Debunking Early-Successional Habitat Myths

Debunking Early-Successional Habitat Myths

“ A campaign is underway to clear established forests and expand early-successional habitats … with the intention of benefiting specific species.” So begins a 2023 report published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. The authors of that report analyze...
Beavers Benefit Bats and Butterflies

Beavers Benefit Bats and Butterflies

Beavers are a true keystone species, so it should come as no surprise that two new studies broaden our understanding of beavers’ beneficial role, not only for aquatic life, but also for airborne creatures like bats and butterflies. Both studies were published by the...
Nantahala National Forest

Nantahala National Forest

Prior to the 1700s, the land encompassed by the Nantahala National Forest was inhabited by the Cherokee people. Nantahala is a Cherokee word meaning “Land of the Noonday Sun,” a reference to the steep landscape where sunlight only reaches the valley floor at midday....
Sacrificing national forest land for artificial intelligence

Sacrificing national forest land for artificial intelligence

In June, Republican Rep. Cliff Bentz of Oregon introduced H.R. 655, the Dalles Watershed Development Act, which would transfer ownership of approximately 150 acres of Mount Hood National Forest from the citizens of the United States to the City of The Dalles, Oregon....