PNW Tree Improvement Research Coop NW Tree Improvement Coop Nursery Tech Coop Vegetation Management Research Coop Hardwood Silviculture Coop Stand Management Coop Swiss Needle Cast Coop Precision Forestry Coop Industry & Agency clients NewtonMaguireHarringtonRitchie

pollen contamination breeding values from progeny tests stock type & stock physiology Critical period threshold Alder response to spacing Thinning and fertilization responses Foliage age class dynamics LIDAR technology Industry & Agency clients Watershed silviculture non-N fertlizationwater use by competitionyoung stand model

pollen contamination breeding values from progeny tests stock type & stock physiology Critical period threshold Alder response to spacing Thinning and fertilization responses Foliage age class dynamics LIDAR technology Watershed silviculture non-N fertlizationwater use by competitionyoung stand model

Silvicultural treatments ROTATION

Competing vegetation control ROTATION pre-harvest site prep ? release ? release regime ?

Silvicultural INVESTMENT ROTATION Invest in release from competing vegetation in year 2 ? OR Fertilize in year 20 ?

CIPS Center for Intensive Plantation Silviculture Rationale A new approach to cooperative silvicultural research is required to: (1) remain competitive in the global economy (2) achieve financial targets demanded by owners (3) protect the health and sustainability of the forest resource It must be long-term, integrative, and broad in scope.

CIPS Center for Intensive Plantation Silviculture CIPS Mission To optimize productivity, health and sustainability of intensively managed planted forests by investigating the interactions among genetics, silviculture, insects and disease, competition, nutrition, and soils, while ensuring that the practices developed protect public resources and find public acceptance.

PNW Tree Improvement Research Coop NW Tree Improvement Coop Nursery Tech Coop Vegetation Management Research Coop Hardwood Silviculture Coop Stand Management Coop Swiss Needle Cast Coop Precision Forestry Coop

CIPS Center for Intensive Plantation Silviculture Organizational Structure Director – 0.5 FTE faculty member Steering committee: –One representative from each supporting organization –Works with Director to develop strategic research plan –Approves specific projects –Reviews program annually Science advisory group – current research coop directors and other scientists (from OSU, other universities, and industry).

CIPS Center for Intensive Plantation Silviculture Initial Charge Two parallel tracks: (1) develop a strategic plan for CIPS and initiate its research program (2) lead development of a strategic vision for comprehensive and integrative research on plantation silviculture in the region. CIPS CIPS strategic plan CIPS projects Comprehensive strategic vision Regional strategic framework

CIPS Center for Intensive Plantation Silviculture 2007May 1CIPS planning begins July 1Funded CIPS activities begin 2008June 30End of first year of CIPS FUNDING Each CIPS member contributes $4,000 Minimum of $40,000 first-year commitment by CIPS members for: ¼ Director salary/OPE, travel, and indirect costs College covers: ¼ Director salary/OPE ¼ Faculty Research Assistant salary/OPE Projects cover additional FRA salary/OPE

Project Types TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER RESEARCHINFORMATION CIPS Annual Conference Symposia Workshops Data syntheses Supplements to existing field trials New field/lab trials Models & decision-making software Silvicultural field guides Literature review/synthesis

CIPS Center for Intensive Plantation Silviculture Founding members as of April 12, 2007: Roseburg Forest ProductsWeyerhaeuser Company Green Diamond Forest Capital Partners Starker ForestsCampbell Group Lone Rock Timber Hancock Resource Oregon Department of Forestry Plum Creek Timber Forest Systems Rayonier Cascade Timber Consultants Port Blakely Bureau of Land ManagementLongview Fibre/Brookfield

CIPS Center for Intensive Plantation Silviculture Thanks

CIPS Center for Intensive Plantation Silviculture Develop a CIPS strategic plan and initial research –Set priorities on research topics and strategies –Identify one or more specific projects, complete with timelines and budgets –Identify staffing and support needs –Develop long-term funding mechanism –Assemble a modeling committee Committee focus should be model “invariant” ORGANON subcommittee to: approve changes to ORGANON, maintain and archive all ORGANON databases, and oversee the maintenance of the ORGANON computer code.

CIPS Center for Intensive Plantation Silviculture Lead development of a strategic vision for comprehensive and integrated research in the region –Assemble a review committee made up of leaders and representatives of organizations currently involved in various aspects of plantation silviculture and research in the region –Develop a vision for an integrated research program that covers interactions among genetics, competition, nutrition, soils, and insects and disease –Provide an analysis of the effectiveness and cost efficiency of regional research with respect to the strategic vision and provide recommendations for improvement

CIPS Center for Intensive Plantation Silviculture OSU Supporting organizations ___________________________ Budget ItemFTECost FTE Cost _________________________________________________________________________ Salary + OPE Director0.25$ 30, $ 30,812 Executive Director ,885 Travel 3,000 __________________________________________________________________________ Total direct$ 48,697$ 33,812 Total indirect ? (20% ?)* $ 6,762 (?) Total$ 48,697$ 40,574 ___________________________________________________________________________ *The indirect cost rate is established during negotiations with the University as part of the approval process to establish the Center (i.e., approval of a “Category I Proposal”)

Fertilization Trials Target stands: 20 yrs old (± 5 yrs) 300 tpa (± 100 tpa) No PCT or fertilization for ≥ 8 yrs CIPS Center for Intensive Plantation Silviculture

). Treatment FormAmountReason for inclusion KinseyBlendSite specificScientific and industry interest in overall nutritional limits to productivity FennBlendSite specificScientific and industry interest in overall nutritional limits to productivity Control - - Statistical reference for treatments LimeCaCO kg Ca / haPreliminary success, elevates pH, reduces Al, adds Ca: compare to Ca- only treatment NUrea224 kg N / haStandard approach, examine effects of adding N to N-rich sites PNa 3 PO kg P / haCan limit growth in highly weathered soils, some sites have P-fixing soils CaCaCl kg Ca / haLow soil and foliar Ca is common at our sites, attributable to high soil N

Fertilization Trials 15 installations Cascade Timber Giustina Green Diamond (2) Hampton (2) Lone Rock Menasha (2) ODF OSU Port Blakely West ForkTimber Weyerhaeuser (2) CIPS Center for Intensive Plantation Silviculture

1/40-ac plots centered on measure tree (radius=18.6 ft) 1-chn grid

NutrientP (lbs/ac) Level N (lbs/ac) 0 control50P100P N200N-50P200N-100P N400N-50P400N-100P Fenn prescription for site-specific blend Fenn prescription + 200N Proposal from Nutrition Project Stand Management Cooperative University of Washington

CIPS DirectorSteering CommitteeExecutive DirectorProject Team Research AssistantsGraduate Students Coop Directors Research Technicians Project oversight Center for Intensive Planted-forest Silviculture Vice Director Project Modeling Board

DEMO units logged in 1997 & 1998