Forest Under Stress: Why Southern Oregon's Forests Are Burning — and What Must Change
Forty years of Southern Oregon forest research reveals why crown fires keep devastating the Rogue River-Siskiyou — and what science-based management must change.

Field notes, explainers, and shorter analysis. Same standard of evidence as our reports, without the full apparatus.
Forty years of Southern Oregon forest research reveals why crown fires keep devastating the Rogue River-Siskiyou — and what science-based management must change.
Bruce Courtright examines whether the U.S. Forest Service can recover from litigation, wildfire costs, and organizational drift to restore effective forest management.
A paper from the archive on how indigenous peoples shaped the pre-Columbian Southeast, and what centuries of widespread burning mean for the rare species and ecosystems found there today.
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