Project presentations for GEOG 4/572 will be held in 361 Strand Hall (The GAZE Lab) on June 13th, between 2 to 4pm. The first presentation will feature a 3D Geospatial Data Portal for HJ Andrews Forest by Christopher Cosgrove, Jared Ritchey, Paulo Murillo Sandoval, Tyler Harris http://mapious.ceoas.oregonstate.edu:3001/
9am - Science Hour. The Andrews Forest will host a review team from NSF in early August to review the LTER7 grant. To prepare for this, the midterm review presenters will deliver practice 10-minute talks in the science hours for March through June. Each talk will be followed by a 5 to 10-minute feedback session. Long-term soil studies – Jeff Hatten Information flow: from the field to the cloud(s) – Suzanne Remillard Insidious Notions: History and Arts/Humanities – Fred Swanson Why simple management questions require integrated research and strong partnerships – Cheryl Friesen 10:00 am -...
Field Technicians Needed for Vegetation Inventory Project We are seeking field technicians for a research project investigating the impacts of uneven-aged silvicultural systems on tree growth and vegetation dynamics in Douglas-fir stands in western Oregon. Duties include collecting inventory data used to sample overstory and understory vegetation composition and structure. Work will be conducted in forested environments on the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest. Housing will be provided on the Experimental Forest. Please visit the full job posting for more information ( http://jobs.oregonstate.edu...
Please join us for a Website Launch Party!!!: Live music, prizes, stories, and a tour through new features of the website. Wednesday, June 14, 5-6 PM, Old World Deli, Corvallis.
This year we will not host HJA Day. Instead, we will invest our collective time and effort in preparing for the National Science Foundation’s review of our research program. The mid-term review occurs every six years and is scheduled for early August. We look forward to HJA Day 2018!
HJA Safety Day is a field safety refresher that teaches safety procedures at the Andrews Forest. The event covers facilities safety, communication, check-in/check-out and search activation, accident reporting, forest road driving, fire, field preparedness, and human, animal, terrain and plant dangers. Speakers will include fire, radio communication and law enforcement experts from the Willamette National Forest. We want the HJA to have another safe field season. We encourage all supervisors to direct their field employees to participate in HJA Safety Day, Thursday, June 22nd, from 1-5PM in the...
Congratulations to the following Andrews Forest graduate students for their awards and recognition through OSU's College of Forestry and Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society. Emily Heaston received the Forest Ecosystems and Society M.S. Student Achievement Award Chelsea Batavia received the Forest Ecosystems and Society Social Science Award Karla Jarecke received the Catherine G. Bacon Graduate Fellowship The awards recognize student efforts and achievements in research and academics, plus service and contributions to their department and peers.
The Arts Center, 700 SW Madison, Corvallis Over several years David Haskell visited a dozen trees, sitting with each to listen to its story. The trees are located in very different places – the Amazon rainforest, Shakerag Hollow in Sewanee, the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, a city park in Denver, an ancient hearth in Scotland – but they all, in their own ways, tell of life’s surprising interconnections. The Songs of the Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors is the story of his encounters. Haskell's new book The Songs of Trees was recently profiled by Ed Jong in The Atlantic. The New York...
9am - Science Hour. The Andrews Forest will host a review team from NSF in early August to review the LTER7 grant. To prepare for this, the midterm review presenters will deliver practice 10-minute talks in the science hours for March through June. Each talk will be followed by a 5 to 10-minute feedback session. 9:00 - 9:15 Forest governance - Hannah Gosnell 9:15-9:30 Fish distributions throughout the Andrews network - Sherri Johnson 9:30-9:45 Light in streams – Dana Warren 9:45-10:00 Soil water and vegetation studies - Steve Wondzell 10:00 am - General meeting and discussion Publications...
The book People, Forests, and Change brings together ideas grounded in science for policy makers, forest and natural resource managers, students, and conservationists who wish to understand how to manage forests conscientiously to assure their long-term viability and that of human communities who depend on them. https://islandpress.org/book/people-forests-and-change
The Oregon Season Tracker Citizen Science Program just unveiled a hybrid (mix online/classroom) training. The program connects volunteers with researchers to study weather and ecology. Volunteers collect data on precipitation and native plant seasonal changes in their backyard, farm, woodland, or schoolyard. Learn more about the Oregon Season Tracker (OST) program at http://oregonseasontracker.forestry.oregonstate.edu Live registration link: http://bit.ly/OregonSeasonTrackerTraining Oregon Season Tracker is run by OSU Extension, with partnership with the Andrews Forest program. We are looking...
9am - Science Hour 10 AM - General meeting and discussion Monthly meetings are used to share science, news, and opportunities related to the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest and Long-Term Ecological Research program. We start with a science hour and then move into program news and announcements. Anyone is welcome to attend. Monthly meetings are on the first Friday of the month during the academic year (upcoming: May 5, Jun 2) in Room 20 of the Forestry Sciences Lab, 3200 SW Jefferson Way.
9am - Science Hour 9:00-9:20 AM: "The influence of alpine meadow loss and fragmentation on pollination and rufous hummingbird movements” presented by Sarah Frey, FES. 9:20-9:40 AM: “Education and teacher activities, Discovery Trail" presented by Kari O’Connell and Mark Schulze 9:40-10 AM: “Long-term climate and hydrology - homeostasis in old-growth forests” presented by Julia Jones 10 AM - General meeting and discussion Monthly meetings are used to share science, news, and opportunities related to the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest and Long-Term Ecological Research program. We start with a...
With music, creative writing, and science, A Call to Life affirms the wonder and worth of the Earth's wild lives and our responsibility to save them from extinction. Friday, April 7th, 7 PM, the LaSells Stewart Center, 875 SW 26th Street, Corvallis. FREE. Reserve your seat at liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/ACalltoLife
Author Judith Li and illustrator M. L. Herring attended the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston to accept the 2017 SB&F Prize for the Best Hands-On Science Book, Ricky's Atlas: Mapping a Land on Fire. Judy Li, who researched streams at the Andrews Forest, also published Ellie's Log: Exploring the Forest Where the Great Tree Fell, which features landscapes and animals of the Andrews Forest. See more on Ellie and Ricky at http://ellieslog.osupress.oregonstate.edu/ and on our K12 education pages.
The Andrews Forest program was featured on radio KBVR Corvallis (88.7 FM), "Chariots of Curiosity" with Sami Al-AbdRabbuh. https://soundcloud.com/sami-alabdrabbuh/episode-20170217
Scientists present long-term ecological research results at the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) annual meeting, Feb. 27 to March 3. The meeting will include a presentation by Andrews Forest graduate student, Francisco Guerrero-Bolano, titled, "Decoding Resilience in the Oregon Cascades: An Analysis of Historical Trends of Streamflow Variability. See the NSF press release: https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=190945&org=NSF&from=news.
Justin Ralls doctoral recital, "Music from the Forest." Original music and soundscape compositions inspired by the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, Yellowstone National Park, and indigeneous rights and activism. Wednesday, March 1, 2017, 8-9 PM. Room 190 Aasen-Hull Hall, University of Oregon. www.justinralls.com
The HJ Andrews Experimental Forest LTER site and the book, "Forest Under Story," were featured in the February issue of High Country News: http://www.hcn.org/issues/49.3/forest-under-story-creative-inquiry-in-a…