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Forest Service Seeks Input On Briggs Creek

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
Prescribed burning is one of the proposals for the upper Briggs Creek watershed.

"Highly modified by human influence."  That's the U.S. Forest Service's brief description of the condition of the Upper Briggs Creek watershed west of Grants Pass. 

So it's time for a bit of restoration work, that will, it is hoped, enhance the forest while still allowing for many human activities as well as comforts for non-human creatures. 

A comment period on the project closes later this week (May 31).  Matt Paciorek of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest staff visits with an outline.  
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.
April Ehrlich is an editor and reporter at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Prior to joining OPB, she was a news host and regional reporter at Jefferson Public Radio.