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SS001: Record of Public Communications at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest (1980-2002)

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Status: notPlanned
Period: 1980-01-01 to 2002-06-09
Version: 1
Published: 2014-06-09
EDI Package ID: knb-lter-and.5329.1
Source XML: SS001_1.xml

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"As Is" Basis: All content, including maps and forecasts, is provided without warranties. Users are advised to independently verify critical information.

Citation

Swanson, F. 2014. Record of Public Communications at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest (1980-2002) Long-Term Ecological Research Andrews Forest LTER Site. [Database]. Available: https://andrewsforest-stage.forestry.oregonstate.edu/data/fsdb-data-catalog/SS001 Accessed 2026-05-10.

Abstract

Public communications of the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest were compiled and examined to provide basic information on the outreach program from the Andrews Forest, including the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program. This compiled record provides a listing, brief summary, keywords, and analysis of the record of printed public communications concerning the Andrews Forest site, its programs of research, education, and management, and people with high levels of engagement with the Andrews Forest. The intended audiences of the communications examined were the general and informed public. The principal outlets are newspaper, newsletter and magazine articles, journalistic accounts of issues in science journals (e.g., BioScience and Science), books covering science and social issues in the region and nation, and publications of science organizations (e.g., USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station) intended for general, informed readers. Also documented were a small number of books that include discussion of the Andrews Forest program. Several of the communications are opinion pieces authored by Andrews Forest scientists and published in newspapers. This record is distinguished from publications by scientists intended for an audience of other scientists accessed via the scientific literature.

Coverage

Temporal coverage: 1980-01-01 to 2002-06-09

Geographic coverage: HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, including the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program

Spatial coverage:

Bounds: W -122.26172200, E -122.10084700, N 44.28196400, S 44.19770400

Purpose
  • The intent of compiling this record and initial analysis of newspaper articles, magazine stories, and books is to provide basic information on this aspect of the outreach program from the Andrews Forest, including the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program based there.
Project

Title: Long-Term Ecological Research

Personnel
Abstract
  • The H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest is a living laboratory that provides unparalleled opportunities for the study of forest and stream ecosystems in the central Cascade Range of Oregon. Since 1980, as a part of the National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research (NSF-LTER) program, the Andrews Experimental Forest has become a leader in the analysis of forest and stream ecosystem dynamics.
  • Long-term field experiments and measurement programs have focused on climate dynamics, streamflow, water quality, and vegetation succession. Currently researchers are working to develop concepts and tools needed to predict effects of natural disturbance, land use, and climate change on ecosystem structure, function, and species composition.
  • The Andrews Experimental Forest is administered cooperatively by the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Oregon State University and the Willamette National Forest. Funding for the research program comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF), US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Oregon State University, and other sources.
Funding

Data were provided by the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest research program, funded by the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Program (DEB 2025755), US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, and Oregon State University. National Science Foundation: DEB2025755

Awards
Study Area Description
  • Long-Term Ecological Research
    The Andrews Forest is situated in the western Cascade Range of Oregon, and covers the entire 15,800-acre (6400-ha) drainage basin of Lookout Creek. Elevation ranges from 1350 to 5340 feet (410 to 1630 m). Broadly representative of the rugged mountainous landscape of the Pacific Northwest, the Andrews Forest contains excellent examples of the region's conifer forests and associated wildlife and stream ecosystems. These forests are among the tallest and most productive in the world, with tree heights of often greater than 250 ft (75 m). Streams are steep, cold and clean, providing habitat for numerous aquatic organisms.
Associated Party
  • Frederick J. Swanson
    Role: Principal Investigator
    USDA Forest Service;Pacific NW Research Station;3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
    Phone: (541) 750-7355
    Email: fred.swanson@oregonstate.edu, fjswanson541@gmail.com
  • Posy Elizabeth Busby
    Role: Other Researcher
    Assistant Professor OSU Botany & Plant Pathology
    Email: busbyp@science.oregonstate.edu, posybusby@gmail.com
  • Suzanne M. Remillard
    Role: Abstractor
    Office: FSL 354;; Forest Science Department;; Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
    Phone: (541) 758-8767
    Email: suzanne.remillard@oregonstate.edu
  • Frederick J. Swanson
    Role: Creator
    USDA Forest Service;Pacific NW Research Station;3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
    Phone: (541) 750-7355
    Email: fred.swanson@oregonstate.edu, fjswanson541@gmail.com
Contact
  • Information Manager
    Andrews Forest LTER Program, US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR, 97331
    Email: hjaweb@lists.oregonstate.edu
Publisher
  • Andrews Forest LTER Site
    Role: Publisher
    Forest Ecosystems and Society Department in Forestry, Oregon State University, 201K Richardson Hall, Corvallis, OR, 97331-5752
    Phone: (541) 737-8480
    Email: lterweb@lists.oregonstate.edu
Study Description

