Alex Paul
Aggressive forest management–including pruning, thinning, mowing and selective harvesting–could greatly improve the health and decrease chances of potentially devastating fire in Oregon’s 28 million timbered acres.
That’s what Mike Cloughesy of the Oregon Forest Resources Institute told members and guest of the Third Force for Forestry Monday in Lebanon.
“We (OFRI) base everything we do on science,” Cloughesy said. “Our goal is to educate, no advocate.”
All forests in the state are in…