In my previous blog piece, I outlined three recent land transactions involving the McDonald-Dunn Research Forests (public forest lands stewarded…
A few years back, I learned of secret negotiations involving the possible donation of a large tract of private forest…
President Murthy Withdraws OSU from ESRF Management: On November 13th, 2023, OSU President Jayathi Murthy published a letter announcing OSU’s…
In the aftermath of OSU’s old-growth cutting debacle in 2019, the interim dean, Anthony Davis, promised outraged citizens some of…
After a 17-year lapse, OSU’s College of Forestry has finally begun the long-overdue process of updating its management plan for…
Pay much attention to forestry issues and, sooner or later, you’ll run into experts (many of them OSU-trained) who claim…
On February 1st, 2022, the Oregon Legislature began a 35-day, “short” session. Among the long list of important bills to…
Old-Growth Cottonwoods Cut Down – Again: OSU professor emeritus Dr. Robert Beschta and forest ecologist Dr. J. Boone Kauffman are…
Note: This informative essay, written by Joshua Smith, weaves together forestry, wildfires, old-growth forests, and climate change in an eloquent…
(This information was sent as an email update to Friends supporters on March 5th, 2021) Dear Friends of OSU Old…