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...
The U.S. Forest Service has been forced to adapt to numerous changes over the last three decades. These include a dramatic reduction in workforce, a declining budget, and controversial lawsuits. Moreover, recent agency wide studies suggest that within the Forest Service a new resource management paradigm has emerged that differs...
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...