Public communications of the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest were compiled and examined to provide basic information on the outreach program from the Andrews Forest, including the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program. This compiled record provides a listing, brief summary, keywords, and analysis of the record of printed public communications concerning the Andrews Forest site, its programs of research, education, and management, and people with high levels of engagement with the Andrews Forest. The intended audiences of the communications examined were the general and informed public. The principal outlets are newspaper, newsletter and magazine articles, journalistic accounts of issues in science journals (e.g., BioScience and Science), books covering science and social issues in the region and nation, and publications of science organizations (e.g., USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station) intended for general, informed readers. Also documented were a small number of books that include discussion of the Andrews Forest program. Several of the communications are opinion pieces authored by Andrews Forest scientists and published in newspapers. This record is distinguished from publications by scientists intended for an audience of other scientists accessed via the scientific literature. The intent of compiling this record and initial analysis of newspaper articles, magazine stories, and books is to provide basic information on this aspect of the outreach program from the Andrews Forest, including the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program based there. Field Methods - SS001

Purpose: The intent of compiling this record and initial analysis of newspaper articles, magazine stories, and books is to provide basic information on this aspect of the outreach program from the Andrews Forest, including the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program based there.

Methods

Method Steps

Field Methods - SS001
  • Documentation and analysis are based on a collection of articles and books that have been published since 1980. This collection of articles was accumulated over time and without a consistent search of the literature. The records reported here were based on first determining what communications to attribute to the Andrews Forest program; second, considering the completeness of this record; third, ranking the items in terms of strength of representation of the Andrews Forest program and people. Finally, numbers of communications per year since 1980 are displayed for categories of (1) geographic scope of outlet (i.e., local, regional, or national publications), (2) type of communication (i.e., newspaper/newsletter, magazine, scientific journal, book), and (3) initiation of the story (i.e., “base level” science reporting to the public, policy/management event, or natural disturbance event).

Sampling

Sampling Description
  • Public communications of the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest were compiled and examined to provide basic information on the outreach program from the Andrews Forest, including the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program.
Spatial Sampling Units
  • Andrews Experimental Forest (HJA)
    W -122.26172200, E -122.10084700, N 44.28196400, S 44.19770400
    Altitude: 1631 to 1631 meter
Software

No software entries listed in this EML file.

Keywords
  • LTER controlled vocabulary: resource management (theme), forests (theme)
  • Andrews Experimental Forest site thesaurus: human dimensions (theme), attitudes and perceptions (theme), forest management (theme)
Taxonomic Hierarchy

No taxonomic hierarchy listed in this EML file.

Data Entities
# Entity Metadata Data
1 SS00101
Record of Public Communications at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest
Raw record of all public communications stored in "the box".
 METADATA DATA
Metadata
SS00101 - Record of Public Communications at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest

Object name: SS00101_v1.csv

Records: 132

Attributes: 21

Temporal coverage: 1980-01-01 to 2002-12-31

File size: 30652 byte

Checksum (MD5): e88c056725072fc9fe693007b6a2dedc

Format: headers=1, recordDelimiter=\r\n, fieldDelimiter=,, quoteCharacter=", orientation=column

Constraints (2)
  • primaryKey: PRIMARY
    SS00101.PUB_NO
  • notNullConstraint: NOTNULL
    SS00101.DBCODE, SS00101.ENTITY, SS00101.PUB_NO, SS00101.YEAR, SS00101.AUTHOR, SS00101.TITLE, SS00101.WORKFORM, SS00101.CONTEXT, SS00101.OUTLET, SS00101.OUTLET_SUM, SS00101.SITE, SS00101.SITE_PTS, SS00101.PERSONL, SS00101.PERS_PTS, SS00101.INIT_SUM
Attributes (21)
DBCODE - char(5) (nominal)

ID: SS00101.DBCODE

FSDB Database Code

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (1)
  • SS001
    FSDB Database Code SS001 (Social Science)
ENTITY - numeric(2,0) (interval)

ID: SS00101.ENTITY

Entity number

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: number

Precision: 1

Numeric domain: type=natural, min=1.0000 (exclusive=false), max=1.0000 (exclusive=false)

PUB_NO - numeric(5,0) (interval)

ID: SS00101.PUB_NO

Andrews LTER Publication Number

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: number

Precision: 1

Numeric domain: type=whole, min=2283.0000 (exclusive=false), max=3638.0000 (exclusive=false)

YEAR - numeric(4,0) (interval)

ID: SS00101.YEAR

Year of Publication

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: year (yyyy)

Precision: 1

Numeric domain: type=whole, min=1980.0000 (exclusive=false), max=2002.0000 (exclusive=false)

AUTHOR - varchar(75) (nominal)

ID: SS00101.AUTHOR

Publication author string

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

TITLE - varchar(254) (nominal)

ID: SS00101.TITLE

Publication title

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

WORKFORM - char(1) (nominal)

ID: SS00101.WORKFORM

Publication workform from Procite database

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (5)
  • A
    Book
  • D
    Journal
  • E
    Report
  • F
    Newspaper/Newsletter
  • M
    Magazine Article
CONTEXT - char(8) (nominal)

ID: SS00101.CONTEXT

Publication Context

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (3)
  • local
    Locally Based
  • regional
    Regionally Based
  • national
    Nationally Based
OUTLET - char(18) (nominal)

