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Study: Erosion threatens area’s forests

It finds past logging and road-building could hurt forests in the Siskiyous more than fires

October 19, 2010
By Paul Fattig
Mail Tribune

A 30-foot sediment core sample taken from the bottom of upper Squaw Lake in the Applegate River watershed indicates soil erosion is a greater threat to local forests than wildfires.  Read more…

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