More for kids and teachers

"Ellie's Log" is a book for elementary school students, based on discoveries from the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. 

Downloadable lesson plans for teachers connect students with research from our program.

Check out our education resources

Continuing Education

Field Courses and Tours

Andrews Forest researchers and staff provide tours and field lectures to diverse audiences, including students, visiting researchers, forest managers and the interested general public. Tours are tailored to the interests of the group, providing overviews of the research program, and explaining ecosystem processes, disturbance history and forest management. We average close to 50 tours per year, reaching more than 1,000 participants.

The field station can be used for workshops and conferences. If you'd like to host a meeting at the site, see our Facilities and Reservations page for more information.  

OSU Extension and Outreach Partnerships

The Andrews Forest Program has a strong partnership with the Forestry and Natural Resources Extension Program at Oregon State University. The partnership combines the communications expertise of Extension with Andrews Forest science and scientists to link to natural resource managers and other decisions makers, especially with respect to climate, climate change, and climate impacts on natural and managed ecosystems. Oregon Season Tracker is an example of the partnership among researchers, extension and landowners around the state of Oregon. 

Research-Management Partnership

Researchers and managers connect their ideas through field tours, short descriptions of applications of science findings in the land management setting, longer publications outlining current management issues and related science findings and studies, and webpage descriptions of projects, findings, and adaptive management decisions. Communications are intended to benefit land manager users of the information, general public, students, educators, and decision makers.

Long-term Ecological Reflections

The Andrews Forest LTER Program; the Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word; and the USDA Forest Service are collaborating in a program that brings creative writers, humanists, and ecosystem scientists together at the HJA and in other natural venues in the Pacific Northwest. This program called Long-Term Ecological Reflections supports writers and humanists in their efforts to explore human/nature relationships as they evolve over many lifetimes.