Questions:
Sybil Ackerman, Conservation Director, Portland Audubon, OR

1. What is the role of untouched long-term reserves in intensive forestry management? What species diversity is established in these reserves that is useful to long-term biodiversity in areas that are intensively managed?

2. A relative time scale for the benefits of active management. A consideration of the species at issue and the question of whether quick fixes need to occur in the short term to ensure survival. For example, alder conversion can speed up the size of the trees that will ultimately fall into the river. However, what are the long-term detriments to that? A careful analysis of the time frame we are looking at would be very useful and whether active management is necessary to protect a species at issue.

3. Should certain areas with intensively managed forests have a goal of protecting certain old growth dependent species? There is a need to determine whether certain locations would require such a management regime. E.g.: CLAMS
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