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Study projects effects of forest management in Oregon's Coast Range
04-17-2007 · EurekAlert!Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station scientists and their colleagues have been conducting research that provides managers with a better idea of the effects -- both intended and unintended -- that forest management practices can have on landscapes. Findings from this research were published recently in a series of six invited papers in Ecological Applications, a peer-reviewed journal of the Ecological Society of America.
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