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…
In a recent, eloquent defense of a “no-compromise” approach to protecting our dwindling wild areas, author George Wuerthner quotes Bob…
Creating a Positive Future for the Elliott State Research Forest (ESRF): It’s important to be aware of the history and…
(this email update was sent to Friends supporters on October 6th, 2020) Dear Friends of OSU Old Growth, During last summer’s controversy…
During the Sept. 28th meeting of the Elliott Advisory Committee, OSU staff presented a governance proposal for the Elliott State…