Scott Swanson
Thomas Maness stands in a grove of hardwood trees on a slope near the South Santiam River, east of Cascadia, and gazes skyward.
“This stand needs treatment,” says the dean of the Oregon State University College of Forestry, gesturing toward the boughs above. “It’s a hardwood stand that has about reached its age. The trees are going to start dying and then what are you going to do?”
This particular grove includes lots…