Large-Scale Experiment on Rural Olympic Peninsula to Test Innovations in Forest Management
February 22, 2017
February 22, 2017
SEATTLE, Feb. 22 -- The University of Washington issued the following news release:
Forest ecosystems are accustomed to change. Long before humans started intervening, disturbances such as fire, wind storms and diseases wracked segments of the landscape, killing off swathes of trees and providing spaces for regrowth of the forest.
Historically, plants and animals have adapted to the patterns of natural disturbance. Today, forest conditions are largely constrained by . . .
Forest ecosystems are accustomed to change. Long before humans started intervening, disturbances such as fire, wind storms and diseases wracked segments of the landscape, killing off swathes of trees and providing spaces for regrowth of the forest.
Historically, plants and animals have adapted to the patterns of natural disturbance. Today, forest conditions are largely constrained by . . .