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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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It looks really pretty on exterior walls--think universities and Wrigley Field--but English ivy is a pest. It is not a plant indigenous to our region, and…
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It's not every day a state sells its own forest. But that could happen today (December 13th) when the Oregon State Land Board meets. On the table: the…
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The State of Oregon had trouble making money off the Elliott State Forest, because timber sales lagged. So now the state stands to make a whole bunch of…
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Wild mushrooms are mysterious lifeforms. For instance: we still don't know WHY morel mushrooms bloom after a wildfire. What we do know is that morels pack…
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If the Earth's problem is too much carbon in the atmosphere and trees soak up carbon, will more trees head off climate change? Maybe not, according to…
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It's time to get to know our lichens better. Naturalist Kem Luther can help in that department. He's written a book about lichens, mosses, fungi, and the…
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Maybe you can't tell a pine from a fir from a spruce, but the people of the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation can, and they're concerned. The pines,…
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Forest restoration can be a learning experience as well as a benefit for the environment.And it IS, in the Ashland Watershed Summer youth Training and…
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Newcomers to the State of Jefferson often ask about the plant with the green leaves and orange or purple branches, the one that seems to have lost its…
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Oregon's Elliott State Forest is almost at the point of producing more arguments than trees.The forest is supposed to supplies trees for timber companies,…
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Northwest forest policy is once again heating up. Last week, federal officials presented their latest assessment of the Northwest Forest Plan, which…