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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Yoko Minoura / The Bulletin
July 6, 2004
Ashley Crawford and Zach Green bent over a conifer identification key at a picnic table near Tumalo Falls, trying to determine what tree bore the branch in Crawford's hand.
The two 12-year-olds, both students at Sky View Middle School, decided the branch came from a Western hemlock. Ziploc bags....