Become a science or art mentor for the new ArtSci Student Fellowship: In spring term, the ArtSci group at OSU will be launching an ArtSci Student Fellowship. This year-long fellowship will provide six undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to explore the intersection of the arts and sciences and to develop a creative project informed by active engagement in lab or field research. The ArtSci group is looking for Andrews Forest researchers and artists who might be interested in mentoring a student fellow. Science mentors will be asked to create opportunities for a student fellow to...
In January 2020, Catholic theologian and Andrews Forest writer-in-residence Vince Miller produced an essay with text and selected photographs from David Paul Bayles’s collection, Old Growth Dialog, set in the lush, green old-growth of the Andrews Forest. The essay, titled “A Cathedral Not Built by Hands,” appeared in the journal Commonweal. Little could Miller and Bayles imagine returning to the upper McKenzie valley to collaborate again, only months later, in an effort to comprehend the Holiday Farm Fire. Both struggled with the tragedy and trauma, the side-by-side stark beauty and rapid...
The Authentic Research Experience for Teachers at NSF’s Long Term Ecological Research sites project engages high-school teachers in conducting field and laboratory research focused on the impact of emerging environmental stressors such as floods, droughts, and heat waves, on local biodiversity across diverse ecosystems. The three included LTER sites span diverse critical habitat types on Earth including the Arctic (Arctic LTER), temperate montane forests (Andrews Forest LTER), and marine coastal ecosystems (Santa Barbara Coastal LTER). Pairs of teachers will be recruited from schools with...
Job opening for general Ecologists: Recent Graduates Two USFS trainee positions with conversion to permanent positions after a year USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station Apply March 23-29, 2022 Ecologist (GS-0408) hiring as GS5 / 7 with full potential as GS9 https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/644403800 These positions will be affiliated with PNW Experimental Forests: - One position will be working primarily at HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, with a duty station of Blue River, Oregon - One will be working across multiple Experimental Forests and Ranges with a...
Fire lookouts and the people who operated them once served as guardians of the forests throughout the Pacific Northwest. Methods of wildfire management have shifted to high-tech solutions and many lookout towers have been torn down or re-purposed. As fires grow in intensity and frequency due to climate change, the commitment from solitary individuals on distant peaks has shifted to the urgent need for collective action. The proposed Lookout Landscape project is intended to answer the call for collective action with an inclusive collaborative response that spans multiple disciplines, sites, and...
Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, April 1, 2022, 9-11 AM “Linking mycorrhizal fungi to emergent forest carbon capture” presented by Colin Averill, Senior Scientist, ETH Zürich “Restoring Forest Cover after Wildfire” presented by Robyn Darbyshire, Regional Silviculturist, USDA Forest Service, PNW Region After our presentations we will move into our general meeting, which includes updates on graduate student activities, site, WNF, DEI, education, new faces, and recent publications. Our meetings follow the academic year. Next meetings: May 6, June 3, 2022. 9-11 AM. Contact Lina DiGregorio...
"Fire and Philosophy in an Uncertain Future" Michael Paul Nelson Ruth H. Spaniol Endowed Chair of Renewable Resources, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society Oregon State University Hosted by the Eugene Natrual History Society View a recording of the talk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfUAyrkfTU0
"Plant-Pollinator Interactions in a Changing World: Cryptic Specialization, Pollinator Movement, and Landscape Genetics of Pollinator-Dependent Plants" PhD Defense Seminar: Dusty Gannon – Botany and Plant Pathology Advisors: Drs. Andy Jones and Matt Betts 9 AM PST on 17 March 2022 302 Peavy Hall and via zoom. Contact Dusty Gannon for zoom link
Christopher Daly: Climate through a PRISM: Exploring the Spatial Patterns of Climate Across the United States From the mountains and deserts of the West, to the humid southeast, and all points in between, the spatial patterns of climate in our country are fascinating to see and study. A computerized climate mapping system that allows us to visualize and quantify these patterns is called PRISM. Wednesday, March 9 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm https://events.engineering.oregonstate.edu/2022-virtual-lecture-series
Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, March 4, 2022, 9-11 AM “ The underground economies of trees and fungi: how resource movement and strategic investments may structure forest communities” presented by Laura Bogar, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Santa Barbara. Assistant Professor, UC Davis starting fall 2022 “ Forest endophytes: Diversity, applications and a cautionary tale” presented by Joey Tanney, Research Scientist, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada After our presentations we will move into our general meeting, which includes updates on graduate student activities, site...
We are looking for one (1) crew leader and three (3) additional crew members to work on a long-term study of forest dynamics in the Pacific Northwest. We seek individuals who are interested in ecological research and enjoy working outdoors as part of a team. The field crew will navigate off-trail to relocate permanent plots and identify, tag, measure and map trees. The crew will be based at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest where housing is provided at no cost. Some camping will be necessary for sites located in Washington. More information see the Full Announcement or contact Andrew Bluhm...
Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, February 4, 2022, 9-11 AM “The effect of climate on tree ring growth and carbon isotope variability in Douglas-fir.” presented by Dr. Karla Jarecke, Postdoctoral Scholar in College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, OSU "Seasonal ecohydrological dynamics in Mediterranean forested ecosystems: the Re della Pietra catchment, Tuscan Apennines, Italy." presented by Dr. Daniele Penna, Professor at the Hydrology Group, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence Our meetings follow the academic year. Next...
Hiring: full-time field assistant for summer 2022 for fluvial geomorphology field work in Oregon and Montana. Work will include conducting field work on the floodplains of Lookout Creek in H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, OR, and Swan River, Flathead National Forest, MT. Work may include collecting data along floodplain transects, including GPS location, notetaking, and soil cores. Requirements: Junior-level completion in a college degree in geosciences, water resources, natural resources, environmental science, hydrology, or a related field Excellent notetaking skills Hike 10 miles/day off...
If planning a trip out to the Andrews Forest, please be aware of winter weather hazards and limits on access. Check our online webcams and weather graphs in addition to the National Weather Service and tripcheck.com to get a sense of conditions. The only roads we attempt to plow are the 15 road and 1506 up to watershed 3 junction. Heavy snow brings down trees and we have limited resources to clean up the debris. The headquarters of the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest remain closed due to COVID19 safety restrictions. Researchers coming out for a day trip should contact Mark Schulze at least two...
Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, January 7, 2022, 9-11 AM "Examining species interactions at multiple spatiotemporal scales at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest.” Presented by Ivan Arismendi, Associate Professor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University "Is early growth long growth? An update on LTER8 plant phenology.” Presented by Mark Schulze, Andrews Forest Director, Department of Ecosystems and Society, COF, Oregon State University Our meetings follow the academic year. Next meetings: Feb 4, Mar 4, April 1, May 6, June 3, 2022. 9-11 AM...
Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, December 3, 9-11 AM “ Investigating how species interactions influence population and community responses to environmental change: update on the LTER8 reciprocal transplant experiment” presented by: Posy Busby, Assistant Professor, Botany and Plant Pathology, OSU Joe LaManna, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Marquette University Abigail Neat, PhD student, Botany and Plant Pathology, OSU After our presentations, we will move into our community meeting to share new publications, new faces, and updates from our WNF partner, graduate students, and...
Karla Jarecke’s dissertation defense: “Spatial Patterns of Soil Moisture and the Relative Importance of Atmospheric Water Demand Versus Soil Moisture Availability in Limiting Late-summer Growth of Douglas-fir Under a Changing Climate.” Karla is earning her PHD in Forest Ecosystems and Society with Dr. Steve Wondzell and Dr. Kevin Bladon. December 2nd at 2pm in Richardson 107 and over Zoom. Please contact the FES Department at @email for zoom link. Climate change is projected to create more intense and frequent hot droughts in the Pacific Northwest. However, the triple...
An OSU Mini Symposium on the June 2021 Heat Dome Foliage Scorch happened Friday, Nov 19. see https://www.forestry.oregonstate.edu/heat-dome for recordings of the talks. The work was featured on OBP https://www.opb.org/article/2021/11/22/oregon-trees-cooked-by-summer-he… and in the Oregonian https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2021/11/experts-detail-oregon-fo….
The 2020 Fires: Opportunities for discovery abound! Written by Cheryl Friesen, Science Liaison, WNF In late October 2020, my husband, dog, and I were tucked into an AirBnB after being displaced by the Holiday Farm Fire. Research requests began pouring in even as we juggled cleaning up our destroyed homesite and re-assembling our lives. State and Federal agencies, municipalities, universities, and timber industry research groups were keenly interested in getting into the Labor Day Fire footprints as soon as possible. The fires were historic, creating opportunities to study a dynamic in moist...
Drs. Catalina Segura, Posy Busby, and Brooke Penaluna will be named as co-signatory PIs on the Andrews Forest LTER8 grant and will join our Executive Committee. Dr. Segura is a hydrologist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Forest Engineering and Resource Management. She recently received an NSF Career award for her ground-breaking work on hydrology at the Andrews Forest and beyond. Dr. Busby is a microbiologist in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology who began her relationship with the Andrews Forest as an undergraduate REU student, and now focuses on tree microbiomes at...
Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, November 5, 9-11 AM Presentations: “ Postfire delayed mortality of western hemlock at the HJA: rationale and prelim results” presented by Andrés Holz, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Portland State University “ Mapping Moving Birds – A focus on the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest” presented by Dean Walton, Lorry I. Lokey Science & Technology Outreach Librarian / Associate Professor, University of Oregon After our presentations, we will move into our community meeting to share new publications, new faces, and updates from our WNF partner...
The 2020 Holiday Farm Fire and access to burned forest on McKenzie River Trust lands have attracted writers and artists who want to wrestle with the tensions among tragedy, stark beauty, and hope in the fire-blackened landscape. Former writer-in-residence theologian Vince Miller (University of Dayton) returned to explore the theme of hope in collaboration with photographer David Paul Bayles. Painter Erika Osborne (Colorado State University) visited to extend the fire-themed work she has been practicing in California and Baja. Four book artists led by Eugene artist Susan Lowdermilk visited in...
The Andrews Forest has been an active member of the Organization of Biological Field Station (OBFS) for decades. The 186 OBFS sites, spanning six continents, are crucial in environmental education and research. The OBFS network facilitates collaboration on site operations, and in the U.S., serves as a channel for communications with the National Science Foundation. Art McKee, a key OBFS leader throughout much of his career, and a previous Andrews Forest Director (from 1977-2002), just received the OBFS 2021 Inaugural Distinguished Service Award for being “a tireless champion of field science...
Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, October 1, 9-11 AM Presentations: “ Some rotten thoughts on climatic response” presented by Mark E. Harmon, Professor Emeritus, Forest Ecosystems and Society, OSU “ HJA Drought Experiment, year-0 results and lessons learned” presented by Dana Warren - Dept. Forest Ecosystems and Society/Dept. Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Catalina Segura - Forest Engineering, Resources & Management, Allison Swartz - Dept. Forest Ecosystems and Society After our presentations, we will move into our community meeting to share new publications, new faces...
Graduate student Christopher Cousins was awarded the Bullitt Environmental Award for his work in connecting his research on amphibians with outreach to Latino youth. Cousins, with the help of his advisor, Tiffany Garcia, and others, is writing a bilingual children's book about frogs, salamanders, and their habitat in the Pacific Northwest. Read more at The Bullitt Foundation website, KLCC radio and the Corvallis Gazette Times. Congratulations, Chris!
M.S. Thesis Defense: "Temporal and spatial variability of channel adjustment to floods in a 5th order forested mountain stream" Leah Cromer M.S., Water Resources Engineering Advisor: Dr. Julia Jones Friday, September 10, 2021 10:00 AM PST Contact Julia Jones for Zoom link
Please join us on Monday, August 30th at 1 pm on Zoom for a presentation of Hankyu Kim’s dissertation, titled: “An examination of climate and land-use change as drivers of population dynamics in breeding bird populations.” Hankyu is earning his PHD in Forest Ecosystems and Society with Brenda Mc Comb and Matt Betts. Identifying population changes of birds and drivers of changes over space and time is essential for effective species conservation. Using data collected from the field and archive, Hankyu 1) modeled and analyzed bird population status, 2) tested fine-scale drivers of population...
Research from the Long-Term Ecological Research network, which includes the Andrews Forest LTER, provides a unique perspective on how our ecosystems are responding to climate change, now, and perhaps into the future. See the discussion in " The Conversation" and the series of five papers in the journal Ecosphere.
The Andrews Forest, nutrient cycling, and the 200-year decomposition study are featured in PBS's "Real Circle of Life" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIYE9e-hcWU
Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, June 4, 9-11 AM For our June 2021 meeting, we will start digging into the theme of interactions, which is the central theme of LTER8. We are going to transition from our discussions of fire over the past four monthly meetings to interactions and microclimates. Responses of species to environmental change may be mediated by both species interactions and microclimate. Our discussions of fire provides a great lead-in to microclimate as the 2020 fires left patches of differing effects both inside and outside of the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in the...
Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, June 4, 9-11 AM For our June 2021 meeting, we will start digging into the theme of interactions, which is the central theme of LTER8. We are going to transition from our discussions of fire over the past four monthly meetings to interactions and microclimates. Responses of species to environmental change may be mediated by both species interactions and microclimate. Our discussions of fire provides a great lead-in to microclimate as the 2020 fires left patches of differing effects both inside and outside of the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in the...
Adam Sibley PhD Defense Friday, June 11, 1 PM on zoom* "Plants and their Environment: Assessing tree canopy microclimate and the response of trees to environmental stress in a diversity of forest types" Adam has done field work, lab work, and computer modeling to assess the physiological response of plants to environmental stressors. His work has focused on the most impactful changes that have been forecasted in each ecosystem where he has worked. Adam's work on Douglas-fir foliage at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon focuses on dew formation during the dry season -- a potential...