In today’s episode, I speak with Hunter Grove to explore the topic of sustainable forest management. Hunter is a current Oregon State University student focused on advocating for the sustainable management of the McDonald-Dunn research forest in Corvallis, Oregon. Today’s episode is pretty place-specific, but even if you’re not an Oregonian or an OSU student, there is valuable information about forest biodiversity, environmental justice, and traditional ecological knowledge/forestry practices!

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EPISODE RESOURCES

Oregon State University College of Forestry webpage: https://cf.forestry.oregonstate.edu/our-forests

MacRonald, I. (2019, July 24). Osu halts old-growth logging, says loss of 400-year-old fir was “mistake.” The Corvallis Advocate. https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2019/osu-halts-old-growth-logging-says-loss-of-400-year-old-fir-was-mistake/

McDonald history | Research Forests. (n.d.). Retrieved February 15, 2023, from https://cf.forestry.oregonstate.edu/our-forests/mcdonald-history

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Oregon’s Elliott research forest will be North America’s largest. (n.d.). Opb. Retrieved February 15, 2023, from https://www.opb.org/article/2022/12/14/oregons-new-elliott-research-forest-declared-north-americas-largest/

Essay: Forest research and development history. (n.d.). Forest History Society. Retrieved February 15, 2023, from https://foresthistory.org/education/trees-talk-curriculum/behind-scenes-forest-forest-production-research/essay-forest-research-and-development-history/

Experimental forests and ranges. (USFS 2022). https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/forestsandranges