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What’s Happening is a free service of Columbia Gorge News and may be edited for length. Send to trishaw@gorgenews.com.

What’s Happening is a free service of Columbia Gorge News and may be edited for length. Send to trishaw@gorgenews.com.

At one time, there were more than 600 fire lookout sites in California. Today, less than 200 of those remain, including the site on Alder Ridge in the El Dorado National Forest, which recently got much-needed upgrades.

A recent find at the Kisatchie National Forest proves that humans were inhabiting western Louisiana during the Ice Age as much as 10,000 to 12,000 years ago

A recent find at the Kisatchie National Forest proves that humans were inhabiting western Louisiana during the Ice Age as much as 10,000 to 12,000 years ago

A recent find at the Kisatchie National Forest proves that humans were inhabiting western Louisiana during the Ice Age as much as 10,000 to 12,000 years ago

Archaeological dig on a site in Kisatchie National Forest that dates back 10-12,000 years.

Archaeological dig on a site in Kisatchie National Forest that dates back 10-12,000 years.

Archaeological dig on a site in Kisatchie National Forest that dates back 10-12,000 years.

Archaeological dig on a site in Kisatchie National Forest that dates back 10-12,000 years.