JOHN DAY â Environmentalists, working alongside timber industry professionals, helped end the ban on logging trees over 21 inches.
Instead of fighting in the courtroom, with environmental lawsuits halting timber projects, the former adversaries joined together in forest collaboratives to find areas of agreement using science, and the most recent result is the end of an era of prohibition on logging trees larger than 21 inches in diameter â a result the collaboratives believe is mutually beneficial for the environment and the timber industry, and based on the best available science.
The 21-inch rule was part of the Eastside Screens, a set of standards that came to be in 1995 to protect wildlife habitat and water quality on nearly 10 million acres of public land in Eastern Oregon.
BEN VALENTINE: How does a land trust work, and what makes ACRES unique? Â
JASON KISSEL: Land trusts are nonprofits that protect land. What type of land they protect and how they protect it varies among organizations. The two primary tools land trusts utilize to protect land is conservation easements and land ownership. ACRES is unique in several ways, we are the oldest local land trust in Indiana, we protect land primarily (99%) through ownership rather than easements, and we guarantee to never sell, trade or otherwise transfer land that we protect. Conservation easements are great tools, ACRES just prefers to own the land we protect â since itâs the highest level of protection. We are lucky to have partner land trusts within our service area to refer landowners wanting conservation easements on their land. Â
About a third of this year’s spruce beetle larvae are expected to mature a early, adding their number to the outbreak as next year’s crop takes flight in the spring.
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