Brenna Bell, Bark, she/her

Jan Zuckerman (she, her) StopFrackedGas/PDX,Stop Zenith Collaborative

the audio is making poppling sounds.

Thanks for rolling with the punches folks

Don’t want to interrupt

Bonnie McKinlay(she,her0 & Jim Plunkett(he,him).

-affiliation: Stop Fracked Gas/Stop Zenith Collaborative

David, what would you say to people who say that large, old Ponderosa pine trees and forests are being put at risk by more fire-prone Grand fir, which supposedly have increased in abundance compared to historical norms?

“90% of new energy is in the oceans” What does that mean?

Hi all - please drop your questions into the chat and we’ll read them off to David!

Define pro-forestation, please.

The “let burn” attitude of non- fire-suppression can become way more dangerous in drought conditions of climate change. Ca we as a country be more not less aggressive in putting out fires before they take thousands of acres of forest??

Another argument the USFS used to justify the Trump Screens was to change species composition. Is that a legitimate need? If so, do we have to cut the big trees to accomplish it?

Would it help old stands of trees, to focus forest thinning in a buffer around the old stands, reduce wildfire risk?

What are your thoughts about areas that should not be logged or thinned— such as very moist forests and areas that have been only minimally or never logged?

Different for west side forests though, right ?

How do you measure carbon in trees?

This is great stuff! I want to + Rob’s question, getting at some of the greenwashing coming out of the Forest Service used as justification to log old east-side trees.

When trees are cut, you also dissipate the underground carbon stored in root systems.

Provide reference in chat of your paper you mentioned.

Thank you for putting this on - and sending around the invite!

I don't think I have another question

Recording link would be great ! Thank you all !

Thank you- learned a lot. Very appreciative

Great information, thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you David! Awesome!!