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Oregon is on the verge of major changes to the rules that govern how state, federal and privately owned forestlands are logged, and how vulnerable species are protected.
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Oregon Rep. Cliff Bentz visited the Rogue Valley on Tuesday to hear from voters about pressing issues in the region.
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Drought and intense heat waves delivered a “knockout punch” for hundreds of thousands of acres of Oregon trees this summer, researchers say.
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Senate Bill 335 aims to reduce conflict of interests among Oregon’s State Board of Forestry members and the timber industry.
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A proposal to convert a money-losing state forest into what’s being touted as a world-class outdoor research lab is moving forward.
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The term "leafy neighborhood" came into common use a couple of years ago. It signifies what a lot of people want: some cool shady trees to blunt the harsh…
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"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…
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The focus in wildfires tends to fall upon the damage: the trees lost, the homes destroyed. But ecologists often remind us that fire is part of the forest…
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Crater Lake would just not be the same without that big blue lake. Would it be very different without the big whitebark pine trees? There's a chance we…
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Dead trees happen. But a LOT of dead trees happening all at once is a cause for concern, and it led to the creation of a Sudden Oak Death Syndrome Task…
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Lone Rock Timber and the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians were ready to take over part of the state-owned Elliott State Forest, but Oregon leaders had…
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It's easy to stand near California's giant sequoia trees with your jaw hanging open. It's less easy to understand how they could possibly get enough…
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Sudden Oak Death is becoming a big enough concern that even Congress is paying attention. Oregon U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley recently joined with a state…
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Just because people want to live in the country does not mean you know anything about caring for the land. Which is why the Oregon State University…