Reconnecting People and Forests
Reshaping perceptions for generations to come.
Forests and forest products make a large and diverse contribution to people’s everyday lives. As populations change and adapt over time, so do forests. As #forestproud community members, it’s our responsibility to be part of the solution to sustain and improve the health of our environment.
When reconnecting people and forests, a stronger relationship is made between essential forest benefits and products and those that use them everyday.
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Explore How Paper Is Made
Meet the Paper Machine! As long as a football field, this machine is just one of many processes, machines, and people working behind the scenes at Georgia Pacific to create paper and packaging products used in our daily lives.
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Restoring Habitat And Creating Jobs Through Western Juniper
Discover Oregon’s effort to restore habitat for sage grouse and create jobs by harvesting Western Juniper. Collaboration efforts like this one protect Oregon’s forests and create rural jobs.
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FORESTS IN FOCUS | Central Oregon
New video showcases people working together in Central Oregon to restore forests and build markets.
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Restoration in a Fire Forest: The Benefits of Burning
The Northwest Fire Science Consortium’s new video showcases the role of prescribed fire.
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Technology To The Rescue
People are bad at random – we even have a tendency to find patterns where no intentional pattern exists. So, when forest managers are working to recreate the complex, seemingly random patterns found in nature, how do they do it?
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