Join us for Forestry for the Birds Western Oregon Guide. We will be joined by a wildlife biologist, Nicole Ruggiero from Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District and forester from Trout Mountain to help demonstrate the Guide and identify birds and habitat preferences.    This Guide was developed in part to act as a communication tool to assist foresters, natural resource managers and practitioners when […]

The Paul Bunyan myth has been woven through the history of US and Canadian forests, supporting a pride in unlimited logging. Marybeth Lorbiecki, having written a biographies of Aldo Leopold (one for adults and one for children), decided that North America needed a fresh cultural story that integrates a Leopoldian and Native American–influenced ethic. So, […]

For the June meeting, Dr. Jessica Halofsky, director of the Northwest Climate Hub and Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center, USFS, Olympia Forestry Science Laboratory, will present information on NW forests and climate change. In her role, Jessica promotes applied climate change science and adaptation in natural resources in the Northwest and across the West. […]