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How Low Flows Due to Irrigation are Destroying Oregon’s Deschutes River

How Low Flows Due to Irrigation are Destroying Oregon’s Deschutes River The majority of water removed from the Deschutes is used to grow irrigated pasture and hay for livestock not crops consumed directly by humans.  Photo by George Wuerthner The recent article “Low Flows On Deschutes” highlights why irrigation is a significant threat to our […]

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Forest Restoration or Forest Degradation?

Forest Restoration or Forest Degradation? These two images display a recent example of a forest “restoration” project designed to improve the “health” of a ponderosa pine forests. The area to the left of the path was recently (about a year ago) thinned and then burned. The area to the right of the trail shows what […]

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The National Forests Should be Off Limits to Logging

The National Forests Should be Off Limits to Logging Photograph Jeff Gunn | CC BY 2.0 Logging, conducted ostensibly to “thin the forest,” “reduce fuels” or for so-called “restoration,” causes a net loss of carbon from forest ecosystems. One of the best strategies for reducing CO2 levels is by protecting our forests. Yet few environmental […]

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Foresters vs. Ecologists

Foresters vs. Ecologists Photo by Andrew Malone | CC BY 2.0 There is a huge difference between the Industrial Forestry worldview and an ecological perspective. Many people assume that foresters understand forest ecosystems, but what you learn in forestry school is how to produce wood fiber to sell to the wood products industry. I know […]

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Logging Can’t Restore Burnt Forests

Logging Can’t Restore Burnt Forests Photo by USDA Forest Service Alaska | CC BY 2.0 Every time I drive up to Mount Bachelor in Central Oregon I pass the Deschutes National Forest’s logging and mastication projects. The Forest Service and the Deschutes Collaborative suggest they are “thinning” the forest to preclude large wildfires and to […]

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Wilderness and Economics

Wilderness and Economics “A national park will not save the area. Rather, the restrictions and red tape that come with federal control would inhibit growth. Survival requires economic development, but a national park will limit our options.” — Kathy Gagnon editorial opposing a national park in Maine published in Bangor Daily News May 11, 2014 [i] Wildland preservation […]

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Olduvai IV: Courage
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