The trails included in this book will lead you to mountain-top vistas, lakes, waterfalls and old-growth forests, towering secondgrowth forests, rocky bluffs and alpine meadows. We've included a variety of trails:
• short walks for those seeking fresh air and a place to stretch their legs
• medium length trails...
Historical aerial photos were used to examine the early phase of forest succession after stand replacement disturbance, covering the Coast Ranges Province (CRP) and the western Cascades Province (WCP) of western Oregon. The study consisted of two components: characterizing the pattern of forest succession in western Oregon; analyzing the influence...
This study delineates and characterizes the distribution of montane meadows in the Willamette National Forest, identifies encroachment patterns in relation to topographic features and proximity to trees in the Chucksney-Grasshopper meadow complex, and examines tree species and age distributions in relation to distance from forest edges or isolated tree clusters...