La Grande Observer

Forest Service temporarily blocks proposals to reduce public access on national forests in Oregon, Washington

The U.S. Forest Service’s top official in the Northwest has ordered supervisors of all national forests in Oregon and Washington to suspend any proposal to reduce public access, including the ...
KOIN 6

Eastern Oregon’s old-growth trees are dying at ‘alarming’ rates, UO finds

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Older trees in an Eastern Oregon forest are perishing “at an alarming rate,” according to researchers. A new study led by James Johnston, an assistant research professor for ...
La Grande Observer

Study finds old growth trees in Blue Mountains dying at high rate

James Johnston has been studying trees in the Blue Mountains that are older than America, and he’s disturbed by how many trees, after surviving for a few centuries or longer, died during a single ...
EurekAlert!

Ancient trees dying faster than expected in Eastern Oregon

Eastern Oregon’s Malheur National Forest boasts some of the state’s oldest trees, including pine and larch that live more than 500 years. But many of those ancient trees are dying at an alarming rate, ...
EurekAlert!

Ponderosa pines in Malheur National Forest (IMAGE)

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