May 09, 2007

Photo Opportunity

For anyone looking for a reasonably cheap outdoor vacation spot - consider visiting Southern Oregon this summer. Dr. Lenny would be more than pleased to show people around the Umpqua Basin. There is a great deal of science to be done - but learning systems are breaking down in requiring the diligence of task. So in order to do things differently - Dr. Lenny will sponsor a Geo-Cache tour that takes people howdt into the awesomeness of the Pacific Northwest, instills a sense of environmental propriety and then sends people home with the connections to appreciate rural values.

Oregon has a different type of deforestation problem - the growth is so dense that there is disturbance ecology - fires and bugs and invasive species threats. Plus a totally mismanaged federal forest system that cannot seem to get the idea that fire is one of many necessary tools in the toolbox. Come visit our trees : here are a few pix of the S. Umpqua River near Myrtle Creek.


I-5 is the road running along the river.

We might actually wish to consider this the state of Jefferson - quite a world of difference from the Portland metro area.

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