Marrs, Francisca

Position Type:

Faculty

Job Title:

Associate Professor and Extension Specialist

Department:

Outreach and Engagement

Forest Engineering, Resources & Management

Office Location:

332 Peavy Forest Science Center (PFSC)

Phone Number:

Email:

CV:

Advising: Graduate Major Advisor

Education

Ph.D. Sustainable Forest Management, Oregon State University, 2016 Minor in Statistics

M.S Forest Engineering, Oregon State University, 2008

B.S Forestry, Universidad Austral de Chile, 2006

Forest Engineer, Universidad Austral de Chile, 2006

Research Areas

Engineering for Sustainable Forestry

Forest Operations Planning and Management

Research Interests

Timber harvesting systems; Forest worker safety; New technologies for forest operations; Forest roads and water quality

Bio

Extension Specialist – Timber Harvesting

Graduate Students:

Selected Publications:

Chung, W., B. Morrissette, P. Green, B. Garrelts, B. Leshchinsky, F. Belart, J. Sessions, J. Wimer, J. Garland. 2022. Effects of pre-bunching trees with a tethered feller-buncher on cable logging productivity and costs: a case study in Southern Oregon. Forest Science 68(3) 325-333
Belart F. and S. Bowers. 2021. EM 9129: Small-scale Harvesting for Woodland Owners. Oregon State University Extension. 14p.
White, R., L. Schimleck, F. Antony, F. Belart and R. Daniels. 2021. Monitoring seasonal transpiration drying of loblolly and slash pine with time-domain reflectometery. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products 79 (1297-1304)
Grand, L., A. Christiansen, F. Belart, T. Cushing, C. Schnepf and K. Ketcheson. 2020. Selling Logs from your Property: A Curriculum package for facilitators and educators in the Western United States. PNW739. 98p.
Belart, F., B. Leshchinsky and J. Wimer. 2020. Deadman anchoring design for cable logging: a new approach. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 50(3): 342-357.

Extension Title:

Extension Specialist, Timber Harvesting

College of Forestry