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A fire charred this research forest. What happened next dazzled.

Mark Harmon, a forest decomposition expert and professor emeritus at Oregon State University, surveys the Cold Creek site, the most extensively burned area in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, southeast of Eugene. (Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times)

Read the full story in the Seattle Times, published July 10, 2025:  https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/a-fire-charred-this-research-forest-what-happened-next-dazzled/

Written by Lynda V. Mapes. Photos by Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times.