In one instance, two kayakers found a stranded person on the riverbank who was reportedly clinging onto blackberry bushes and brush to keep out of the water.
Corvallis firefighters responded shortly before noon on April 1 to a report of a bicyclist who had crashed on the Upper Dan s Trail in the McDonald Research Forest, authorities said.
Scattered across Oregon State University’s verdant research forests stand Oregon’s old-growth trees. Although there aren’t many, these trees are highly valued for providing ecological benefits to the forests, as well as spiritual and recreational significance. “Old-growth forests provide many important ecological and environmental functions, including preserving biodiversity and wildlife habitat, greatly reducing the risk of.