Forest / Climate links
Forest Incinerators
www.energyjustice.net/biomass/
Energy Justice Network
www.no-burn.org
GAIA
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance
www.stopspewingcarbon.com
Stop Spewing Carbon Campaign (Massachusetts)
The Global Justice Ecology Project Team
http://climatevoices.wordpress.com
http://globaljusticeecology.org
articles by conference presenters
Mark Harmon
Professor and Richardson Chair of Forest Science
Oregon State University
www.cof.orst.edu/cof/fs/people/faculty/harmon.php
outreach.forestry.oregonstate.edu/silvopt/abstracts/harmon..htm
Forest Management Strategies for Carbon Storage
Mark E. Harmon, Richardson Chair Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Olga Krankina
Assistant Professor, Sr. Research, Forest Management, Forest Ecology
Oregon State University
www.forestry.oregonstate.edu/cof/fs/people/faculty/krankina.php
several articles by Professor Krakina
Doug Heiken
Oregon Wild
Oregon Wild Report on Forests, Carbon and Global Warming
"The Straight Facts on Forests, Carbon, and Global Warming"
Executive Summary
Part I. Background: What determines global temperature and climate?
Part II. How does carbon move in and out of the atmosphere?
Part III. How Will Climate Change Affect the Pacific Northwest?
Part IV. How will climate change affect ecosystems, forests, and trees?
Part V. Will the Forests of the Future Become Carbon Sources or Carbon Sinks?
Part VI. What Can We do to Protect Forests from the Perils of Climate Change?
Part VII. Logging Releases Significant Amounts of Carbon.
Part VIII. What Can We Do To Increase Carbon Storage in Forests?
Part IX: Forest Management Recommendations
Part X. What about Forest Fires?
Part XI. Conclusion
Appendix: Myths & Facts about Forests and Global Warming
Pat Rasmussen
World Temperate Rainforest Network
www.temperaterainforests.org/temprainforests.htm
about temperate rainforestswww.temperaterainforests.org/links.htm
has a great list of forest protection groups in the Americas and South Pacific
Lance Olsen
former president,
Great Bear Foundation.
Missoula, Montana
www.tidepool.org/features/forest.climate.cfm
Swiss Army Knives
How Deforestation Changes the Climate
by LANCE OLSEN [posted.5.10.01]
Alder Fuller
Euglena Academy, Eugene, Oregon
Roseburg Resources timberlands, Douglas County, Oregon
this list is under construction
books about deforestation and forest die-off
johnperlin.com/forest.html
A Forest Journey: The Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization by John PerlinThe Dying of the Trees
by Charles Little
www.dieoff.org/page47.htm
www.ecobooks.com/books/dying.htm
www.rachel.org/bulletin/index.cfm?issue_ID=647
have good reviewsAn Appalachian Tragedy: Air Pollution and Tree Death in the Eastern Forests of North America, edited by Harvard Ayers, Charles E. Little, Jenny Hager, Sierra Club Books, 1998
Clearcut: The Tragedy of Industrial Forestry, edited by Bill Devall
Sierra Club Books / Earth Island Press 1993
official perspectives about forests and climate change:
www.fs.fed.us/news/2007/speeches/09/climate.shtml
Climate Change, Kids, and Forests: What’s the Connection?
Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell
Society of Environmental Journalists, Annual Conference
Stanford, CA--September 7, 2007www.oregon.gov/ODF/PRIVATE_FORESTS/carbon.shtml
Oregon Department of Forestry page on Forests & Global Climate Changewww.oregonforests.org/conferences/carbon/
Forests, Carbon and Climate Change Conference
February 13 and 14, 2007
OSU Alumni Center, Oregon State University
sponsored by Oregon Forest Resources Institute (industry association), Oregon State University and Oregon Department of Forestry
Ecoforestry / Selection forestry
Aprovecho, Cottage Grove, Oregon
Coast Range Association - www.coastrange.org/forest/SustainableForestry.html
forest protection in Cascadia
BARK, Portland, Oregon
Cascadia's Ecosystem Advocates, Eugene, Oregon
Environmental Protection Information Center, Garberville, California
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
Gifford Pinchot Taskforce, Washington State
Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center, southern Oregon
Native Forest Council, Eugene, Oregon
Northcoast Environmental Center, Arcata, California
Oregon Wild (formerly Oregon Natural Resources Council)
Siskiyou Project, southern Oregon
Umpqua Watersheds, Roseburg, Oregon
Western Canada Wilderness Committee
forest protection elsewhere in North America
Forest Conservation Portal / Forests.org
Heartwood (broad alliance of forest protection groups)
National Forest Protection Alliance
Virginians For Wilderness
Wild South
climate change
Heat is On Line
Ross Gelbspan's website, author of "The Heat is On"OilEmpire.US
Climate Change and Peak Oil: two facets of the same problem (overshoot)
OilEmpire - Climate TimelinesPrototista
Eugene, Oregon ecological education centerReal Climate
scientific information on climate changeRising Tide North America
grassroots protest against climate changing industries
Peak Oil News
aspo-usa.com - Peak Oil Review, a weekly free newsletter from the Association for the Study of Peak Oil (USA)
energybulletin.net - probably largest site about Peak Oil, most prolific coverage, excellent "primer" introduction
fromthewilderness.com - From the Wilderness publications and Crossing the Rubicon: the Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil by Michael Ruppert, the best original reporting on the deep politics of Peak Oil (this service shut down in November 2006, but the archives on this site are among the best anywhere)
www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/BreakingNews.html - Breaking News: Watch the Crash as it Unfolds by Matt Savinar
theoildrum.com - a community discussion about Peak Oil (somewhat technical site, had the best coverage of the impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Gulf of Mexico oil infrastructure)
Peak Oil awareness
Community Solution - the Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
Dieoff.org - overpopulation and Peak Oil
Energy Crisis - an early Peak Oil awareness effort
From the Wilderness - Peak Oil and 9/11
International Forum on Globalization - Triple Crisis
OilEmpire.US a political map to understand Peak Oil Wars
Permatopia.com - a graceful end to cheap oil - permaculture for nine billion
Richard Heinberg
ecological democracy
Wild Wilderness
other important efforts
Center for Biological Diversity
Civil Liberties Defense Center
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide ELAW
Public Interest Environmental Law Conference
Western Environmental Law Center
Wild Wilderness, Bend, Oregon - challenging the privatization of everything and the Disneyification of the wild
consumption reduction
non-timber forest products
Fungi Perfecti - www.fungi.com
environmental education
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
Siskiyou Field Institute www.siskiyou.org/SFI/
Contecting people to the natural world through scientific exploration.
Dakubetede Environmental Education Program www.deepwild.org
DEEP offers diverse academic and experiential opportunities to earn graduate or undergraduate university credits in science, social studies, humanities, art, and education.
SOU Environmental Education Graduate Program www.sou.edu/biology/enved/mainpage.htm
SOU Environmental Education Graduate Program is an intensive one to two year field-oriented program leading to a Master's of Science degree in Environmental Education. This program, with its emphasis on field courses, takes advantage of the great biological diversity of Southern Oregon.
What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse.
-- Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (1927-1989)