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Old Peak Road Meadow Restoration

Late-successional forests and wildlife species associated with old-growth have received most of the attention from conservationists and public land managers since the 1980′s.  But on the Corvallis Watershed and Siuslaw National Forest, open, early-successional stands have become increasingly uncommon. In an effort to preserve plant and animal species that are dependent on this important habitat [...]

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Always Trust the Dog

Dogs inhabit a world of olfactory sensations of which humans barely understand.  So one of the first principles of detection dog training is that a dog is never corrected or punished for mistakes.  That’s because the handler can never be too sure that the dog is actually wrong.  Just because the handler can’t see whatever [...]

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