Judy.Kowalski [at] oregonstate.edu Office: Other:
I assist Chal Landgren in his Christmas tree program with research and extension activities. Many projects include traveling to locations throughout western Oregon and southwest Washington conducting various field work, research trials and tree evaluations.
At OSU
Affiliated with:
North Willamette Research and Extension Center
Biography
I am a native Oregonian and have lived in the Willamette Valley all of my life. I enjoy traveling, photography, outdoor activities, cooking and spending time with my family.
Professional Accomplishments
Education:
A.A.S Ornamental Horticulture, Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, Oregon.
Outreach and Extension
Extension Service Site Publications (2023) Woodland Notes - Summer 2023 The Woodland Notes newsletter - where you can read about forestry and Christmas tree information on tree management and health, find local forestry events that cover Clackamas, Marion, and Hood River counties, and other items of interest for woodland owners/growers. (2023) Woodland Notes - Spring 2023 The Woodland Notes newsletter - where you can read about forestry and Christmas tree information on tree management and health, find local forestry events that cover Clackamas, Marion, and Hood River counties, and other items of interest for woodland owners/growers. (2023) Woodland Notes - Winter 2023 The Woodland Notes newsletter - where you can read about forestry and Christmas tree information on tree management and health, find local forestry events that cover Clackamas, Marion, and Hood River counties, and other items of interest for woodland owners/growers. (2022) Woodland Notes - Fall 2022 The Woodland Notes newsletter - where you can read about forestry and Christmas tree information on tree management and health, find local forestry events that cover Clackamas, Marion, and Hood River counties, and other items of interest for woodland owners/growers. (2021) Christmas tree experimenting: what’s new and what stays the same after 40 years (2021) Historic heatwave offers lessons for Christmas tree growers Damage assessments after the historic heat wave of June 2021 in Oregon provided lessons for the state's Christmas tree growers. Those assessments showed how damage varied by type of tree and location of farms. (2021) How to promote beneficial insects on Christmas tree farms Introducing beneficial insects to Christmas tree farms as part of an integrated pest management program may seem overwhelming. Where to begin? First step: Create habitat that attracts and sustains the beneficial insects. (2020) Cone harvests for noble fir seeds Every four years or so, noble firs produce a bumper crop of cones. One recent collection effort at two seed orchards yielded about 5,000 cones, enough seed for about 700,000 seedlings. (2020) Noble fir seedling survival strategies Christmas trees planted in unirrigated sites depend on the weather for survival. A research trial set out to find factors that would help seedlings survive during drought years. Results were mixed.
