculum and Basic Inquiry themes in leadership and development roles. For example, o H. J. Andrews LTER began preparing for the next 5-year NSF

grant renewal, with enhanced emphasis on social science-forest ecology interactions and impacts of global-climate change.

o The Oregon Wood Innovation Center (WSE) completed its first full year and added a key staff member. Since the beginning of 2007, OWIC completed a major study and compilation of current uses, research needs, major barriers and opportunities for increased use of wood biomass in Oregon. They put on Oregon

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Wood Fest in Portland, a workshop for architects to encourage greater intelligent use of wood products, and are hosting a standing-room only conference on new formaldehyde emission regulations in July.

o The CoF hosted a major conference on Forests and Climate Change at LaSells Center, co-hosted with OFRI and the Oregon Department of Forestry.

o Barbara Bond (FS) continues to serve on the NSF NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network) Panel. NEON is being set up to gather long-term data on ecological responses of the biosphere to changes in land use and climate and on feedbacks with the geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.

o Eric Hansen (WSE) is PI on a new project, Enhancing the Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Mexico’s Forest Sector. The project includes three Mexican universities, two research institutes, the national forest service, and two indigenous communities. This project involves five other CoF faculty and WSE alum Dr. Antonio Silva (University of Guadalajara), who leads the Mexican component of the project.

o Mark Harmon is a member of the US LTER Network Strategic Plan Committee.

o Bev Law (FS) is a scientific leader in Ameriflux and serves on numerous national and international committees on carbon cycling and global warming.

o Ongoing partnerships with Traverse PC, Tripod Data Systems (TDS) and PPI Group provided access to state of art technology and software for student education in geomatics and to corporate technical staffs for assistance in student training and classroom instruction.

o Demand for geomatics and land surveying professionals is expanding rapidly, and the work is a fundamental necessity for Oregon’s economic development. FE has been exploring collaboration with the CoE and faculty at OIT in offering instruction and R&D to meet employer demands.

o New courses, WSE530 Polymer Composites and WSE535 Polymer Synthesis and Structure, strengthen the budding polymeric materials science research programs on campus.

o WSE470 Forests, Wood and Civilization was taught this year after a 1-year hiatus. Seventy-two (72) students took this BAC course, designed to broaden student awareness of the role of forests and wood in their lives and to help them make informed choices in the future.

o Mike Wing (FE) offered a broadened slate of short courses on GIS/GPS themes to diverse audiences.

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c. Major accomplishments for 2006-2007 in support of the OSU Capital Campaign

Campaign to date total for the College is $14,141,159. This is 44.89% of our total campaign goal. We received 11 major gifts and two private grants in fiscal year 2006–07. Total donations and grants to the College came in at $1,321,125 for fiscal year 2006–07. We also currently have open gift conversations totaling over $15,000,000.o $115,000.00 gift to the Richard Strachan Chair Endowment in

Forest Operations Managemento $101,447.50 gift to the Hayes Silviculture Fellowship Endowment

Fundo $94,800.00 gift to the Dean's Fund for Excellence & Innovation

in the College of Forestryo $55,000.00 private grant for use by Wood Science & Engineeringo $50,000.00 gift to the Thomas Barocan Scholarship Endowment

Fundo $48,737.98 gift to the Willamette Industries Legacy Scholarship

Endowment o $40,000.00 gift to the Giustina Family Forestry Research Fundo $40,000.00 gift to the Lee Harris Memorial Forest Management

Endowment Fundo $38,000.00 private grant for use by Forest Natural Resourceso $35,000.00 gift to the Newton Forest Research Fellowship

Endowmento $35,000.00 gift to the Forest Science Department Fund

The Sam Konnie family annual gift of about $70,000 will continue for another 10 years. This gift supports undergraduate scholarships, the FE Building Community Department field trip, graduate student travel awards, and equipment for the Konnie teaching laboratory and to build a long-term endowment for future use.

The Gibbet Hill Foundation 5-year pledge for $90,000 annually to support FE graduate fellowships is in its fifth year. Rick Strachan has already renewed the pledge for another 5 years beginning in FY 2008. Rick has also pledged $3.6 million to fund an endowed chair in forest operation management.

