Sources & Further Reading
Project & partner material
David Mildrexler, PhD / Eastern Oregon Legacy Lands — public comment submitted to the Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revision (October 2025). The source of the six priority landscapes and the reserve-system recommendations.
“Logging is a False Solution to Wildfire and Community Safety” — Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project
Camas to Condors — the Nez Perce-led connectivity partnership in the northern Blue Mountains.
Peer-reviewed science
Law, B.E., et al. (2021). Strategic Forest Reserves can protect biodiversity in the western United States and mitigate climate change. Communications Earth & Environment. doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00326-0
Law, B.E., et al. (2022). Strategic Reserves in Oregon’s Forests for Biodiversity, Water, and Carbon to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2022.1028401/full
Mildrexler, D.J., et al. (2023). Protect large trees for climate mitigation, biodiversity, and forest resilience. Conservation Science and Practice. doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12944
Mildrexler, D.J., et al. (2020). Large trees dominate carbon storage in forests east of the Cascade crest in the United States Pacific Northwest. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change.
Watson, J.E.M., et al. (2018). The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0490-x
Bradley, C.M., Hanson, C.T., & DellaSala, D.A. (2016). Does increased forest protection correspond to higher fire severity in frequent-fire forests of the western United States? Ecosphere. doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1492
Stephenson, N.L., et al. (2014). Rate of tree carbon accumulation increases continuously with tree size. Nature.
Radeloff, V., et al. (2023). Rising wildfire risk to houses in the United States, especially in grasslands and shrublands. Science.
Balch, J.K., et al. (2024). The fastest-growing and most destructive fires in the U.S. (2001–2020). Science.
The Forest Plan Revision
U.S. Forest Service — Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revision (Umatilla National Forest): fs.usda.gov/r06/umatilla/planning/blue-mountains-forest-plan-revision
U.S. Forest Service — Blue Mountains Plan Revision (Wallowa-Whitman National Forest): fs.usda.gov/r06/wallowa-whitman/planning/forest-plan/blue-mountains-plan-revision