Register now: 2024 PNW Urban Wood Drying Workshop in Oregon

North Carolina State University Wood Products Extension and OSU’s Oregon Wood Innovation Center are partnering to conduct an urban wood drying workshop.

Proper drying is key to processing freshly milled boards & slabs into valuable, high-quality, marketable products. This 25-day workshop will provide you with the knowledge to better control drying in your urban wood operation & resources to develop a strategy & implement best practices.

Lectures by NC State’s Frederik Laleicke & OWIC’s Scott Leavengood

The workshop includes lectures, hands-on activities & lab:

• Urban wood philosophy & business culture
• Introduction to wood ID
• Wood & moisture
• Urban wood kilns
• Measuring & monitoring moisture
• Urban wood drying quality
• Resources, literature & training

Moisture content tracking & monitoring round table discussion.
What are your best practices? What works well for others?

Price: $350 per person

July 29th – 31st, 2024

Location: Everett Hall, Hopkins Demonstration Forest
16750 S. Brockway Road
Oregon City, OR  97045

For questions contact: Frederik Laleicke (pflaleic@ncsu.edu)

Download Flyer: drying course flyer

Registration: Here