Deforestation

American Forests

Satellite imagery of deforestation in urban areas (Link to report) This page contains reports for major urban areas across the US.  Satellite photos are inside individual reports.  The image below, used with permission, shows deforestation in and around  the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area between 1972 and 2000.  This large-scale loss of forest contributes  to global warming, sewage overflows into the Willamette River, and increased drought.  

Above image courtesy of American Forests

Lawton, R. O., U. S. Nair, R. A. Pielke Sr., R. M. Welch.  "Climatic Impact of Tropical Lowland Deforestation on Nearby Montane Cloud Forests." Science 294.5542, October 19, 2001: pp. 584 - 587

(1) Pielke, Roger A.  Sr , Gregg Marland, Richard A. Betts, Thomas N. Chase, Joseph L. Eastman, John O. Niles,  Dev dutta S. Niyogi and Steven W. Running.  "The influence of land-use change and landscape dynamics on the climate system: relevance to climate-change policy beyond the radiative effect of greenhouse gases." Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A (2002): 360, pp. 1705-1719.

Watson, Robert T., Ian R. Noble, Bert Bolin, N.H. Ravindranath, David J. Verardo, and David J. Dokken.  "IPCC Special Report on Land Use, Land-Use Change And Forestry."  United Nations Environmental Programme (2000): <http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/land_use/index.htm>

Sage Grouse and Desert Habitat Preservation

The Nature Conservancy
Defenders of Wildlife
Audubon
Oregon High Desert Museum

(3) Paige, C., Ritter, S.A. 1999. Birds in a sagebrush sea: managing sagebrush habitats for bird communities. Partners in Flight Western Working Group Boise, ID  

Special thanks to Kirk Davies of Oregon State University, who provided information on this topic.  

Recreation

NW Hiker
Mazamas
The Ptarmigans
Friends of the Gorge

Photography

U-Develop
Charles Cramer
Dale Strouse
Ryan DesJardin

Sustainable Practices

Ecotrust
Terrapass (carbon mitigation for your car)

Political Action

The Sierra Club

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