Ongoing partnerships with Tripod Data Systems (TDS) and PPI in 2006 have resulted in donation and reduced cost purchase of about $80,000 of new high order surveying and mapping equipment and software that will benefit surveying instruction for CoF students. We hope to expand on our relationships with high tech equipment

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companies to obtain access to the rapidly evolving technologies for our students.

3. Other initiatives and their outcomes [e.g., Faculty/Staff Professional Development Activities]

Jay Sexton (FS) and Jim Kiser (FE) organized and led field safety training for College members.

The departments supported a variety of training and educational opportunities for departmental staff.

National and international travel and involvement for professional purposes were encouraged.

All but one candidate for promotion and/or tenure were successful.

4. Scorecard

a. Performance on college-level metrics: see attachment

b. Leveraging resources Initiatives to leverage state resources

FRL leverages state appropriation by over $6 per state $. Grant/contract (including co-op) expenditures for FY07 were

$13,173,777, much of which went directly into Oregon’s economy. FR participated in implementation of the “Provost’s Initiative” on

Sustainable Rural Communities. FR explored partnerships with the departments of Horticulture and

Agricultural & Resource Economics to develop academic programs in Urban Forestry & Horticulture and Law & Policy, respectively. This continues through 2007–2008.

Extension faculty in FR secured ~$660,000 in extramural funding to support local programming.

Initiatives to improve administrative efficiencies The major activity here was year-long work in preparation for College

reorganization.

5. Assessment of your 2006-2007 Priorities

a. Enhance student success Continue implementing recommendations from our 2005 review of

student success and student services. (Completed; worked very well) Co-lead a pilot student engagement program with CAS. We have 2

representatives on the OSU committee charged to foster student engagement. (This was not pursued; there seems to be lack of institutional energy for this.)

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Continue to use the capital campaign for increased scholarships and fellowships. (Raised less than hoped for)

b. Increase research/scholarship and outreach Ensure a successful transition to new graduate program in Applied

Economics. (This utterly failed due to factors beyond our control. These factors will hamper graduate economics at OSU until they are eliminated from influence.)

Support new faculty with start up funds and research assistants. (Completed)

Develop a focal program initiative in forests, carbon, and climate. (Underway. Faculty met on July 26, 2007 to develop proposal; Mark Harmon was on sabbatical most of the year.)

Support faculty working on the NSF NEON program. (Ongoing) Seek increases in the FRL state appropriation and harvest tax from

the Legislature. (Success on about 30% of what we asked for) Continue the capital campaign for endowed faculty positions. (1 new

endowed chair in 2006)

c. Enhance diversity and community, including international dimensions Implement recommendations of the Committee on Academic Freedom

and Responsibility. The committee recommended 25 separate actions to improve leadership and governance of the College, cultivate professional behavior, and to foster collegiality, inquiry, and debate. We are taking steps to implement all but one recommendation (I do not think it necessary at this time to seek outside review of the recommendations). Of the 20 separate actions I have proposed, here is a summary: o Add 2 members to the FEC to diversify input. (Done)o Create an internal College of Forestry Advisory Council to

provide input and feedback to the Dean. (Done)o Increase accessibility to the Dean through open office hours and

more informal interaction with faculty and staff. (Done and ongoing)

o Improve communications about leadership and governance issues by posting FEC meeting agendas and minutes on the web. (Done and ongoing)

o Institute new policies and procedures for the review of College administrators. (Implemented summer 2007)

o Seek additional input from outside the College on major issues, both through formal (e.g., FRL Advisory Board) and informal means. (Ongoing)

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o Improve the transparency of budgets and the budgeting process. (Done and ongoing through CFAC and listening sessions)

o Develop a code of conduct for the entire college community and appoint several ombudspersons to help administer. (Steve Strauss designated to lead; still ironing out details with OGC)

o Elevate the importance and status of mentoring, for graduate students and young faculty. (One at the department level)

o Elevate the discussion of issues, scientific debate, ethics, and academic freedom within the College via courses, seminars, and general discussion. (Done through 2 special seminars this year on fire)

Restructure international programs. Executive leadership will be provided by Associate Dean Ed Jensen for education programs and Associate Dean Jim Johnson for research and outreach programs. Badege Bishaw continues as Director of International Programs (this changed again in 2007).

Work with campus partners to secure long-term funding for NAESNR (formerly known as NAMSS).

