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

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

OSU faculty Matt Betts estimates the age of a large tree that was cut post fire as part of a hazard tree removal effort

This steep gully and surrounding area burned differently in the Lookout Fire

Trip participants ponder a large tree that was cut post fire as part of a hazard tree removal effort

The Lookout Creek Old-Growth Trail was part of the area that burned in the Lookout Fire.

Looking downhill over the area of the Lookout Creek Old-Growth Trail

Trip participants in the Cold Creek area, which had high severity fire

White fungal activity was already showing in charred areas of wood

Charred wood

Area that experienced high severity burn in the Lookout Fire

Area that experienced high severity burn in the Lookout Fire

Field trip participants along the road near Cold Creek

Area that experienced high severity burn in the Lookout Fire

Graduate student Tatianna Latorre in front of Cold Creek and melted research infrastructure

Graduate student Jaimie Ortega in front of Cold Creek and melted research infrastructure

Graduate student Jaimie Ortega looks over burned research infrastructure that was part of his study prior to the fire

Area of the HJA near Cold Creek that experienced high severity burn in the Lookout Fire

Area of the HJA near Cold Creek that experienced high severity burn in the Lookout Fire

Area of the HJA near Cold Creek that experienced high severity burn in the Lookout Fire

Area of the HJA near Cold Creek that experienced high severity burn in the Lookout Fire. It was striking that the branched and structure remained but the green was stripped away.

Mixed severity fire leaves charred and green forest patches

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

Roadside areas of the fire were a mix of burn severity and tree removal and chipping from fire crews

Field trip participants heard from Willamette National Forest staff

Graduate student Tatianna Latorre and OSU faculty member Ivan Arismendi check for life in a burned over section of stream

Roadside areas of the fire were a mix of burn severity and tree removal and chipping from fire crews

View of Lookout Ridge from FSR 130

Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.

Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.

Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.

Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.

Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.

Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.

Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.

Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.

Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.

Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.

Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.

Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.

Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.

Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.

Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.

Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.

Lookout ridge and burn mosaic from combination of firing operations and unmanaged spread.

View of Lookout Ridge from FSR 130 above a rock quarry and at an existing research site

Sunset panorama of Lookout Ridge from FSR 130 above a rock quarry and at an existing research site

An old-growth tree

Fire in the understory of the forest. This was a controlled burn the fire crews used to establish a containment line. Notice the trucks in the top right.

Smoke and ash in the understory. This was a controlled burn the fire crews used to establish a containment line.

Smoke and ash in the understory. This was a controlled burn the fire crews used to establish a containment line.

Fire in the understory of the forest. This was a controlled burn the fire crews used to establish a containment line

Smoke and ash in the understory. This was a controlled burn the fire crews used to establish a containment line.

Burned stump and roots after a controlled burn along the fire containment line.

Smoke and ash in the understory. This was a controlled burn the fire crews used to establish a containment line.

Smoke and ash in the understory. This was a controlled burn the fire crews used to establish a containment line.

Smoke and ash in the understory. This was a controlled burn the fire crews used to establish a containment line.

A creek and patch of unburned forest near Mack Creek

The Mack Creek gaging station, unburned, Thanks to the protectsion set up by fire crews. The forest nearby is green, indicating that the fire bypassed this area.

A creek and patch of unburned forest near Mack Creek

Smoke and ash in the understory. This was a controlled burn the fire crews used to establish a containment line.

Smoke and ash in the understory. The metal tag on the tree indicates that it is part of a long-term study on tree growth and mortality.

Thick forest duff burned through by the fire. This may have been part of the controlled burn.

A new fire scar on a cedar tree

Burned logs

Burned tree buttress and branches of a cedar tree

An area of mixed fire severity, where some areas are charred and other areas are left green.

Burned roots of a cedar tree along a roadside in the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest

The sun comes through smoke and dust on a road in the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest

A containment line, a hand line, dug by hand to bare soil, layed with hose, and then burned to one side to remove fuels

Water holding tanks, hoses, and pumps, set up by fire crews, to protect the buildings

Water holding tanks, hoses, and pumps, set up by fire crews, to protect the buildings

An old-growth tree

Huge, old growth trees are an important part of the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest

A view over Blue River Reservoir to the smoke from the Lookout Fire

Downed wood and sword ferns are common in the understory of old growth forest in the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest. This is Watershed 2

Hoses and pumps are set up to protect the research gage house in Watershed 2

A view from HWY 126 towards Lookout Mountain with a view of the mosaic of fire severity on the landscape

A view from HWY 126 towards Lookout Mountain with a view of the mosaic of fire severity on the landscape

