• Natural Landscape

    Forest landslides’ frequency, size influenced more by road building, logging than heavy rain

    CORVALLIS, Ore. – A lengthy-expression Pacific Northwest research of landslides, apparent-chopping timber and setting up roads reveals that a forest’s management record has a larger impact on how generally landslides arise and how significant they are as opposed to how a great deal drinking water is coursing by a watershed. Results of the study, led by affiliate forest engineering associate professor Catalina Segura and graduate student Arianna Goodman of the Oregon Condition College Higher education of Forestry, were printed in the journal Earth Surface area Processes and Landforms. Probing the elements behind landslide frequency and magnitude is crucial since slides arise in all 50 states, resulting in an regular of…

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  • Natural Landscape

    Ski areas set to open for holiday weekend following past few days of heavy snow

    Community pilot and photographer Charlie MacInnis took to the skies early Tuesday early morning, Nov. 22, to get a birds eye check out of the area ski hills (Nubs Nob pictured above) which are set to open up for the Thanksgiving holiday this 12 months adhering to a large dumping of normal snow in excess of the weekend. (Courtesy photo/Charlie MacInnis) Dust off the boots, find those people mit­tens, protected the goggles, and make absolutely sure these skis and snowboards are waxed. Winter season has arrived. Heaps of pure snow in excess of the previous number of times and cooler temperatures necessarily mean the slopes are going to be ready…

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  • New Art

    New art exhibit raises heavy questions about the future

    by Niko Gonzalez In local artist Skip Rohde’s painting “Pleasantville (A Modern Spouse and children),” a household of 4 poses ahead of a picket fence with their tough collie lounging in the vicinity of their ft. Flowers are in bloom, and the clan’s mom-daughter duo are both donning their brightest summer months dresses. Granted, much of the fabrics’ prints are included by the bulletproof vest each member wears, not to mention the AR-15s clutched in their fingers. The portray, a commentary on America’s gun-crazed lifestyle, is 1 of various functions showcased in Rohde’s approaching exhibit, What May possibly Be, on screen at Pink Dog Gallery Friday, Aug. 26-Sunday, Sept. 25. Describing…

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