{"id":62,"date":"2011-05-25T19:37:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T19:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/?p=62"},"modified":"2011-05-25T19:37:23","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T19:37:23","slug":"a-glimpse-of-chehalem-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/2011\/05\/25\/a-glimpse-of-chehalem-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"A glimpse of Chehalem Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_63\" class=\"wp-caption thumbnail aligncenter\" style=\"width: 300px;\">\n    <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/files\/2011\/05\/Chehalem-Ridge-panorama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-63  \" title=\"panoramic view from Chehalem Ridge\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/files\/2011\/05\/Chehalem-Ridge-panorama-300x103.jpg\" alt=\"panoramic view from Chehalem Ridge\" width=\"300\" height=\"103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/714\/files\/2011\/05\/Chehalem-Ridge-panorama-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/714\/files\/2011\/05\/Chehalem-Ridge-panorama-1024x351.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/714\/files\/2011\/05\/Chehalem-Ridge-panorama.jpg 1502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n    <figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panoramic view from the top of Chehalem Ridge (click picture to enlarge)<\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-dt\">Last month I\u00a0was fortunate to have\u00a0the\u00a0chance to tour the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonmetro.gov\/index.cfm\/go\/by.web\/id\/32117\" target=\"_blank\">Chehalem Ridge Natural Area<\/a>, a 1,100 acre property acquired last year by Metro near Gaston. It was a fascinating\u00a0field trip\u00a0led by Kate Holleran, who is responsible for directing\u00a0forest management for Metro at Chehalem Ridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-dt\">Kate described\u00a0Metro&#8217;s management objectives, which include restoring oak woodlands through thinning and release from conifer competition; thinning the extensive,\u00a0dense\u00a0stands of young Douglas-fir to improve forest health, productivity, and forest structure; maintain the property&#8217;s extensive road network; and protect and\u00a0improve fish and wildlife habitat. Kate hopes that Chehalem Ridge will be managed as a working forest, with revenues from product sales going back into forest management activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-dt\">Chehalem Ridge is currently not open to the public except through\u00a0guided tours. Luckily, <a href=\"www.wcswa.org\" target=\"_blank\">Washington County Small Woodlands Association<\/a> has arranged for a tour on August 27th.\u00a0I\u00a0look forward to seeing\u00a0what develops\u00a0at Chehalem Ridge in the coming years. I think it could be a\u00a0great local resource\u00a0to demonstrate\u00a0forest management for multiple\u00a0objectives.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month I\u00a0was fortunate to have\u00a0the\u00a0chance to tour the Chehalem Ridge Natural Area, a 1,100 acre property acquired last year by Metro near Gaston. It was a fascinating\u00a0field trip\u00a0led by Kate Holleran, who is responsible for directing\u00a0forest management for Metro at Chehalem Ridge. Kate described\u00a0Metro&#8217;s management objectives, which include restoring oak woodlands through thinning and&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/2011\/05\/25\/a-glimpse-of-chehalem-ridge\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1783,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1174191,1174192],"tags":[3447,3446,3448,3445],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forest-management","category-wildlife","tag-chehalem-ridge","tag-forest-restoration","tag-public-land","tag-wildlife"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1783"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/treetopics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}