by Rebecca White, CW Wildlands DirectorOriginally published in The Register-Guard, November 27, 2021. After two weeks of often tense negotiations, the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow have concluded. What remains … Continue reading Opinion: To achieve Glasgow’s climate goals, end old-growth logging at home
Opinion: The perils of cutting public out of post-fire forest decisions
by Rebecca White, CW Wildlands DirectorOriginally published in The Register-Guard, August 28, 2021. Ever since 2020’s wildfires cooled, we’ve been taking calls from community members alarmed at the amount of … Continue reading Opinion: The perils of cutting public out of post-fire forest decisions
Opinion: Will we learn from the 2020 wildfire season?
by Rebecca White, CW Wildlands DirectorOriginally published in The Register-Guard, July 24, 2021. Gazing at the Milky Way from my tent in the Three Sisters Wilderness last weekend, I reflected … Continue reading Opinion: Will we learn from the 2020 wildfire season?
Opinion: Protecting Cascadia’s forests is our greatest climate solution
by Rebecca White, CW Wildlands DirectorOriginally published in The Register-Guard, June 26, 2021. Let’s talk “proforestation.” Coined by scientist William Moomaw, this term describes letting older forests do their natural … Continue reading Opinion: Protecting Cascadia’s forests is our greatest climate solution