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How Aldo's teachings inspire and challenge us - I look on Aldo Leopold as a hero.  Because of this I am vulnerable to focusing on the positive legacy he left us without fully appreciating that his legacy may be as problematic as it is constructive.  Though Leopold put

Our forests' future depends on our working together For how many decades have Oregonians opened these pages and read of citizens of Oregon in conflict over forest-related issues?  Debate over our proper relationships to forests is not only inevitable but also, when handled well, healthy.  But today there is

Forests are all about energy. The story continues to evolve; will we? On the wall beside where I type hangs a photograph that sustains my memories.  In it, my eighty year old grandfather walks away from the camera down a narrow, forest-flanked road.  My twenty year old self walks beside

Considering How Forests Help Grow the People We Need - Let’s admit it.  There is a question on many of our minds. “What’s the future of our species?”.  More often than not it goes unspoken, but from conversations with many, particularly young folks, I know that the question

Economies powerfully shape forests - and everything else; will we shape them to work for us? The Answer:  I admire his candor.  In answer to my question, he was willing to put into words what most in our region only choose to communicate through their actions.  “The needs of people,

The 1998 holiday letter in which I was so honest that I've never been invited to write another one - In the hush of a gray Fall day, I settle into a  worn pew joining others who have stopped and gathered to note the loss and life of

Tracking how our family's interdependent relationships with forests reflect larger patterns - across time and space - Introduction All families have relationships with forests.  They take many forms ranging from distant and anonymous to immediate and intimate.  Where did the paper in that newspaper grow?  From what forest