(AP) — Spiky clumps of Oregon grape are just beginning to emerge in a sea of brown needles, charred bark and blackened rock blanketing southwestern Klamath County. On Wednesday, Geissler, a Western Oregon field forester for the American Forest Resource Council, and a representative from Boise-Cascade toured a portion of the 17,000 acres blackened in Klamath County; roughly 5,000 of those acres are public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Before the Gulch Fire ignited on July 31, the land was covered with grassy flats, shrubs, oak woodland, pine and other conifer. According to BLM forester Shane Durant, salvage logging has already begun at the Gulch Fire site. According to Dennis Lee, a forester with the Oregon Department of Forestry's Klamath-Lake District, depending on their diameter, burned trees are typically salvageable. Blue stain is caused by microscopic fungi that infects sapwood and causes discoloration in the shape of wedges, specks, spots, streaks or patches. According to Beckett, K.S.
Salvage Logging Begins After Oregon Wildfire
By LACEY JARRELL, Herald and News, San Antonio Express-News: World
Sun, 10/26/2014 - 11:50am
Topics: ap spiky on wednesday geissler western oregon american forest resource council boise-cascade bureau land management blm july shane durant dennis lee oregon department forestry's klamath-lake district blue beckett k.s wild rogue river lee oregon klamath county blm gulch fire salvage logging forester blackened acres trees wildlife
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