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  • Planting smarter this year

    Image My husband Rex and I are tree farmers. 

  • Planting a seed…

    Image First, happy St. Patrick’s Day.

  • It takes a lot of seedlings to make a forest

    Image Every tree seedling planted in Oregon is a defining moment.

    Paul Barnum planting trees
  • Replanting (and much more) - Is Oregon Law

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    RENEWABLE RESOURCE – A private working forest in the Oregon Coast Range shows a mosaic of diverse age classes and species.
  • Plant your trees – and then plant a sign

    Image What we know for sure is that, if you ask them, about eight out

    Paul Barnum holds a planted sign
  • Western hemlock: coastal super tree

    Image I had the opportunity during last month’s OFRI-sponsored Western Oregon Sustainable Forestry

  • Seed orchards produce our future forests

    Image Thanks to my friends at the Bureau of Land Management, I recently had the opportunity to tour the

  • We have seen the future, and it smells like smoke

    hazy Portland skyline
  • Earning public trust of herbicide use

    Image Public opinion polling in Oregon shows that many people are concer

    aerial herbicide spraying
  • Ready to talk about the future of Oregon’s forests?

    Image Is anyone experiencing cognitive dissonance about Oregon’s forests?

    Confusing road sign
  • Meet the standing dead – Oregon’s “zombie trees”

    Image Halloween is a great time to tell scary stories.

    zombie tree
  • Historic Rogue River Trail offers challenging hike

    Image In 1968, Congress passed the

    Rogue River
  • National Forests are in danger of burning

    Image After the summer of fire we had in Oregon and the West, there has been a lot of disc

    Wildfire
  • Pollinators and forestry

    Image Photo credits: (from left to right) Rich Hatfield, th

    A bee, a butterfly and a hummingbird
  • We smelled the smoke. Now it’s time to wake up.

    Image In the summer of 2017, Oregonians woke up and smell

    Satellite image of wildfire smoke over Oregon
  • Oregon’s Forest Protection Laws are a-Changin’

    Image Like the tumultuous times sun

    Cover of Oregon's Forest Protection Laws - An Illustrated Manual
  • Wildfire – the crucial conversation continues

    Image Earlier this year, OFRI published a report titled

    Eagle Creek Fire
  • KnowYourForest.org is new and improved

    Image Spring is a time for rebirth and rejuvenation, so it is fitting t

    KnowYourForest.org screen capture
  • What does OFRI stand for?

    OFRI staff
  • Sure, let’s go looking for bears!

    Image Vanessa and her field technician using radio telemetry to check out a potential den site.

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