Oregon's Ancient Forests: A Hiking Guide
About this ebook
- Sales benefit Oregon Wild, a leading advocate for the region’s most precious wilderness areas
- Natural history, ecology, flora, and fauna--fascinating to hikers and non-hikers alike
- Trailhead GPS coordinates and driving directions
- Trail distance, elevation gain, difficulty level, and best season to visit
- Type and protection status of the forest
- Full-color maps and photos
Oregon’s Ancient Forests is a guidebook with a purpose: to inspire readers to learn about and visit Oregon’s rapturous old-growth forests, and then love them enough to keep them protected. Not just for hikers, this Oregon Wild– sponsored guide explains where the forests are and who manages them, the threats they face, and an action plan for protecting what remains and restoring damaged forests so they may become the ancient forests of the future. Author Chandra LeGue discusses forest ecology, flora, and fauna and also details 91 of her favorite hikes across the state. Each hike features:
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About the author
Chandra LeGue moved to Oregon in 1999 to earn her master’s degree in environmental studies at the University of Oregon. The Western Oregon Field Coordinator for Oregon Wild, Chandra lives in Eugene with her husband. Visit her on Instagram @OregonWild.
Founded in 1974, Oregon Wild is the state's oldest and largest group dedicated to conserving Oregon's public lands and the wildlife that calls them home. Across five decades it has worked to secure protections for 1.7 million acres of Wilderness areas and nearly 1,800 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers. It is the region's leading voice for the protection and restoration of dwindling ancient forests in the Pacific Northwest region, of Oregon’s fragile population of gray wolves, and of the wetlands of the Klamath Basin. Protecting ancient forests is a key part of Oregon Wild's history and future. Starting in the late 1970s, it helped nationalize the ancient forest issue and raised public awareness about the value of old-growth forests. Since then it has advanced protection for millions of acres of old-growth habitat through wilderness legislation, the Northwest Forest Plan, and the "eastside screens." And it has supported campaigns to secure permanent protection of mature and old-growth forests in the Northwest through federal legislation. Oregon Wild continues to devote significant resources to advocate for the protection and restoration of Oregon’s last remaining old-growth forests.
