Audrey Caro Gomez
Friends of Douglas-fir National Monument are hosting their first all-day field trip on Oct. 1 in Sweet Home.
“It’s the first big event to get the public involved,” said David Stone, board president of the organization.
The group’s mission is to establish a Douglas-fir National Monument that will encompass nearly half-a-million acres of land including more than 750 square miles of the Santiam River watershed, from the Opal Creek Wilderness south to…