The Spring Creek Project organizes arts and humanities collaborations at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest through our Long-Term Ecological Reflections program. We invite you to visit the Forest Log where we've collected writing from more than 100 residents who have participated in LTER since 2004, including Elizabeth Rush whose book Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize this year. The Andrews also makes an appearance in Richard Powers' Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Overstory. If you'd like to apply to be a writer in residence at Andrews...

It was 70 years ago this month (25 August 1949 to be precise) that the US Geological Survey (USGS) started gaging Lookout Creek of the Andrews Forest. Harry S. Truman was president. While the official record starts on 1 October 1949, gaging was already underway; we have a copy of the A-35 chart to represent the 25 August start. The USGS maintains the stream gage to this day, but the Andrews Forest PNW/LTER record is the only complete record of stream discharge on Lookout Creek. The PNW/LTER mined records from the National Archives through the USGS Portland Oregon Water Science Center to...

Quite amazing! Andrews Forest figures significantly in two books gaining Pulitzer Prize praise in 2019. Richard Power’s 502-page book The Overstory: A Novel is winner in the Fiction category. Despite the standard disclaimer that “this is a work of fiction … any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental,” Overstory hints of the people and place of the Andrews Forest. How about “Franklin Experimental Forest,” “research teams from Corvallis,” “Ghetto in the Meadow,” “projects designed to run for two hundred years,” “gospel of new forestry,” and...

Congratulations to Chelsea Batavia, recipient of the 2019-2020 Social Science Graduate Student Award in recognition of excellent performance as a student studying social science in the Forest Ecosystems and Society graduate program, and for scholarship, service, and leadership as a member of the College of Forestry at Oregon State University. We are delighted for Chelsea's recognition and proud to have Chelsea as part of our Andrews Forest research community!

The Spring 2019 issue of the Andrews Forest Newsletter, is now available as an online version or as a downloadable PDF. Get the buzz on meadow flowers and flower visitors Find out what happens in the forest when a heavy snow falls Consider silence and the sound of the night Track what’s happening to plant phenology as the climate warms The Andrews Forest Newsletter is a semi-annual publication of the Andrews Forest Program. View past issues at https://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/publications/newsletter

The rough-skinned newt is an emblem of moist forests of the Pacific Northwest. The newt is the unofficial mascot of the Andrews Forest -- it even shows up on our logo! Check out this short film, March of the Newts, that celebrates the nature of newts and raises awareness around the prevention and detection of Bsal, a disease that threatens salamander species worldwide.

We are hiring up to three students to conduct research on forest dynamics in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon. Employees will traverse very steep slopes to evaluate the conditions and causes of tree mortality in young and old-growth forests impacted by a major snowstorm in 2019. Successful candidates must be capable and comfortable with hiking and navigating off-trail for long distances on steep, unstable slopes. We seek current students who are interested in ecological research, enjoy working outdoors as part of a team, and can live cooperatively with others. This work is part of the Pacific...

Congratulations to Oregon Season Tracker (OST), winner of the 2018 PhenoChampion Award of the National Phenology Network. Started by Oregon State University Extension and HJ Andrews Experimental Forest LTER in 2014, OST links natural resource managers, educators, researchers, and community members in the shared goal of understanding how plants respond and adapt to regional variations in climate. You can read about how OST is training the next generation of climate scientists in this article from Clearing Magazine. As the PhenoChampion Award winners, OST received a customizable trail sign to...

Claire Giordano will be a visiting artist in residence from April 9 to 22. See Claire’s work from the Andrews Forest in real-time, including how she’s incorporating rain, physically, into her watercolors, at https://www.instagram.com/p/BwIQmqWBcqN/ David Buckley Borden will be a visiting artist in residence from April 19 to May 4. David recently completed a year-long residency at Harvard Forest, where his art displays Hemlock Hospice and Warming Warning received a lot of praise. David will give a seminar in the OSU Memorial Union Room 206. April 18, 2019, 4 p.m. Ruby McConnell will be a writer...

