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Lookout Eugene-Springfield reports

For 40 years, scientist Mark Harmon has been studying how dead trees in Oregon’s forests beget life. But as he hands off his work to a new generation, federal funding for long-term scientific research has grown uncertain.

“Someone really screwed up when they called them dead trees,” he said. “It’s just a different form of life that’s taken over.”

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