forest and landscape burned in the Lookout Fire

Researchers in an area burned the prior year in the 2023 Lookout Fire

a Douglas Fir seedling begins the regreening of the forest

Barred Owl looking through the leaves with one eye closed. Taken on the 1506

Barred Owl looking at camera with one eye closed. Taken on the 1506

Wilson's Warbler in mid-flight. Taken on the 1507

Wilson's Warbler in a bush looking towards the left. Taken on the 1507

Wilson's Warbler in a bush looking towards the right. Taken on the 1507

Wilson's Warbler with insect in mouth. Taken on the 1507

Wilson's Warbler with insect in mouth. Taken on the 1507

American Dipper feeding young on a log. Taken over stream next to HQ

American Dipper feeding young on a log. Taken over stream next to HQ

Dipper on a rock in a stream. Taken next to HQ

Violet Green Swallow on bridge railing. Taken on road to HQ

Brown Creeper on tree, taken near Point 80 off of the 1506

Smoke from the Ore Fire as seen from Headquarters, soon before the site was evacuated

burned soil, on the left, lost its top organic layer, in contrast to the unburned soil on the right

many different types of fungi are colonizing areas that burned in the Lookout Fire

this hole was created when a trunk of a tree burned away

research plots, market out by PVC corner posts, had to be reestablished after the fire

forest and landscape burned in the Lookout Fire

forest and landscape burned in the Lookout Fire

forest and landscape burned in the Lookout Fire

forest and landscape burned in the Lookout Fire

the old mass of tree roots burned away

Rhododendrons are sprouting from the ground, where roos survived the fire

area of burn with small hints of green regrowth beginning

this piece of obsidian, knapped, indicates prior presence of Indigenous people. This artifact was left in place, as is required by law.

burned tree root mass

An unburned area and root mass

researchers noted that morel mushrooms were abundant in areas of the forest that burned the prior year

The Lookout Fire burned in patches of severity, where some areas were blackened and adjacent areas remained green

The Lookout Fire burned in patches of severity, where some areas were blackened and adjacent areas remained green

plot markers of PVC pipe didn't fare well in the fire and had to be replaced

Yuzhe Wang, a visiting scholar to OSU and Associate Professor at the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in Fuzhou, China, measures a tree within a mixed burn severity area from the 2023 Lookout Fire

Jacob Bukoski records data as part of a research project on pyrogenic carbon production from the Lookout Fire at HJA

Yuzhe Wang, a visiting scholar to OSU and Associate Professor at the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in Fuzhou, China, measures tree diameter within a mixed burn severity area from the 2023 Lookout Fire

Jacob Bukoski (left) and Yuzhe Wang (right) discuss burn patterns and take measurements as part of a project on pyrogenic carbon production from wildfire

Jacob Bukoski (left) and Yuzhe Wang (right) discuss burn patterns and take measurements as part of a project on pyrogenic carbon production from wildfire

Yuzhe Wang (left) and Jacob Bukoski (right) take measurements as part of a study on pyrogenic carbon production from wildfire

Jacob Bukoski (left) and Yuzhe Wang (right) take samples of biochar on a tree trunk as part of a study on pyrogenic carbon production from wildfire

Yuzhe Wang (left) and Jacob Bukoski (right) take measurements as part of a study on pyrogenic carbon production from wildfire

Yuzhe Wang (left) and Jacob Bukoski (right) take measurements as part of a study on pyrogenic carbon production from wildfire

Yuzhe Wang (left) and Jacob Bukoski (right) take measurements as part of a study on pyrogenic carbon production from wildfire

Jacob Bukoski, Assistant Professor, College of Forestry, OSU, takes measurements of biochar as part of a study on pyrogenic carbon production from wildfire

Yuzhe Wang (left) and Jacob Bukoski (right) take measurements as part of a study on pyrogenic carbon production from wildfire

Yuzhe Wang (left) and Jacob Bukoski (right) take measurements as part of a study on pyrogenic carbon production from wildfire

Yuzhe Wang (left) and Jacob Bukoski (right) take measurements as part of a study on pyrogenic carbon production from wildfire

Jacob Bukoski, Assistant Professor, College of Forestry, OSU, takes samples of biochar as part of a study on pyrogenic carbon production from wildfire

Jacob Bukoski, Assistant Professor, College of Forestry, OSU, takes samples of biochar as part of a study on pyrogenic carbon production from wildfire

Golden-crowned Kinglet with food in beak, taken near point 271 on Carpenter Mountain Trail

"Oregon" form Dark-eyed Junco, looking towards the left, taken on Carpenter Mountain Trail

"Oregon" form Dark-eyed Junco, on top of tree, taken on Carpenter Mountain Trail

Female Townsend's Warbler, taken on top of Carpenter Mountain Trail

Hairy Woodpecker on tree, taken on Carpenter Mountain Trail

Chestnut-backed Chickadee on branch looking towards up and to the right. Taken on Carpenter Mountain Trail

Landscape, looking towards Lookout Mountain, taken from Carpenter Mountain

Steve Mooney conducting point count. Taken on Route 7

Julia Miller and Lucy Heflin walking on 1507 after conducting point counts.

