Posts Tagged ‘ National Forests ’

Merkley Joins Wyden On Eastern Oregon Forest Bill

March 4, 2010
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A Whitebark Pine in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. Photo by Dave Powell, U.S. Forest Service

Senator Wyden’s logging bill for Eastern Oregon forests picked up the support of Senator Merkley today.

Merkley’s office issued a press release saying he’ll co-sponsor the bill, officially known as the Oregon Forest Restoration and Old Growth Protection Act of 2009. It has a first hearing March 10 with the Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests.

The bill has divided Oregon’s environmental community.

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They’re Not Forests, Think Of Them As Lungs For The Earth (VIDEO)

March 4, 2010
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A view of the Calapooya Mountains in the Umpqua National Forest. Photo from U.S. Forest Service.

We all know there’s something special about Oregon’s forests.

A new study by the Wilderness Society says if you’re looking for a place to store carbon, Oregon forests are the best in the nation.

Using Forest Service data, the Society says the top ten best forests for storing carbon are all in the Pacific Northwest. Six of them in Oregon, three of them are in Washington and one is in Alaska.

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