by Web Editor | Jul 25, 2018 | News, News/PR
Returning more of the San Juan National Forest to a healthy and resilient state will require more proactive thinning and managed fires. “When we have a resilient ecosystem, it reduces the potential for catastrophic wildfire, it reduces the risk for disease and for...
by Web Editor | Jul 26, 2017 | News, News/PR
A pioneering forest restoration management program has melded leading edge science and community consensus to protect a volatile and highly visible swath of Central Oregon’s public lands from the mounting threats of climate change and a catastrophic Central Oregon...
by Web Editor | May 24, 2017 | News, News/PR
Over the past 30 years, three-quarters of eastern US tree species have been shifting to the west, and at an astonishing rate of around 15.4 kilometers per decade (9.5 miles). That’s weird, because scientists have long predicted that the effects of climate change...
by Web Editor | Apr 5, 2017 | News, News/PR
To restore a forest and reduce the risk of severe wildfires, a conservation group is cutting down trees. The Nature Conservancy is selectively logging dry forests in Washington’s Central Cascades as part of a long-term plan to make thousands of privately owned...
by Web Editor | Apr 25, 2016 | News, News/PR
Forest ecologist Jerry Franklin has made a career of straddling two sometimes very different worldviews — that of the ecologist and the forester. The two professions historically didn’t see eye to eye, but Franklin, in his current role as a UW professor of...