Our work benefits society through building the science and technology workforce of the future, expanding world-class research, and strengthening America’s science and technology ecosystem. We engage society through STEM education, public engagement, enhanced research infrastructure, and partnerships with federal land managers and local community organizations and landowners.
We are ecosystem scientists, students, educators, natural resource managers, writers, artists, musicians, and photographers. The Andrews Forest Program at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest is administered cooperatively by the USDA Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station (USFS Research), Oregon State University (OSU), and the Willamette National Forest.
Michael Paul Nelson, Marty Downs, Frank Davis view art installation by Leah Wilson
LTER Network's Marty Downs and Frank Davis at the Andrews Forest with Mark Schulze
Suzanne Remillard and Michael Paul Nelson
Forest understory
touring Watershed 1 with Marty Down and Frank Davis from the LTER Network Office
instrumentation in Watershed 1
Michael Paul Nelson
experimental tiles in McRae Creek
Ivan Arismendi and Brooke Penaluna
Ivan Arismendi in McRae Creek
Log Decomposition experiment -- log with sample removed
decomposing wood
Log Decomposition Experiment
Mark Harmon inspects a log in his 200-year-long log decomposition study
Mark Harmon speaks about wood decomposition
Mark Harmon
Marty Downs from the LTER Network Communications Office
Devil's Club "Oplopanax horridus"
instrumented tree along the Discovery Trail
moss on a log
Marlys Amundson (OSU Foundation), Zak Hansen (OSU Foundation), Kari O'Connell, Michael Nelson, Michael Collins (COF), Mark Schulze on a tour
Marlys Amundson (OSU Foundation), Zak Hansen (OSU Foundation), Kari O'Connell, Michael Nelson, Mark Schulze on a tour
stream and instrumentation, Watershed 1
western sword fern frond and moss
tagged tree in the Andrews Forest
path near the DIRT plots
understory
graduate student Satish Serchan works on the mesocosm in Watershed 1
watershed 1 basin
viewing the UGSG flume
discussing canopy ecology
view toward the canopy
OSU faculty on tour at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest
viewing the DIRT plots at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest
Oxalis oregana
mix of understory vegetation
mix of ground cover vegetation
Teacher Workshop at the H.J.Andrews Experimental Forest
Lookout Creek in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest
stonefly
Tree climb
maidenhair fern "Adiantum pedatum"
Frances Hayashida tree climbing
Mark Schulze in the tree canopy
horsetail
Lady Fern "Athyrium filix-femina"
rhododendron flower
rhododendrons
ground cover and flowers
tagged tree in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest
a streambed in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest
print by Ellie Tu and Josh Krute
print by Josh Krute