William Emmingham Resume

William H. Emmingham
Department of Forest Science

Oregon State University
Forestry Sciences Laboratory 020
Corvallis, OR 97331-7501

PRESENT POSITION

Professor of Silviculture, Department of Forest Science, College of Forestry, Oregon State University:
Extension Silviculture Specialist and Adaptive COPE

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

B.S., University of Idaho, Forest Management 1961

M.S., Oregon State University, Forest Ecology 1972

Ph.D., Oregon State University, Forest Ecology 1974

RECENT EXPERIENCE

Research: Leader of Silviculture Program for Adaptive Coastal Oregon Productivity Enhancement (COPE).

Important studies include: 1. Release and Underplanting of Conifers in Hardwood Dominated Riparian Areas, with Agency and Industry Cooperators, 2. Commercial Thinning for Diversity in Young Douglas-fir Forests, with Siuslaw NF, 3. Influence of Thinning Intensity on Wildlife Habitat and Populations, with ODF Tillamook State Forest, 4. Fertilization of Precommercially Thinned and Pruned Douglas-fir Stands, with Menasha, 5. Developing Cost Effective Filterbelts for Coastal Coho Streams, with Extension and Soil Conservation Service, 6. Thinning Alder and Underplanting Western Hemlock, with Extension and Small Woodland Owner, 7. Comparing High and Low Thinning of Douglas-fir, with Extension and Small Woodland Owner.

Extension: Extension Silviculture Specialist for Oregon State.

Important recent programs include:

• Extension Efforts
• Ecosystem Science Based Management for Small Private Owners
• Master Woodland Manager Training
• Continuing Education
• Ecosystem Management for BLM Managers
• Riparian Area Silviculture COPE Workshop
• Long Rotation and Uneven-aged Management Field Tour
• Thinning Westside Forests Symposium and Field Tour
• Interdisciplinary Workshop for Uneven-aged Management, IUFRO (Sept. 1997)

Teaching: Graduate level course, Spring, 1997: Mixed Species and Mixed Age Management of Coast Range Forests.

Sabbatical Studies: Visiting Fulbright Professor, Freiburg University, West Germany
1987. Adapting European Silviculture Systems for Northwest Conditions

FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION

Silviculture of Pacific Northwest Forests, Agroforestry, Forest Ecology, Classification of Forest Communities, Physiological Ecology.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

• 1960-1961 Range Conservationist, Soil Conservation Service, Moscow, Idaho
• 1961-1962 Fulbright Scholar, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
• 1962-1968 Air Intelligence Officer, U.S. Air Force
• 1968-1972 Research and Teaching Assistant, Oregon State University
• 1972-1973 Forester, Illinois Valley Ranger District, Siskiyou National Forest, Grants Pass, OR
• 1973-1977 Environmental Grid Coordinator, Research Associate, Oregon State University
• 1977-1980 Area Ecologist, Willamette National Forest, U.S. Forest Service
• 1980-present Extension Silviculture Specialist, Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University. Assistant Professor to 1984, Associate Professor to 1994, Professor to present.
• 1984 Study Tour European Silviculture: France, Germany, Finland; IUFRO meeting
• 1986-1987 Fulbright Visiting Professor, University of Freiburg, Freiburg in Brisgau, Germany
• 1997-present Research Scientist, Adaptive COPE Program, OSU, and Extension Silviculture Specialist, Department of Forest Science, OSU.

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS (total 50+ not all shown here)

Emmingham, W.H., 1998. Uneven-Aged Management in the Pacific Northwest. Journal of Forestry 96 (7):37-39.

Hagar, J.C.D., W.C. McComb, and W.H. Emmingham. 1996. Bird communities in commercially thinned and unthinned Douglas-fir stands of western Oregon. Wildlife Society Bulletin 24(2):353-366.

Hayes, J.P., M.D. Adam, D. Bateman, E. Dent, W.H. Emmingham, K.G. Maas, and A.E. Skaugset. 1996. Integrating research and forest management in riparian areas of the Oregon Coast Range. WJAF 11(3):85-89.

Emmingham, W. and S. Fitzgerald. 1995. Pruning to enhance tree and stand value. Stand Management, The Woodland Workbook. Oregon State University Extension Service, EC 1457.

Entry, J.A. and W.H. Emmingham. 1995. The influence of dairy manure on atrazine and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid mineralization in pasture soils. Can. J. Soil Sci. 75:379-383.

Hibbs, D.E. and W.H. Emmingham. 1995. Responses of red alder to thinning. WJAF 10:(1)17-23.

Oester, P. T., W. Emmingham, P. Larson, and S. Clements. 1995. Performance of ponderosa pine seedlings under four herbicide regimes in northeast Oregon. New Forests 10:123-131.

McComb, W., T. Spies, and W. Emmingham. 1993. Douglas-fir forests: managing for timber and wildlife habitats. Jour. Forestry 91:(12)31-42.