More than 20 public commenters appeared virtually at a listening session hosted by Oregon State Forester Cal Mukumoto to encourage the adoption of a new habitat conservation plan for western
Following the recent decision to shutter their sawmill in Banks, Hampton Lumber’s Director of Public Affairs and Communication Kristin Rasmussen and State Forest Policy Director Laura Wilkeson sat down with
Following the recent decision to shutter their sawmill in Banks, Hampton Lumber’s Director of Public Affairs and Communication Kristin Rasmussen and State Forest Policy Director Laura Wilkeson sat down with
Wildfire recovery plan for Santiam State Forest garners blowback from all corners
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
Posted Jan 15, 2021
An aerial view over the Beachie Creek Fire looking west from Mt. Jefferson on Oct. 6, 2020. Photo courtesy of @TripJenningsVideo@tripjenningsvideo
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Oregon’s historic Labor Day fires were barely out when the state’s Department of Forestry unveiled its plan to log and replant the Santiam State Forest, which comprises nearly 50,000 acres of state-owned land spread like a disjointed jigsaw puzzle over Clackamas, Marion and Linn counties.
The state land sits amid a patchwork of private forestland, national forest and land owned by the Bureau of Land Management. The Riverside and Beachie Creek fires burned through about one-third of the Santiam with roughly a quarter – 12,900 acres – experiencing the most intense fires.