Hello and Welcome to The Dirt!

Hurricane season continues to bring with it storms swirling over the waters of the ocean. Oregon does not get hurricanes but it does get hurricane-force winds. This week is designated as National Winter Preparedness Week for the Pacific Northwest by NOAA. Read the article below for ways that you too can be prepared for winter. http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/oct7.php

Also this week, we continue our forest explorations. We delve deeper into the unique ecology of Oregon by visiting the Klamath Siskiyou mountains to the south with a piece written by Dave Toler of the Siskiyou Field Institute.

Enjoy this week's dirt!

Laura B. Nobel
and everyone
Spreading Roots, Spring Forth