Undergraduate GIS Position - 3D Landslide Modeling The HJ Andrews Experimental Forest is a hub of scientific research and we aim to bring these unique watershed-scale experiments into a classroom via a 3D-printed model to reveal landscape-level patterns and processes in a more approachable size. The successful candidate will be proficient in GIS, have excellent troubleshooting skills, able to work alone and with a small team. Their tasks will include: converting a DEM to an CAD file, delineating watersheds, digitally removing trees, adding in roads and mobile anchor points for harvesting...

Lisa Schonberg, percussionist, spent two weeks as a musician-in-residence at HJ Andrews Experimental Forest LTER site in 2018. Lisa connected with Andrews Forest scientists and with previous artists-in-residence. She "became excited about this idea of looking at one physical space and taking readings/documentation of the myriad of sonic textures, pitches and combinations that can occur in that one point - and thus making a tangible representation of what might ordinarily seem like a indecipherable stream of noise." Learn more, and hear more, at http://www.lisaschonberg.com/hj-andrews-lter

We are hiring a crew of three people to collect data for a study of tree growth and mortality in mature and old-growth forests of Oregon and Washington. This research is part of the Pacific Northwest Permanent Sample Plot Program ( http://pnwpsp.forestry.oregonstate.edu). Our objective is to understand the long-term patterns and mechanisms of forest dynamics across a diversity of forest types in the mountains of the Northwest. We seek individuals who are interested in ecological research, are detail-oriented, enjoy working outdoors as part of a team, and can live cooperatively with others. The...

Headquarters and the research facility were affected by heavy snow and falling trees. Due to fallen trees on all roads, access to the site is limited. Check conditions before traveling to the site. See photos of the "snowdown" event and clean up efforts: https://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/gallery/snowdown-2019

Position period: from 10 May - 20 July 2019 (end date could be extended). Location: H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Blue River, Oregon Description of the project: This research project is done by the Betts Landscape Ecology Lab at Oregon State University ( http://www.fsl.orst.edu/flel/index.htm). This study continues long-term monitoring of the forest bird community in the Andrews montane system. In this field season, our research has two main goals: 1. Investigating the influences of climate and habitat on forest bird distributions, by collecting long-term data on plant phenology, forest...

The LaManna lab in the Department of Biological Sciences at Marquette University is currently looking to hire two positions for summer field work at the Andrews Forest to address questions related to the maintenance of plant species diversity in old-growth forest along a 1,300 m elevational gradient in the Western Cascade Mountains of Oregon. 1. One lead research technician with experience in forest survey techniques 2. Six research technicians with experience in forest survey techniques The work will occur at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest. Pay will be commensurate with experience, and...

We are excited to announce the recipients of the Spring 2019 Andrews Forest Writing Residency at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, hosted by The Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word. Ruby McConnell is a prose writer and registered geologist who publishes work about nature, art, culture, and politics, with a particular emphasis on the intersection of the environment and human experience. She studied geology and environmental studies at Oregon and Northern Arizona Universities and has worked in environmental education and advocacy for more than 20 years. Minal...

Leilagh Boyle teaches Environmental Studies and Biology at Cottage Grove High School. In 2016, Leilagh, and fellow Cottage Grove high school teacher Jessica Flood, came to the Andrews Forest as participants in the NSF-funded Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program. Leilagh and Jessica worked with researchers Ivan Arismendi, Alba Argerich, and Brooke Penaluna on research about the structure and function of aquatic systems at the Andrews Forest LTER site. Now, Leilagh leads her students in several field investigations based on her RET experience including a stream ecology survey, a...

In late 2018, Ann Rosenthal spent two weeks in residence at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest as a visiting artist. Ann, who visited from Pennsylvania, has more than 30 years’ experience as an artist, educator, and writer. Her work examines the intersections of nature and culture through timely issues, including climate change, toxins in water and food, biodiversity, and biophilia. She completed many beautifully textured paintings while at the Andrews Forest. Visit Ann's website ( https://www.locusartstudio.org/andrews-gallery) to view more of the artwork and photography from her residency...