Do you think people are at odds over how federal lands and resources should be managed here? Have you ever wondered what life would be like if people in the Umpqua Valley would sit down, neighbor to neighbor, and work out their differences over those things? If we settled our disputes locally, do you think important decision-makers elsewhere would listen to us? Well, the Umpqua Forestry Coalition has begun that work and plans to find out. This article is our way of introducing ourselves to you. Coalition members are people who can no longer sit by and watch our federal …