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  1. How moss research laid bare Portland’s problem with pollution

    COMMENTARY | The plant is not just the bearer of bad news, but an important neighbor They drink the water from your gutters. They creep into your garden. They whisper tales to the kale.  For some, mosses are just a guest we never invited – an opportunity ...

    24 Mar 2016 - Stephen Quirke

  2. Timber's fallen: Efforts show promise for working conditions in Oregon forestry

    PART III | Advocates, reforestation operators say effective policy changes will need to come from the top down This is Part III of a three-part series on the working conditions and treatment of Oregon's immigrant forestry workers.   Marko Bey was sit ...

    18 Feb 2016 - Emily Green

  3. Emails show timber company knew Forest Service rules but broke them

    Operator began logging in the rain without notifying Forest Service FEATURED STORY: Is it logging or restoration? Take a trip into Mount Hood National Forest.   'Stay within the parameters' An email sent from the U.S. Forest Service in November ...

    23 Oct 2015 - Emily Green

  4. Protections at risk as Forest Service revises regional plans

    Since the Northwest Forest Plan was written, there have been a few developments FEATURED STORY:  Is it logging or restoration? Take a trip into Mount Hood National Forest.   Regulation rewind Before the Northwest Forest Plan was unveiled in 1994, ending t ...

    23 Oct 2015 - Emily Green

  5. How today’s timber wars are playing out in Portland’s backyard

    Is it logging or restoration? A trip into Mount Hood National Forest illuminates the debate We’re deep in the west Cascade wilderness, standing among a few sparsely scattered trees in a clearing otherwise void of life. We climb over loosely packed piles o ...

    22 Oct 2015 - Emily Green

  6. Oregon forest fires: Let them burn

    Scientist Dominick DellaSala says that when it comes to forest fires, we’ve got it all wrong July 2015: On the tail of back-to-back, historically severe fire seasons, drought-stricken Oregon has lit up once again as fires began raging across the state a m ...

    20 Jul 2015 - Emily Green

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