
RESOURCES
Native Plant Landscaping
Building an Insect Hotel
Attracting Beneficial Bugs
Companion Planting
Edible Flowers

West Bend Project

> West Bend Project Chronology
> Post-logging Photos (Exhibit 2)
> Phil Chang: The Dangers of Oversimplifying Forest Management
> Battle over cutting down large trees near Bend moves to City Council by The Bulletin, 5/19/22
> Guest Column: To save Oregon's big trees, we're suing the Forest Service by Rory Isbell, Central Oregon LandWatch, 7/1/22
Advocacy Letters
> WGC Letter in Support of Elliot State Research Forest, 2/2/22
> WGC Letter to Holly Jewkes, Deschutes National Forest Supervisor, 3/14/22
> WGC Letter to Mayor of Bend, Sally Russell, 3/24/22
> WGC Follow-up Letter to Holly Jewkes, 4/18/22
> City of Bend Letter to Holly Jewkes
> WGC Letter to Senators Wyden & Merkley, 4/22/22
> WGC Letter to Wyden re: Codify the Protection of Big Trees, 6/28/22
> WGC Letter to Oregon Congressional Delegation, 6/29/22
> WGC Letter to Congressman DeFazio, 7/28/22
> WGC Follow-up Letter to Wyden & Merkley re: Mature and Old Growth Trees in Oregon, 8/9/22
RESPONSES

Eastside Screens

> Billions in Feds' Spending on Megafire Risks Seen as Misdirected, Environment & Energy, 8/8/22
> PRESS RELEASE: Conservation groups file legal challenge to restore protections for wildlife, water, and large trees in Eastern Oregon and Washington, Crag Law Center, 6/14/22
> Other Views: Compromise only goes so far before action needed by Rynda Clark & Mathieu Federspiel, 7/4/22
> DellaSala and Chang discussion, 11/14/22
Allied Publications
> Nature's Trust: Protecting an Ecological Endowment for Posterity by Mary Christina Wood, 2021
> The National Congress of American Indians Resolution #SAC-22-012, 11/4/22
Forest Carbon Research
> Natural Climate Solutions by Griscom et al, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 10/16/17
> The Status of Science on Forest Carbon Management to Mitigate Climate Change by Law et al, 2020
> Large Trees Dominate Carbon Storage in Forests East of the Cascade Crest in the United States Pacific Northwest by Mildrexler et al, Frontiers, 11/5/20
Federal Documents
Source Habitats for Terrestrial Vertebrates of Focus in the Interior Columbia Basin: Broad-Scale Trends and Management Implications by Wisdom et al, USDA Forest Service
> Volume 2A - Group Level Results
> Volume 2B - Group Level Results
> US Forest Service Biological Assessment, Eastern Oregon Plans Amendment, December 2020

Dr. Bill Ripple
