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cover of western forester march/april 2008 (download pdf)

Issue Highlights
  • LIDAR: An Emerging Tool for Multiple Resource Measure, Planning, and Monitoring
  • A Model Specification for LIDAR Surveys in the Pacific Northwest
  • Developing a Stand-Level Inventory Using LIDAR
  • The Impact of LIDAR Technology on Transportation System Design: Moving from Coarse Topographic Maps to Detailed Digital Elevation Models
  • Fledgling Student Council Takes Flight
  • OSAF 2008 Annual Meeting: Building the Future with Oregon's Forests
  • Forests in Transition: Washington State SAF Annual Meeting
  • Our Voice: Any Country That is Worth Defending is Worth Preserving
  • High School Students Learn Skills at GRCC
  • Multiple Resource Management is Focus of New Technical Report
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cover of western forester january/february 2008 (download pdf)

Issue Highlights
  • Invasive Forest Pests: Problems You Can Live Without
  • The Balsam Woolly Adelgid Still a Pest in the West
  • Foresters Help Turn the Tide on Invasive Weeds
  • Sudden Oak Death Causes Oak Mortality
  • After a Century, White Pine Blister Rust Still a Factor (download pdf article)
  • Gypsy Moth Battle Goes Spatial
  • Alaska Biological Control Program Directed at Amber-marked Birch Leaf Miner
  • SAF 2007 Convention: What a Time Learning and Having Fun Together
  • Help Build the Future at 2008 OSAF Annual Meeting
  • The Farthest North Forest Sports Festival Equals Bragging Rights!
  • SAF Council Reports
  • Selkirk Chapter Honors 548 Years of Membership