Interior Secretary Ken Salazar met Wednesday in Washington, D.C., with veterans of the long-standing timber wars in Oregon, members of the Oregon congressional delegation, and federal agencies.  They listened to forest ecology professors Norm Johnson of Oregon State University (FES department) and Jerry Franklin of the University of Washington describe their ideas for a pair of large-scale forest restoration projects on U.S. Bureau of Land Management property that are also expected to produce a significant supply of logs for struggling mills.

It’s not often that bears and wolves eat together at the same table, but it does happen. And new research shows that sometimes they even bring the kids (full story).  FES PhD student Diana Raper is studying scavengers, collaborating with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the National Park Service. “One of the most exciting parts was seeing wolves with their pups and bears, all in a short time frame,” she said.

OSU forest ecologist and FES professor Matthew Betts climbs high into the canopy of an old-growth Douglas-fir at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in this video produced by OSU’s Dept. of News and Research Communications.  FES courtesy professor Tom Spies is also in the video.

In 1950, the Oregon State University Extension Service published a small field guide to the state's trees. Sixty years later, "Trees to Know in Oregon" is still one of OSU's most-requested publications, and an updated edition is now available.  FES professor Edward C. Jensen is the primary writer and photographer of the new version, which includes 152 pages of identification, information, maps and color photographs.  Click here to order.