Michael Lane Hougan passed peacefully away on February 23 at the age of 76. He was born in Bellingham, WA, to Arnold and Dorothy Hougan on May 4, 1949. He graduated from Ferndale High School in 1967 and then attended WSU, earning a BS in Forestry Management in 1973.
Michael moved to Oregon with his wife, Dorothy, eventually settling in Cottage Grove. Over the next 40-plus years, he worked in nearly all positions in forestry…
