The health and vitality of forest ecosystems in the Northwest, and from those forests, is laid out in the .
But that plan was created in the mid-1990s, and has not changed substantially since then, says Norm Johnson, one of its developers. He and his longtime colleague, Jerry Franklin, recently penned an in The Register-Guard newspaper, opposing the planned logging of about .
Johnson and Franklin say that in the time since the plan was written, forestry science has yielded a much deeper understanding of the ecological importance of these trees, including how they sequester carbon and provide habitat for countless species.
Johnson and Franklin joined OPB's "Think Out Loud" to discuss what鈥檚 at stake with this specific planned cut, and why they think new science should change the in Oregon.
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