Our friends at The Mt Adams Institute are presenting this special Sense of Place event. Jerry Franklin will reflect on the path that led him into the woods—from an early fascination with trees to the research that helped overturn long-standing assumptions about old-growth forests. He’ll revisit the pivotal decades when science, policy, and public debate collided in the Northwest. From the emergence of New Forestry to the controversy surrounding the Northern Spotted Owl, and the political moment that produced the landmark Northwest Forest Plan. And he'll consider the present and future of Pacific Northwest forests, and his own evolving views on how we might steward them in an era of climate change, wildfire, and shifting public expectations.

Join us for this rare opportunity with renowned forest ecologist, Jerry Franklin, as he considers what we’ve learned, what remains uncertain, and where forest stewardship may need to go next.