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Renewal: Fire can mean a resurgence for natural landscape, wildlife

By Melissa Wagoner “The question – what happens after a fire? – is an important question,” retired US Forest Service Fire Ecologist Jane Kertis said when asked about 2020’s Beachie Creek Fire.  It, along with the Lionshead Fire, burned through the Santiam Canyon last Labor Day leaving many favorite parks still closed for recovery. Kertis thinks the question of how […]

Arbor days: Tree experts weigh in on tree care following devastating storm

By Melissa Wagoner Within hours of the ice storm horticulturist Eric Hammond began walking, covering as many miles of Silverton’s streets as he could, cataloging the trees – the ones that were damaged, the ones that were toppled and the ones that made it through relatively unscathed. “I’m up to 3,300 different survey points and 130 different species,” Hammond said. […]