The future of Western forests depends on professional pinecone collectors. They’re slowly being starved out of existence.
Dillon Osleger
Dillon Osleger is a writer and public lands policy analyst whose work is grounded in a decade of hands-on trail restoration across the West. His first book, Trail Work, published by Heyday Books, comes out in May 2026.
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A new era of industrial logging looms
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The nation’s trails are disappearing
Government-issued maps offer a promise for safely exploring our public lands, but they no longer reflect the reality of what’s actually on the ground.