ID: SS00101.OUTLET

Publication outlet assigned by researcher (Posy)

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (6)
  • book
    book
  • journal
    journal
  • magazine
    magazine
  • newspaper
    newspaper
  • newsletter
    newsletter
  • newspaper magazine
    newspaper magazine
OUTLET_SUM - char(9) (nominal)

ID: SS00101.OUTLET_SUM

Publication outlet summarized for analysis

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (4)
  • book
    book
  • journal
    journal
  • magazine
    magazine
  • newspaper
    newspaper
OUT_COMM - char(50) (nominal)

ID: SS00101.OUT_COMM

Pulication outlet comments

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

SITE - varchar(4) (nominal)

ID: SS00101.SITE

Level of Andrews site role

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (4)
  • n/a
    no mention of Andrews (0 points)
  • low
    Andrews mentioned once (1 point)
  • med
    Andrews mentioned multiple times (2 points)
  • high
    focus of article is Andrews (3 points)
SITE_PTS - numeric(1,0) (interval)

ID: SS00101.SITE_PTS

Level of Andrews site points

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: number

Precision: 1

Numeric domain: type=whole, min=0.0000 (exclusive=false), max=3.0000 (exclusive=false)

SITE_COMM - varchar(75) (nominal)

ID: SS00101.SITE_COMM

Level of Andrews site role comments

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

PERSONL - char(4) (nominal)

ID: SS00101.PERSONL

Level of Andrews personnel role

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (4)
  • n/a
    no Andrews personnel mentioned (0 points)
  • low
    one Andrews person mentioned (1 point)
  • med
    2+ personnel mentioned/one mentioned is focus of article (2 points)
  • high
    multiple Andrews personnel mentioned/multiple personnel focus of article (3 points)
PERS_PTS - numeric(1,0) (interval)

ID: SS00101.PERS_PTS

Level of Andrews personnel points

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: number

Precision: 1

Numeric domain: type=whole, min=0.0000 (exclusive=false), max=3.0000 (exclusive=false)

PERS_COMM - varchar(90) (nominal)

ID: SS00101.PERS_COMM

Level of Andrews personnel role comments

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

INIT - char(23) (nominal)

ID: SS00101.INIT

Publication initiation

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (7)
  • base level
    base level
  • management/policy
    management/policy
  • mgmt/policy event
    management/policy event
  • natural disturbance
    natural disturbance
  • policy
    policy
  • policy event
    policy event
  • policy/mgmt event
    policy/management event
INIT_SUM - char(18) (nominal)

ID: SS00101.INIT_SUM

Publication initiation summarized for analysis

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Code definitions (3)
  • base level
    base level
  • natural disturbance
    natural disturbance
  • policy event
    policy event
INIT_COMM - char(100) (nominal)

ID: SS00101.INIT_COMM

Publication initiation comments

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

TOT_PTS - numeric(1,0) (interval)

ID: SS00101.TOT_PTS

Total publication points

Type system: Microsoft SQL Server 2019

Unit: number

Precision: 1

Numeric domain: type=whole, min=0.0000 (exclusive=false), max=6.0000 (exclusive=false)

Units
year (yyyy) YYYY datetime YYYY YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss N/A year (4 character) portion of date
number number dimensionless number dimensionless 1 dimensionless number, i.e., ratio, count
Related Datasets

No related dataset codes found in the EML text fields.

Related Publications
  • Busby, Posy; Swanson, Fred; Remillard, Suzanne. 2003. Record of public communications for the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest: a brief summary and analysis. Corvallis, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 14 p.
Related Files

No related files listed in this EML file.

Intellectual Rights

Data Use Agreement:

The re-use of scientific data has the potential to greatly increase communication, collaboration and synthesis within and among disciplines, and thus is fostered, supported and encouraged. This Data Set is released under the Creative Commons license CC BY "Attribution" (see: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Creative Commons license CC BY - Attribution is a license that allows others to distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work (even commercially), as long as you are credited for the original creation. This license accommodates maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials.

It is considered professional conduct and an ethical obligation to acknowledge the work of other scientists. The Data User is asked to provide attribution of the original work if this data package is shared in whole or by individual parts or used in the derivation of other products. A recommended citation is provided for each Data Set in the Andrews LTER data catalog (see: http://andlter.forestry.oregonstate.edu/data/catalog/datacatalog.aspx). A generic citation is also provided for this Data Set on the website https://portal.edirepository.org in the summary metadata page. Data Users are thus strongly encouraged to consider consultation, collaboration and/or co-authorship with the Data Set Creator.

While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and associated documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed and all data are made available "as is." The Data User should be aware, however, that data are updated periodically and it is the responsibility of the Data User to check for new versions of the data. The data authors and the repository where these data were obtained shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of the data.

General acknowledgement: Data were provided by the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest research program, funded by the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Program (DEB 2025755), US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, and Oregon State University.

Licensed

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License

Identifier: CC-BY-4.0

URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Maintenance

Maintenance update frequency: notPlanned

Description

  • An update history is logged and maintained with each new version of every dataset.

Change History

  • Version1 (2014-06-09)
    Study code and preliminary metadata established