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Highlights Difficulty: EasyDistance: 2 mile loopElevation Gain: 260 feetSeason: All yearNotes: This hike is featured in “Oregon’s Ancient Forests: A hiking guide” – Get the book here! About this Hike The redwoods in the Peavine Ridge area, between the California border and the Winchuck River, were once slated for logging – like so many other […]
December 19, 2022
Highlights Difficulty: Moderate Distance: 6.6 miles round tripElevation Gain: 1,200 feetSeason: July through OctoberNotes: This hike is featured in “Oregon’s Ancient Forests: A hiking guide” – Get the book here! About this Hike The Strawberry Mountain Wilderness is located in the Malhuer National Forest and includes approximately 68,700 acres. In 1975 the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness Area was set aside, and […]
Highlights Difficulty: Moderate to StrenuousDistance: 8 miles (or shorter)Elevation Gain: 800 feetSeason: Late summer best to avoid mosquitosNotes: This hike is featured in “Oregon’s Ancient Forests: A hiking guide” – Get the book here! About this Hike Brown Mountain and the ten-thousand-acre roadless area surrounding it sit unassumingly between Lake of the Woods and Fish […]
Highlights Difficulty: EasyDistance: 3.2 mile loopElevation Gain: 20 feetSeason: Late spring, summer, fallNotes: The lake is privately held and requires a $6 day fee (per car) for parking. More at https://lostlakeresort.org/This hike is featured in “Oregon’s Ancient Forests: A hiking guide” – Get the book here! About this Hike You can find the heart of […]
December 18, 2022
On Earth Day, President Biden signed an Executive Order that recognized the importance of mature and old-growth forests as a climate solution but stopped short of protecting these forests from their #1 threat: logging across federal public lands. So what does this order actually do? In this presentation, representatives from the Climate Forests campaign will […]
February 17, 2022
History The Salmon River “key hole” is named after the narrow gap of unprotected lands that appears in the shape of a key hole on maps. In the early 1900s many of the nearby forests burned. This resulted in the new forest being primarily small trees when the Wilderness protection bill of 1984 was being […]
May 31, 2021
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January 30, 2021
Green = old-growth forests (120 + years old)Blue = mature forests (80-120 years old)This inventory is likely the best available, but has known inaccuracies. It should be interpreted as an informal reference point. Map only shows the Mount Hood, Willamette, and Siuslaw National Forests.
January 22, 2021
Important update: On March 29, 2024, a judge found the USFS violated numerous bedrock laws and fully reinstated the Screens protections for large trees East of the Cascades. On August 11th, 2020 the Trump Administration and the Forest Service (USFS) put forward a proposal to eliminate and reduce protections for big and old trees in […]
March 12, 2020
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