SPOTTED OWLS

McLeod and Douglas recorded their observations in daily journals that describe miles of sparse prairie burned clear of most vegetation, punctuated by scattered groves of trees - mostly oak with some conifer, more so on the eastern slopes of the Coast Range. There was no "sea of old growth" – or even second growth.

Marijuana growers have been practicing their trade in remote National Forests in southern Oregon and northern California since the early 1970s.