Oregonians’ participation in outdoor recreation activities saves the state $1.4 billion annually in health care costs, according to a report released Monday by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.
A coalition of forest scientists including Steve Strauss of Oregon State University is calling for an immediate review of international policies that the group says put unreasonable and harmful limitations on biotech research.
Tree rings tell the story of what’s happening physiologically as fire suppression makes forests more dense and less tolerant of drought, pests and wildfires, new research shows.
The epidemic of Swiss needle cast on the wet and foggy west slope of the Oregon Coast Range has intensified as recent climate trends make the environment friendlier to the fungal disease that hits Douglas-fir, the most important timber species in the Pacific Northwest.
KMTR 16 went on a recent tour of the George W. Peavy Forest Science Center, an all wood building that was manufactured using materials from our forest products industry in the Northwest.
