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An Uphill Battle
On the west coast of America, one of the major concerns with climate change is water availability. As things get hotter, there is less snowpack on top of the mountains every winter so there is less water to supply our streams, lakes, and faucets in the summers. But what changes in the areas that are not on the tops of mountains?
Planting Forests of the Future with King County
This project is a field-scale pilot designed to test how a wide variety of tree seedlings, from both local and warmer, drier seed zones, perform under real-world conditions.
Do I Need a Forest Management Plan?
If you purchase 5 acres or more of forested land in Washington, and you intend to benefit from forest land property taxes, you are required by your county assessor's office to submit a forest management plan within 60 days of closing.
From Purchase to Plan
Landowners who wish to continue their forest land designation are typically required to submit a Forest Management Plan written by a professional forester, and a signed letter of continuance within 60 days of closing.
Forest Structure and Marbled Murrelet Nesting
Surveying all the timberlands for a bird that’s exceedingly difficult to find would be a massive undertaking, so as with many things in today’s world, we turn to computers.
Branching Out
I wondered what it would be like to connect with nature using all my senses. What if I didn’t just look and listen, but also felt, smelled, and took a bite out of the world around me?