The conference also features a logging, construction, trucking and heavy equipment expo.
The first Oregon Logging Conference took place in 1939. The theme for this year’s conference is “The World Needs our Wood”. The keynote address will be by William F Springer, the Vice President of Caterpillar Diversified Products Division.
The conference will include seminars and panel discussions on relevant topics. Some of the interesting topics being presented include:
The first Oregon Logging Conference took place in 1939. The theme for this year’s conference is “The World Needs our Wood”. The keynote address will be by William F Springer, the Vice President of Caterpillar Diversified Products Division.
The conference will include seminars and panel discussions on relevant topics. Some of the interesting topics being presented include:
- Six critical tyre factors
- Chainsaw technology applied to logging
- Wet weather operations and forest roads
- China export markets
- The impact of mountain pine beetle on the British Columbia forestry industry
- What is forest certification, and the implications for the logger
- Shovel logger undercarriage management
- Various woody biomass presentations
- Soil compaction and long term site productivity