A Corvallis Gazette article is titled "Kids get a whiff of nature"...Corvallis 6th grade public school kids are at outdoor school. "In their handbooks, the kids record such information as how many trees were in a tenth of an acre of older trees compared with the number of trees on a recently planted hillside. Melissa used her observations as the basis of a theory as why there are more trees in a younger forest. "It's competition," she explained, "The big tree blocked out the light, and the other couldn't grow." Do you 'get a whiff of a rat?' ...... Starker Forests and Williamette Industries provided money and supplied volunteer "teachers" for the program. And we wonder why young adults are jaded? According to the above paragraph, Oregon will never run out of trees, especially if we replace those "big trees that block out light" .......When will we counter this assault on our children? C'mon folks, let's reach out to our children, future voters and concerned citizens. If you see examples of this info in your hood or backyard, please send it to me.