A view from HWY 126 towards Lookout Mountain with a view of the mosaic of fire severity on the landscape

A view from HWY 126 towards Lookout Mountain with a view of the mosaic of fire severity on the landscape

A view from HWY 126 towards Lookout Mountain with a view of the mosaic of fire severity on the landscape

A view from HWY 126 towards Lookout Mountain with a view of the mosaic of fire severity on the landscape

A view from HWY 126 towards Lookout Mountain with a view of the mosaic of fire severity on the landscape

A view from HWY 126 towards Lookout Mountain with a view of the mosaic of fire severity on the landscape

A view from HWY 126 towards Lookout Mountain with a view of the mosaic of fire severity on the landscape

HJA Headquarters Office building, with wildfire smoke

Water holding tanks, set up by fire crews, to protect the buildings

Buildings at the headquarters facility

The primary weather station PRIMET with hose and sprinklers set out to protect the research equipment

buildings at the headquarters facility with hosts and sprinkers set up to protect the buildings against fire

buildings at the headquarters facility with hosts and sprinkers set up to protect the buildings against fire

buildings at the headquarters facility with hosts and sprinkers set up to protect the buildings against fire

hoses and sprinkers set up by fire crews to protect the buildings at headquarters

hoses and sprinkers set up by fire crews to protect the buildings at headquarters

hoses and sprinkers set up by fire crews to protect the buildings at headquarters

Water holding tanks, set up by fire crews, to protect the buildings

Hose and sprinker set up around the perimeter of the headquarters to protect against fire

Hose and sprinker set up around the perimeter of the headquarters to protect against fire

An Inyo Hotshot engaging in backburning with a drip torch off of FSR 465

A tree torching during backfiring off of FSR 465

A Wolf Creek Hotshot mopping-up along a handline on a steep slope above FSR 465 and Watershed 3

The fire slowly creeping down the hill at Mack Creek near the gage house, just across the FSR 360 bridge by the outhouse, which burned down

Photo of what we believe to be the remains of the old outhouse at Mack Creek, just across the FSR 360 bridge

Mark Schulze, Forest Director of the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, climbing down from Roswell Tower after installing a live webcam to assist with fire operations.

A frog hangs out on a DO sensors in the reference reach.

Sensors (DO and PAR) installed in the reference reach, where no treatments are used.

The upper portion of the reference reach.

Large trees in the riparian area of the upstream reference reach.

Coil system used to passively warm diverted water before it re-enters the increased temperature (+Temp) reach.

Graduate student Maddie Maffia sets up the siphon pump to divert water through the coil systems.

sticky traps were used to sample flying insects

RET Jacob DeGroot and OSU graduate student Tatiana Latorre set up a malaise trap to catch and sample flying insects

RET Jacob DeGroot and OSU graduate student Tatiana Latorre set up a malaise trap to catch and sample flying insects

Mercedes Allen, an udergraduate student with a VIEW Fellowship, with sample bags of stream invertebrates

Graduate student Tatiana Latorre configures a widlife cam

Maidenhair fern

Graduate student Tatiana Latorre carefully inspects insects on a sample plate

A sticky substance captures insects which are later identified in the laboratory

Graduate student Tatiana Latorre collects sticky trap samples

Student and teacher researchers use a serber sampler to collect stream invertebrates

Undergraduate Mercedes Allen and teacher researchers use a serber sampler to collect stream invertebrates

Student and teacher researchers use a serber sampler to collect stream invertebrates

Researchers set out a grid and prepare the area for transplants of moss

Researchers set out a grid and prepare the area for transplants of moss

Research for Undergraduates (REU) student Meghan Lake prepares an area for moss transplant and study

Researchers set out a grid and prepare the area for transplants of moss

Matts of moss are cut with clippers to a standard size, outlined by a post-it note

A square of moss ready to be transplanted

A stand in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest

A square of moss ready to be transplanted

Research for Undergraduates (REU) student Meghan Lake assesses the grid and protocol for the study

Research for Undergraduates (REU) student Meghan Lake assesses the grid and protocol for the study

Researcher readies moss for transplant

A square of moss ready to be transplanted

Research for Undergraduates (REU) student Meghan Lake assesses the grid and protocol for the study

Research for Undergraduates (REU) student Meghan Lake assesses the grid and protocol for the study

Researchers set out a grid and prepare the area for transplants of moss

Researchers set out a grid and prepare the area for transplants of moss

Moss laid out in the transplant plot

Moss collection for reciprical transplant project

A square of moss ready to be transplanted

Moss laid out in the transplant plot and grid

A magification loupe assists with moss identification

A stand in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest