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Where fires used to be frequent, old forests now face high risk of devastating blazes

  • By Steve Lundeberg, 541-737-4039, steve.lundeberg@oregonstate.edu Source: Meg Krawchuk, 541-737-1483, meg.krawchuk@oregonstate.edu; Bruno Aparicio, bruno.aparicio@oregonstate.edu
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Free news from OSU: A new analysis shows that the Pacific Northwest’s mature and old-growth forests are most at risk of severe wildfire in areas that historically burned frequently at lower severity.

Obituary: Theodor Giles
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Obituary: Theodor Giles

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Theodore Adohi Giles left us on Nov. 27, 2022. His loving sister, mother and father survive him, along with one grandmother, one grandfather, …

Kaleidoscope: A ‘rest’ becomes a life’s work
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Kaleidoscope: A ‘rest’ becomes a life’s work

  • Trisha Walker

When former Hood River resident Laurel Patrick began traveling regularly to Mexico in the early 1980s, she wasn’t thinking about its unique biodiversity or how she could bring attention to the many species that filled the region. But then she created El Refugio de Potosí — and that is exactly what she has done.