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Prescribed burns more important than ever
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Prescribed burns more important than ever

  • By Emma Renly, for Columbia Gorge News
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“We’re ready for things to be drier than normal,” said Lucas King, fire and fuels program at Mt. Adams Resource Stewards (MARS). The organization works to put good fire, more commonly known as prescribed burns, on the forest floor of fire-adapted landscapes in the Gorge.

The resiliency of Oregon’s white oak
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The resiliency of Oregon’s white oak

  • By Emma Renly, for Columbia Gorge News

The Oregon white oak is an unusual species — with deep cavities, long winding trunks, and a life span of hundreds of years, it has carved out a unique spot in the Columbia River Gorge’s ecosystem.

Tongass Clear Cut
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Tongass Clear Cut

  • David Herasimtschuk for Earthjustice

Clearcuts on land owned by a State of Alaska corporation, adjacent to the Tongass National Forest. - Photo credit: David Herasimtschuk for Ear…

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A newly local program for birds and ranchers

  • By Martin Gibson Columbia Gorge News
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THE GORGE — A program to certify bird-friendly ranches could help restore the Columbia Plateau, free for any rancher who wants it, and the rapidly-vanishing bird species of the sagebrush.

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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.