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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
January 4, 2007
In a small clearing surrounded by evergreens, branches drooping under the weight of fresh snow, Ryan Miebach held a long aluminum tube up over his head.
"Is that straight?" asked Miebach, a soil scientist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Redmond.
Receiving an....