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  What’s Misunderstood about Indigenous Cultural Fire Is Sovereignty

  Lessons from the Karuk Tribe.

  Apr 11, 2024
  April 11, 2024

  Kate Anderson

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/kate-anderson/

  

  Senior Researcher, Farms and Forests
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  Oregon’s Land Use Law Creates Wildfire-Adapted Communities

  Bend residents have shown us how.

  Jul 25, 2023
  July 25, 2023

  Kate Anderson

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/kate-anderson/

  

  Senior Researcher, Farms and Forests
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  The Best Wildfire Solution We’re Not Using

  Three ways to curb the sprawl that traps us on a wildfire treadmill.

  Jun 1, 2023
  June 1, 2023

  Kate Anderson

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/kate-anderson/

  

  Senior Researcher, Farms and Forests
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  We’re Stuck on a Wildfire Treadmill

  And to escape, we need more fire, not less.

  May 24, 2023
  May 24, 2023

  Kate Anderson

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/kate-anderson/

  

  Senior Researcher, Farms and Forests
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  Uncontainable Wildfires Are Inevitable. Community Destruction Is Not.

  Five policy shifts could help communities harden their homes against fire danger.

  Nov 16, 2022
  November 16, 2022

  Kate Anderson

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/kate-anderson/

  

  Senior Researcher, Farms and Forests
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  Seven Ways to Pay for Long Rotations

  Public investment is the key to sustainable forestry.

  Sep 12, 2022
  September 12, 2022

  Kate Anderson

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/kate-anderson/

  

  Senior Researcher, Farms and Forests
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  Northwest Carbon Markets Can’t Support Longer Timber Harvest Rotations

  That would take a New Zealand-style, all-forests cap-and-trade system.

  Jul 11, 2022
  July 11, 2022

  Kate Anderson

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/kate-anderson/

  

  Senior Researcher, Farms and Forests
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  Why Do We Choose Short Rotation Forestry Over Carbon Storage, Timber Supply, and Forest Health?

  The discount rate, vanishing large-log mills, and fear of the spotted owl.

  May 26, 2022
  May 26, 2022

  Kate Anderson

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/kate-anderson/

  

  Senior Researcher, Farms and Forests
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  Yes, Long Rotations Can Yield Real Climate Gains for Cascadia

  Harvesting trees at 80 years, instead of 40, stores more carbon and yields more timber.

  Mar 17, 2022
  March 17, 2022

  Kate Anderson

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/kate-anderson/

  

  Senior Researcher, Farms and Forests
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  Passing the Private Forest Accord Would Help Oregon Catch Up with Washington and California

  That would be good news, finally, for salmon.

  Feb 9, 2022
  February 9, 2022

  Kate Anderson

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/kate-anderson/

  

  Senior Researcher, Farms and Forests
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