Continue efforts to recruit and retain Latino students and students from the inner city of Portland (through Latinos in Forestry and Inner City Youth Institute).

d. Capital campaign Raise $5–6 million for the College. (Raised $1.3 million) Cultivate new relationships for out years. (Ongoing)

e. Personal leadership Represent OSU as member of The National Academies Board on

Agriculture and Natural Resources (Ongoing). Celebrate centennial of forestry programs at OSU. (Completed) Advocate in Salem for increased appropriations to Statewide Public

Service Programs and for increase in harvest tax funding to the College (Done for the time being).

Continue implement of the newly revised College Forest Plan. (Ongoing)

Continue to implement financial management strategies to reduce costs and increase revenues. (Ongoing)

Continue as the “voice from the center” on forestry issues for the state and nation (Doing the best we can; I was the lead advocate for a new look at Oregon’s forest futures, and OSU will co-sponsor the Oregon Forest Futures conference in Nov. 2007).

Major lessons reinforced: the importance of solid stakeholder relationships for political and financial support and the centrality of visionary, yet practical and

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engaged, leadership that is open to changing course when conditions show that change is needed.

6. Proposed Priorities for 2007-2008a. Enhance student success

Recruit new advisor to assist in student services and with FR degree advising.

Implement new curriculum in Forest Management undergraduate degree.

Increase number of core courses taught by T/TT faculty. Continue to use the capital campaign for increased scholarships,

fellowships, and endowed faculty. Continue investment in recruitment for enrollment growth (+30% in

last 2 years)

b. Increase research/scholarship and outreach Somehow pick up the pieces in graduate Applied Economics. Help shape Oregon BEST in its initial year. Implement a research initiative in forests, carbon and climate. Support faculty working on the NSF NEON program. Continue the capital campaign for endowed faculty positions.

c. Enhance diversity and community, including international dimensions.

Continue implementing actions from recommendations of the Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility and Building Community Committee.

Restructure International Program leadership—Executive leadership will be provided by Associate Dean Jim Johnson. Program Director position eliminated as part of budget strategy.

Restructure our recruitment efforts for Hispanic students.

d. Reorganize College administration Reduce expenditures by ~$500,000. Align programs and faculty for needs and opportunities of the future. Review and possibly restructure Research Cooperatives.

e. Capital campaign Raise $5–6 million for the College. Cultivate new relationships for out years.

Personal leadership Represent OSU as member of The National Academies Board on

Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Commission on Science

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for Sustainable Forestry, Pres-elect National Association of University Forest Resources Programs (division of NASULGC).

Continue implementation of the College Forest Plan. Continue to implement financial management strategies to reduce

costs and increase revenues. Lead College reorganization. Continue as the “voice from the center” on forestry issues for the

state and nation.

Goals for AY2008 Continue what we’ll be doing in 2007–2008. Prepare for 2009–2011 legislative session internally and externally. Begin hiring to fill faculty vacancies created by budgets of prior

biennia.

Overall Self-AssessmentA. What worked

Continued high performance by faculty in the teaching, research, and outreach enterprises

Excellent, highly motivated students, who contribute extensively to the above success in education and research, but also take the initiative and leadership in a number of Departmental and college-wide activities

Hardworking, efficient, and effective support services staff Willingness of the faculty and staff to take on service functions (e.g.,

with strategic planning), College administration, and special teaching assignments

B. What needs improvement University budget allocation that better aligns with costs of delivering

College’s degree programs Funding to support graduate students Delivery of graduate Applied Economics at OSU Relations and communications with full array of stakeholders Growth facilities Support for teaching fundamental plant science courses across

campus Cross-campus support for Andrews LTER administration, Natural

Resources administration, and CCAL Funding for key faculty positions, including soils and tree growth,

soils and forest operations, below-ground ecosystems, silviculture extension, timber harvesting extension, timber engineering, forest business management extension, county forestry extension, county wood technology extension, and urban forestry extension

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Communication among individuals with differing views on natural resource management and science across the College and within some Departments

General morale of faculty, staff, and students (arising from the prolonged uncertainty about changes in the College)

HR requirements for recruitment and processing of new hires, which have become more time-consuming and complicated

C. Major Barriers The College’s funding situation

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