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  • New study finds clear-cut logging can dramatically increase flood risk

    New study finds clear-cut logging can dramatically increase flood risk

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    This newest research, co-authored by Spencer Pearson-Atkins, Younes Alila, and Xu Jian Yu, supports longstanding claims that commercial forestry intensifies negative hydrology; it especially mentions droughts and floods in the Okanagan. Journal article via ScienceDirect. News story via The Conversation. “We studied a watershed on the west shore of Lake Okanagan near Summerland, British Columbia. Around…