Rapp, C.; Nelson, M. 2024. Interviews with members of the HJA Community during the Lookout Fire, HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, 2023 Long-Term Ecological Research Andrews Forest LTER Site. [Database]. Available: https://andrewsforest-stage.forestry.oregonstate.edu/data/fsdb-data-catalog/SS012 Accessed 2026-05-10.

This dataset records the interview instrument, analytical codebook, and summary of results for the 2023 Lookout Fire Qualitative Interviews. Data was collected in 2023 in Corvallis, Oregon, and over Zoom. Members of the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest (HJA) community (e.g., university faculty and administrative professionals, agency scientists and personnel, students, alumni and emeritus from the aforementioned communities) were interviewed between September 26th and November 8th 2023. At the time, the fire had largely stopped growing (no significant runs occurred during the interview period), but the fire was not fully contained and the fire severity was not yet known by the community. Data collection is complete. The interview included questions about emotional reactions to the Lookout Fire, current and foreseen impacts to research at the HJA, social relationships and the fire, naturalness of the fire, and climate change, climate anxiety, and the fire. Interviews were semi-structured; while interviews were guided by the interview protocol, conversation was allowed to proceed organically. In total, 40 respondents were interviewed. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed inductively and deductively. A finalized codebook was developed iteratively; the included codebook are the final codes used to analyze the full dataset. Interview transcripts and other potentially identifying information is not available to protect respondent confidentiality and anonymity. This dataset summarizes the key interview results.

Temporal coverage: 2023-09-26 to 2024-08-05

Geographic coverage: Interviewees were primarily working or residing in Oregon, Washington, and California at time of interviews.

Spatial coverage:

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

• The purpose of this study was to assess how members of the HJA community perceived and processed the Lookout Fire while it was still unfolding. The study examines cognitions in response to the fire, as well as several social and philosophical factors (e.g., connection to the community, beliefs about naturalness respectively) that may affect cognitions about the Lookout Fire.

Title: Long-Term Ecological Research

• Michael P. Nelson
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society; 201K Richarson Hall; College of Forestry; Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331
  Phone: 541-737-9221
  Email: mpnelson@oregonstate.edu
  URL: http://www.michaelpnelson.com
• Claire Rapp
  Role: Creator
  Email: claire.rapp@oregonstate.edu
• Michael P. Nelson
  Role: Creator
  Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society; 201K Richarson Hall; College of Forestry; Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331
  Phone: 541-737-9221
  Email: mpnelson@oregonstate.edu
  URL: http://www.michaelpnelson.com

• 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
  URL: http://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/

• 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
  URL: http://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/

This dataset records the interview instrument, analytical codebook, and summary of results for the 2023 Lookout Fire Qualitative Interviews. Data was collected in 2023 in Corvallis, Oregon, and over Zoom. Members of the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest (HJA) community (e.g., university faculty and administrative professionals, agency scientists and personnel, students, alumni and emeritus from the aforementioned communities) were interviewed between September 26th and November 8th 2023. At the time, the fire had largely stopped growing (no significant runs occurred during the interview period), but the fire was not fully contained and the fire severity was not yet known by the community. Data collection is complete. The interview included questions about emotional reactions to the Lookout Fire, current and foreseen impacts to research at the HJA, social relationships and the fire, naturalness of the fire, and climate change, climate anxiety, and the fire. Interviews were semi-structured; while interviews were guided by the interview protocol, conversation was allowed to proceed organically. In total, 40 respondents were interviewed. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed inductively and deductively. A finalized codebook was developed iteratively; the included codebook are the final codes used to analyze the full dataset. Interview transcripts and other potentially identifying information is not available to protect respondent confidentiality and anonymity. This dataset summarizes the key interview results. The purpose of this study was to assess how members of the HJA community perceived and processed the Lookout Fire while it was still unfolding. The study examines cognitions in response to the fire, as well as several social and philosophical factors (e.g., connection to the community, beliefs about naturalness respectively) that may affect cognitions about the Lookout Fire. Field Methods - SS012

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess how members of the HJA community perceived and processed the Lookout Fire while it was still unfolding. The study examines cognitions in response to the fire, as well as several social and philosophical factors (e.g., connection to the community, beliefs about naturalness respectively) that may affect cognitions about the Lookout Fire.

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• LTER controlled vocabulary: history (theme), wildfires (theme), humans (theme)
• Andrews Experimental Forest site thesaurus: H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest (AND) (theme), human dimensions (theme), attitudes and perceptions (theme)

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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.

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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.

License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License

Identifier: CC-BY-4.0

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

Maintenance update frequency: notPlanned

Description

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

Change History

• Version1 (2024-09-13)
  Study code and preliminary metadata established
• Version2 (2024-10-09)
  Original creation of data entity; uploaded data.