Lucy Heflin conducting point count. Point count tree, HOBO, and song meter visible. Taken on Route 6

Field technician Aiden Place checks on a hobo sensor used to measure microclimate in the forest

Field technician Aiden Place checks on a hobo sensor used to measure microclimate in the forest

Field technician Aiden Place navigates past large downed trees along the sampling route for birds

Field technician Aiden Place in an area along FSR 1507 that burned in 2023

Checking the hobo sensor at a bird pointcount site

Field technician Aiden Place along a bird pointcount route in the Mack Creek watershed, which burned in 2023

This tree and its massive root system burned in the 2023 Lookout Fire

This slope burned in the 2023 Lookout Fire. Note the dead tree crowns in the background and the returning moss in the foreground

Steve Mooney conducting point count. Taken on Old Growth Trail

Lucy Heflin conducting point count. Taken on Old Growth Trail

Eerie fog in burnt forest. Taken below 1507

OSU graduate student, Meagan White, rinsing off decomposition strips with ethanol to halt decomposition after the two week incubation period

OSU Faculty Research Assistant, Emilee Mowlds, sets up a wildlife cam to record how wildlife use a large log laying over the stream as a passageway

OSU Faculty Research Assistant, Emilee Mowlds, measures the size of a large log laying across the stream as part of a study on wildlife use of downed wood as passageways

A Surber sampler and sieve are used to collect stream invertebrates

A Surber sampler is used to collect stream invertebrates in Lookout Creek

A Surber sampler is used to collect stream invertebrates in Lookout Creek

Undergraduate research technician Ashley Weissenfels (left), and OSU Faculty Research Assistant Emilee Mowlds (right) collect stream invertebrates using a Surber sampler

Undergraduate research technician Ashley Weissenfels (left), and OSU Faculty Research Assistant Emilee Mowlds (right) collect stream invertebrates in Lookout Creek

Undergraduate research technician Ashley Weissenfels (left), and OSU Faculty Research Assistant Emilee Mowlds (right) collect stream invertebrates in Lookout Creek

Undergraduate research technician Ashley Weissenfels (left), and OSU Faculty Research Assistant Emilee Mowlds (right) collect stream invertebrates in Lookout Creek

Emilee Mowlds holds a Pacific giant salamander

Researchers at the edge of Lookout Creek, processing decomposition strips after a two week incubation period

OSU graduate student, Meagan White, holds a small Pacific giant salamander

OSU Faculty Research Assistant, Emilee Mowlds, uses a BenthoTorch to measure green algae, cyanobacteria, and diatoms in Lookout Creek

Cotton strips are placed into blackout containers and incubated in the stream for two hours. Dissolved oxygen readings are then taken as a metric to measure metabolism in the tubes

A range finder is used to measure the distance between large logs crossing the stream

OSU graduate student, Meagan White, deploys cotton strips to measure decomposition rates in the stream

OSU graduate student, Meagan White, rinsing off a decomposition strip with ethanol to halt decomposition after a two week incubation period

OSU graduate student, Meagan White, measures dissolved oxygen consumed by microbes on a decomposition strip.

Researchers measures dissolved oxygen consumed by microbes on a decomposition strip and collect stream invertebrates with a Surber sampler.

Researchers rinse off a decomposition strip with ethanol to halt decomposition and collect stream invertebrates with a Surber sampler.

OSU graduate student, Meagan White, measures dissolved oxygen consumed by microbes on a decomposition strip.

The Northern Lights. Taken at HQ, near the bottom of USGS debris flow fume

The Northern Lights. Taken at HQ, near the bottom of USGS debris flow fume

Georgia Seyfried, Assistant Professor, College of Forestry, OSU, examines a tree trunk within the burned area of the 2023 Lookout Fire

Jacob Bukoski, Assistant Professor, College of Forestry, OSU, and Georgia Seyfried examine a thick organic horizon within an unburned area of the HJA

Jacob Bukoski and Georgia Seyfried examine a thick organic horizon within an unburned area of the HJA

Jacob Bukoski and Georgia Seyfried next to the burned trunk of a western red cedar tree. Note the mixed severity burn pattern from the 2023 Lookout Fire, where some areas of the forest are burned and others are still green

