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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 26 > Tumalo thinning plan aims for tree diversity

Tumalo thinning plan aims for tree diversity

The Forest Service project is still early in the planning process

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
April 26, 2009

After a wildfire rushed through the Tumalo Creek watershed in the late 1970s and loggers salvaged the burned trees from the hillsides, crews tried to spur the area’s restoration by planting lots of ponderosa pines.

But they planted the young trees densely and stuck with just the pines,....

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