Ecosystems Services from Forests and Farms

The Starker Lecture Series is sponsored by the Starker Family in Honor of T.J. and Bruce Starker and is supported by the OSU College of Forestry and the Oregon Forest Resources Institute.

The OSU College of Forestry’s Starker Lecture series for 2010 will feature "Ecosystems Services from Forests and Farms”. Ecosystems Services will be examined from philosophical as well as practical perspectives. Lecturers will discuss the justification for paying landowners for a range of outputs ranging from carbon to water. Markets for ecosystem services, as well as ecosystem services that might be measured and valued will also be examined. The lecture series will conclude on May 7th with a field tour of field sites where ecosystem services are being measured and marketed.

The Starker Lectures are free and open to the public!

  • Thursday, March 4, 2010

    3:30 - 5:00 pm
    OSU, College of Forestry, RH 107
    Corvallis, OR

    Ecosystem Service Markets: Potential and Pitfalls
    Sara Vickerman, Senior Director, Biodiversity Partnerships, Defenders of Wildlife, West Linn, OR

    Crossing Jurisdictional Boundaries: An Integrated Ecosystem Credit Accounting System and a Standard Credit Issuance Process
    David Primozich, Executive Director, Willamette Partnership, Salem, OR

  • Tuesday, April 6, 2010

    3:30 - 5:00 pm
    OSU, College of Forestry, RH 107
    Corvallis, OR

    Markets for Ecosystems Services
    Bettina von Hagen, CEO, Ecotrust Forest Management, Inc., Portland, OR

  • Thursday, April 22, 2010

    3:30 - 5:00 pm
    OSU, College of Forestry, RH 107
    Corvallis, OR

    Ecosystems Services from Forest Lands – The Oregon Approach
    Ted Lorensen, retired, former Assistant State Forester, Salem, OR

  • Thursday, May 6, 2010

    • 3:30 – 5:00 pm
    OSU, LaSells Stewart Center Construction & Engineering Auditorium
    Corvallis, OR

    Ecosystems Services Capstone Lecture
    Sally Collins, Director, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets, Washington DC

  • Friday, May 7, 2010

    • 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
    OSU, College of Forestry, Richardson Hall/Hatfield Courtyard
    Corvallis, OR

    Capstone Field Trip
    Lunch provided
    RSVP by April 30th - Registration Form
    3.0 SAF Continuing Education Credit, Category 1
























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