Jacob Bukoski within an area that was burned in the 2023 Lookout Fire

Jacob Bukoski and Georgia Seyfried examine differences between burned and unburned soils in a stand that experienced mixed severity fire at the HJA

Jacob Bukoski and Georgia Seyfried examine soil within a burned area of the HJA

Georgia Seyfried examines soil within a burned area of the HJA

Jacob Bukoski and Georgia Seyfried examine soil within a burned area of the HJA

Researchers measure water quality in Lookout Creek (left) and attach a wildlife cam (right). The wildlife cam will be used to track use of the downed log as a passage way for animals crossing the creek

Meagan White uses a flow meter to measure the velocity of the water in Lookout Creek

A range finder is used to measure the wetted width of the streambed in Lookout Creek

Researchers measure stream velocity, while placing decomposition strips

Researchers measure stream velocity, while placing decomposition strips

Researchers measure stream pH, conductivity, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen using a multi-parameter water quality meter

A strand of cotton strips is buried under the leaf litter at the edge of the stream and will be used to measure riparian soil decomposition rates

Researchers measure and record riparian soil humidity

Researchers measure and record water quality in Lookout Creek

OSU graduate student Meagan White (left) and OSU Faculty Research Assistant Emilee Mowlds (right) at Lookout Creek

OSU graduate student, Meagan White, deploys cotton strips to measure decomposition and anchors in a temperature sensor used to measure stream temperatures over time

OSU Faculty Research Assistant Emilee Mowlds(left) and graduate student Meagan White (right) on the Lookout Creek Old Growth trail after the 2023 Lookout Fire

OSU Faculty Research Assistant Emilee Mowlds(left) and graduate student Meagan White (right) on the Lookout Creek Old Growth trail after the 2023 Lookout Fire

OSU graduate student, Meagan White, in Lookout Creek just below the LO Trail bridge

Researchers in Lookout Creek, eight months after the 2023 Lookout Fire

OSU Graduate student Meagan White deploys a strand of cotton strips used to measure soil microbial activity and decomposition rates

Lookout Creek, just above the bridge along the Old Growth trail, eight months after the 2023 Lookout Fire

Lookout Creek, just above the bridge along the Old Growth trail, eight months after the 2023 Lookout Fire

A temperature sensor is anchored to a stone and will be placed in the stream to measure water temperature over time

OSU Faculty Research Assistant, Emilee Mowlds, uses a flow meter to measure the velocity (speed) of the water in the stream

OSU Faculty Research Assistant, Emilee Mowlds, uses a sieve to collect stream invertebrates in Lookout Creek

OSU graduate student, Meagan White, uses a Surbur sampler to collect stream invertebrates in Lookout Creek

OSU graduate student, Meagan White, holds up a strand of cotton strips used to measure stream decomposition rates in Lookout Creek

A western chorus frog in a mossy area, after the fire

Burned area of the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest after the 2023 Lookout Fire

Unburned soil on the left and burned soil on the right, with much of its organic layer removed

Researchers inspect a burned area of the forest that is part of a long-term study

Burned area of the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest after the 2023 Lookout Fire

Forest Director Mark Schulze moves through an area of the HJA that burned in the Lookout Fire

OSU's Joy Jensen looks over a charred stump

These charred sections of wood are part of the 200-year Log Decomposition study. Even after the fire they have information to provide on decomposition rates and carbon.

Forest Director Mark Schulze looks over an area of the HJA that burned in the Lookout Fire

These charred sections of wood are part of the 200-year Log Decomposition study. Even after the fire they have information to provide on decomposition rates and carbon.

Researchers move through an area of forest that burned in the Lookout Fire

The fire created deep holes where roots and rotted looks burned away

Researchers Mark Harmon and Georgia Seyfried scan the forest for remnants of the Log Decomposition study

Researchers Jacob Bukoski and Georgia Seyfried inspect a charred tag that is part of the Log Decompositon study

Researcher Mark Harmon, who started the 200-year Log Decompostion study, finds an identification tag from one of the study's logs

A tag and log, charred, as part of the 200-year Log Decomposition study

Burned area of the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest after the 2023 Lookout Fire

Photographer Nancy Floyd captures information through her lens and practiced eye

Researcher Fred Swanson and photographer David Paul Bayles have worked together on describing the forest after wildfire

A trip participant sketches the landscape of charred standing snags

Trip participants within an area of the forest that had high severity burn in the Lookout Fire

This tagged tree is part of the long-term vegetation study that has been tracking tree growth and mortality for decades

This tagged tree is part of the long-term vegetation study that has been tracking tree growth and mortality for decades