Highlighting Four Tribal Partners
PDX-NEXT > How four Northwest tribes helped build the new roof at the Portland International Airport.
Senior Center in Redmond, Wash. earns first ever recognition for climate-resilient wood
Opsis Architecture and Sustainable Northwest celebrate the new Redmond Senior and Community Center, built in part with Mass Panel Plywood, using wood from climate-resilient forestry and restoration in Oregon. LEED recently awarded the project with a point in its green building certification system for building with climate-resilient wood, and being able to trace the wood back to its forest of origin..
Restoring Forests on Cow Creek Umpqua Tribes' Ancestral Lands
Follow along as we learn about the Cow Creek Umpqua Tribes' efforts to restore their ancestral forests in SW Oregon.
Research Shows Thinning is Restoration in Eastern Oregon Forests
The Blue Mountains in Malheur National Forest was recently the site of significant new research conducted over 10 years showing that mechanical thinning greatly improves forest healthy and resiliency.
A Conversation with Mike Petersen
We learned some information from Mike Petersen, the Vice President of the Northeast Washington Forest Coalition, about why collaboration matters, where it’s heading, and how we can continue to restore our forests into the future.
Fighting Fire with Restoration
“The goal is not to reduce the amount of fire on the landscape. The goal is to reduce the amount of high severity fire on the landscape.” - Josh White, US Forest Service, Colville National Forest.
Read about the types of active management fire treatments on public, private, and Tribal lands - what they look like and the value they create on the landscape.
Why We Should Dig Deeper on Wood Sourcing
Guest Blog: Scott Mooney of SRG Partnership discusses the opportunity to restructure and rethink the design and construction process through the lens of environmental and social justice.
The Power of Restoration Wood
Much of the restoration wood harvested from our National Forests is not being utilized by the green building sector, nor is the story of restoration wood being told to the general public.
Over the next year, we will tell those stories through this blog, along with other video and story mapping content on this website. We are excited to highlight and tell the story of forest restoration, along with the people who make it happen.