Forest

Non-Profit Cuts Douglas Firs To Prepare The Ground For Redwood Clones

Amelia Templeton — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:41:53 +0000

Redwoods grow where heavy fog rolls in from the Pacific. From Big Sur, California to Brookings, Oregon. Scientists don’t have a clear picture of how climate change will affect that coastal fog, and the giants that depend on it. But a group called Archangel Ancient Tree Archive has come up with an unusual plan to help the redwoods. It’s planting clones of some of the world’s largest trees. Amelia Templeton of EarthFix reports.

Mt Hood National Forest Withdraws Thinning Sale

Amelia Templeton — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:29:20 +0000

The Mt. Hood National Forest has withdrawn a decision to thin trees in the upper Clackamas River watershed. Reporting for EarthFix, Amelia Templeton has the story.

First Forest Health Hazard Warning For Wash. Expected

Austin Jenkins — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:37:05 +0000

Washington’s Lands Commissioner is expected to declare the state’s first ever forest health hazard warning Monday. The formal declaration comes amid growing concern about the potential for a catastrophic fire – not unlike what we’ve seen in recent days in Colorado. Olympia Correspondent Austin Jenkins reports.

Forest Service Drops Plan to Shrink Road Network in Wallowa-Whitman Forest

Amelia Templeton — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:52:21 +0000

Forest Service officials in northeast Oregon have announced they will put on hold a plan to close forest roads. Amelia Templeton reports.

The plan was to go into effect this summer. It would have made about half the roads in the Wallowa-Whitman forest off limits to cars and off road vehicles. The goals: protect habitat and create a more efficient road network. But local residents protested.

Mac Huff is a fishing guide in Joseph, Ore. He says closing the roads would create problems for hunters. And make it harder for him to find fuel for his wood stove.