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Oregonian Opinion: The OSU Forestry Controversy At last week's oversight hearing on forest science in Medford, Daniel Donato, a graduate student at Oregon State University's School of Forestry, was taught a harsh lesson in political science......read more |
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Research Rattles Forestry School Timber - A graduate student's paper goes against the Oregon State college's beliefs on salvage logging and threatens funding...read more |
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Judge finds Bush anti-wildlife rule illegal A federal judge who struck down a Bush administration decision to ease logging restrictions last summer issued an injunction Monday blocking as many as 144 timber sales in three states....read more |
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Bark Defends Mt. Hood in Hood River News New year could end decades of land disputes....read more |
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Winter Solstice Volunteer of the Season - Paula Hood Volunteers are essential to the work we do at Bark. It is largely because of their efforts that Bark is so successful. Volunteer of the Season acknowledgement is one way we say Thanks!...read more |
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The region's lumber mills are on pace to set a 15-year production record this year, but a slowing national housing market will tamp down output next year, says a report Thursday by the Western Wood Products Association....read more |
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Xerces Society Study on Logging to Control "Pests" Learn more about forest insect "pests"! The Xerces Society has just released a report discussing the importance of native bugs to the forest ecosystem....read more |
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The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): A Precious Process NEPA is a procedural Act, that requires a particular process, not outcome. NEPA requires federal agencies to assess the impact that their actions will have on the environment and is a bedrock environemtal law used to hold the government accountable....read more |
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The October Bark Field trip was to the Hipo timber sale, one of four sales sold as part of the Hilynx Timber Sale...read more |
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As they decay, logs tell a story "A Douglas fir, when it dies, hosts thousands of species," Harmon said....read more |
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Northern Spotted Owl Factsheet Findings of a September 2004 report delivered to US Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the Northern Spotted Owl....read more |
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Twenty minutes from Estacada and moments from the popular Helens Lake Shore camp site the Guard timber sale on Mt. Hood National Forest is in its final stages of being logged....read more |
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FOREST WATCH
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The Barlow Ranger District on Mt. Hood National Forest released a Scoping Letter for the new Grasshopper Timber Sale. The project area...read more
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Beaver Habitat Restoration Project While populations in low-lying areas have begun to recover, beavers continue to be killed in large numbers by federal and state wildlife...read more
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The Zigzag Planning Area contains critical habitats for threatened coho and Chinook salmon and steelhead,...read more
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The reenvisioned pipeline is called Trail West, and NW Natural stakeholders are eager to see it built....read more
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Located on the northeast corner of Mt. Hood National Forest within the West Fork Hood River watershed, Waucoma is surrounded by the...read more
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The North Clack Timber Sale is located just 35 miles east of Portland, near the Clackamas River in Mt. Hood National Forest. This...read more
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This is one of the few cases in which Bark determined litigation was necessary to address unlawful logging of this 11,742 acre timber...read more
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Removing and Rewilding Old RoadsThe greatest threat to watershed health in Mt. Hood National Forest is the road network that totals well over 3,000 miles....read more
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Timberline Mountainbike Trails and Skills ParkBark absolutely supports mountain biking as a way for people to get out and enjoy the forest. Over the past many years, Bark has worked...read more
