The FERC better take notice!

5/22/2008 12:17:00 PM

ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian An old boat sits atop a sea of mud and debris in Woodson Tuesday, the result of a massive mudslide along Ellertsen Creek on Dec. 11, 2007. ALEX PAJUNAS — The Daily Astorian Arne Skaugset, an associate professor with the Forest Engineering Department at Oregon State University, gives a speech on forestry and landslides Wednesday during the Columbia Forum in Astoria. Slip and slide: No safe harbor Forest engineering expert talks about landslides at the Columbia Forum By CASSANDRA PROFITA The Daily Astorian Forest engineering expert Arne Skaugset says Oregon's Coast Range has two kinds of landscapes: "Them that's slid and them that's gonna slide." And although scientists know logging increases the risk of landslides, Skaugset laments they cannot predict when and where the slides are going to occur. At the Columbia Forum Wednesday night in Astoria, Skaugset, an associate professor at Oregon State University, laid out the research that ties forest management with the frequency of landslides in the region. His talk began with a simple slogan: Silt happens. Full story:  http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398&ArticleID=51557