Future of Hardwoods in Oregon (and the Pacific Northwest)
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Future of Hardwoods in Oregon Future of Hardwoods in Oregon (and the Pacific Northwest)(and the Pacific Northwest)
Glenn Ahrens
Oregon State University
Extension Forestry Clatsop and Tillamook County
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Future of the Hardwood Industry = Hardwood Resource
• Available timber inventory• Harvesting volume trends• Long-term sustainable supply?
– Incidental hardwoods in the forest– Managed hardwood forests
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Red Alder Inventory Volumeinventory dates ~1995 to 2000
0500
1,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000
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fornia
Oregon
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gton
British
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mbia
Alaska
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Source: USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis, BC Ministry of Forests
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Annual Removals/Harvest of Red Alder~590 million bd. ft (4.9 million cu. m)
WA - Private65%
OR - Private23%
WA+OR State/OP5%
BC5%
CA2%
Source: USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis, BC Ministry of Forests ~1995-2000
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•Abundant hardwoods are a legacy of past practices.
•Modern forest practices generally reduce the hardwood component in the PNW.
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Area of Hardwood Forest TypesW. Oregon & W. Washington
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Source: USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis
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Changes in Hardwood Volume10-year change 1990's
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Land changeRemovalMortalityGrowth
Source: USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis
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Availability of alder timber is reduced by policy and regulation
• Public timber policy – federal and state• Riparian management areas• Unstable slopes• Wildlife habitat
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Timber Harvest Western Oregon and Washington
01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0009,000
10,000
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
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Uncertain balance - determines the future of the Hardwood Resource
Negative factors• Continued
management favoring conifers
• Reduction in forest land base due to policy, regulation, and non-forest land use
Positive factors• Continued
regeneration of incidental hardwoods.
• Increasing management for alder.
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Increasing Hardwood Management in the Future
Depends on:• high market values = log prices• successful management techniques• competitive timber yields and economic
returns.
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NW Oregon Log Price TrendsAdjusted for inflation to 2004 $
0100200300400500600700800900
1975 1985 1995 2005Year
U.S
. $ p
er m
bf
Douglas-fir 2S & 3SAlder 8-in+
Source: Oregon Department of Forestry quarterly log price reports 1977-2004
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NW Oregon Log Price TrendsAdjusted for inflation to 2004 $
0100200300400500600700
1975 1985 1995 2005Year
U.S
. $ p
er m
bf
Alder 8-in+Alder Pulp/utility
Source: Oregon Department of Forestry quarterly log price reports 1977-2004
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For a brighter future……Improve the capability of landowners to profitably produce and sell hardwoods.
• Improve market options - veneer logs, sawlogs, pulp logs.
• Demonstrate yield and economic returns from managed alder.
• Continue research and education on how to manage for higher value hardwood stands .
• Increase availability of seedlings.