Cascade Volcanoes • Entered by Jane Heisler on September 27, 2019
Big Timber and the Climate Emergency
September 26, 2019
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 1 |
| Post Admin hours | 1 |
| Activity Hours | 1.5 |
| Participants | 5 |
| Total Hours | 9.5 |
Key Issue: Public Lands Health & Protection
Activity Type: Trainings (WALTS, CAREs/GLOWs, research, conferences, workshops, etc.)
Key Partners: Patagonia and Center for Sustainable Economy
Short Description of Activity
Dr. John Talberth presented research about industrial logging practices and how they are the #1 source of greenhouse gas emissions in Oregon. Industrial timber plantations store 50% less carbon than wild forests. Clearncuts, logging roads, herbicides and tree plantations together deplete Oregon forest’s natural sequestration cycles and carbon sinks and replace them with “dead zones” of net carbon emissions. These practices further worsen climate change by 8increasing the thereat of wildfire and are one of the largest threats to clean drinking water.
Reflection/Evaluation
The goal was to educate Broads about this issue and we had five Broads show up out of a total of about 100 attendees. We learned that we need to modernize the state’s antiquated Forest Practices Act to make climate smart forestry the law and not the exception, Safeguard drinking water at risk from clearcuts and spraying of toxic chemicals, eliminate subsidies and tax breaks for carbon intensive forest practices and expedite the conversion of tree plantations back into climate resilient natural forests.
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Photo Captions
1. Dr. Talberth taking questions after his presentation at the Patagonia Store
2. General crowd shot.