news & notes The College of Forestry is on the cusp of acquiring a new property, the Tualatin Mountain Forest, which has historically been managed intensively as an industrial plantation. This forest, located just north of Portland, will help us research alternative forest management strategies and contrast them with traditional ones. We also hope this forest, positioned next to a large urban center, will become an important community recreation and youth education resource. The Indigenous Natural Resource Office, launched in 2022, has successfully garnered over $6 million in grant funding so far. The college is currently conducting a nationwide search for a tenure track Assistant Professor of Indigenous and Community Perspectives on Land, Ecosystem, & Cultural Stewardship. This position will help develop much-needed curricula and work with faculty, staff and students interested in understanding and applying Indigenous Knowledge for greater climate resilience in western forest ecosystems. Tallwood Design Institute (TDI), a collaborative effort between Oregon State University and University of Oregon to advance mass timber design and manufacturing, has been designated a Pacific Northwest Mass Timber Tech Hub by the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Association (EDA). TDI is also a member of the Oregon Mass Timber Coalition and in 2022 the coalition received $41.4 million in federal funding, with about $24 million going directly to TDI. The coalition recently submitted a $55.5 million proposal to the EDA. Oregon State University celebrated Dam Proud Day in April and the College of Forestry finished the day #1 on the leaderboards with the most money raised. Our marketing and communications team won the Spirit Award, the highest award the OSU Foundation bestows, for their outreach strategy. This strategy included placing Dean DeLuca and others, like Professor Emeritus Loren Kellogg and Zak Hansen, the senior director of development, in a dunk tank. Thank you to everyone who supported OSU and the college. Students in Associate Professor Ron Reuter’s FES 445/545 Ecological Restoration class take an educational tour of Starker Arts Park wetlands. Jaime Ortega Melendez, M.S. ‘24, inspects a research site after the Lookout Fire in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. 14 COLLEGE OF FORESTRY
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