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The Magnificent "1599" Douglas Fir of Corvallis, Oregon

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In public testimony at the Department of State Lands in Salem on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, OICR urges the members of the Oregon State Land Board to leave the Elliott State Forest inviolate and inviolable, with a complete ban on roads and logging.

SOURCES

Friends of OSU Old Growth

Rob Davis, “After logging 420-year-old tree, Oregon State announces new protections for old growth,”The Oregonian/Oregon Live, updated Oct 22, 2019; posted Oct 21, 2019.

George Plaven, “OSU celebrates opening of mass timber research lab,” Capital Press, October 15, 2019

READING

Sir James Frazer, “Departmental Kings of Nature,” The New Sacred Bough, 70-72