Watershed 9 gage house with tree fallen on it, steps and footbridge damaged by fire.

Remains of steps and electrical conduit in Watershed 1

WS1 trail on north-facing slope

North-facing slope of Watershed 1

Looking up to the north-facing slope of Watershed 1. Note smoldering areas. Many of the trees on the ground came down in the 2019 snowdown event. Large stump is visible in historic photos of WS1 post-logging

Looking down Watershed 1 towards gaging station from tower site. The fire burned on both slopes but did not burn the moist riparian area. Destroyed WS1 tower pieces in foreground.

Looking up Watershed 1. The fire burned on both slopes but did not burn the moist riparian area

Charred, south-facing slope of Watershed 1

Looking down into Watershed 1, over the charred remains of the wooden steps and railing. The WS1 tower is in pieces. Hillside of south-facing slope is charred.

smoldering log, slope along road to Watershed 1 landing

burned area, base of slope at road entrance to Watershed 1 landings

Andrews Forest information kiosk at the junction of the 15 and 1506 roads, with burned slope

Looking across the McKenzie River from the 15 Road - HWY 126 junction

Phenology Core Site 1, on the north-facing slope of Watershed 1. Tree tags and dendrometer bands in the background.

Watershed 1 gage house. Fire burned right up to its base.

Watershed 1 gage house and weir in background, charred conduit on hillslope in foreground

Smoke from hot spots of fire in Watershed 2

Photo of the north-facing slope of Watershed 1

Trail in WS1, north-facing slope. Burned area described as having "ash up to the ankles"

Melted tree label, intact aluminum tree tag, and dendrometer band. PC01

Area of high severity fire, along the 15 road (outside of the Andrews Forest), close to the junction with HWY126

Phenology Core Site 1, on the north-facing slope of Watershed 1. Tree tags and dendrometer bands in the background.

Patchy burns in Phenology Core Site 1 (PC01)

Patchy burns in Phenology Core Site 1 (PC01), Marked VAPA plant was top killed by heat but not burned over

Melted tree label, intact aluminum tree tag, and dendrometer band. PC01

Looking down into the base of Watershed 1, from the north-facing hillslope

Melted remains of what was a fiberglass pole with a hobo temperature sensor on top, one of the 186 distributed temperature stations across the HJA

Charred remains of the powerline from the landing to the Watershed 1 gage house.

Watershed 2 gage house. Fire was in upper Watershed 2 but the fire had not reached the gage house

Weir and gage house of Watershed 1

Looking up toward the Watershed 1 landing with burned area upslope

Fire in slope of Watershed 1, along access road

Fire in slope of Watershed 1, along access road

Fire on slope of Watershed 1

Looking up slope from the Watershed 1 gage house, fire damage on south slope to the right

Fire damage next to the gage house of Watershed 1, mesocosm insulation intact

Active fire on south slope of Watershed 1 with sediment basin in bottom right view

Gage house of Watershed 1 with fire activity on adjacent slope

Fire on slope of Watershed 1

Gage house of Watershed 1 with fire activity on adjacent slope

Fire line and sprinker set up behind apartment buildings at headquarters

Fire in slope of Watershed 1, along access road

Fire resource advisors in Watershed 1 landing area

Propane tank at Watershed 1 landing, with fire damage

Propane tank at Watershed 1 landing, with fire damage

Fire in Watershed 1 landing area

Fire resource advisors in Watershed 1 landing area

Fire resource advisors in Watershed 1 landing area

Fire resource advisors in Watershed 1 landing area

Fire resource advisors in Watershed 1 landing area

Fire line and sprinker set up behind apartment buildings at headquarters

Propane tank at Watershed 1 landing, with fire damage

Looking down into Watershed 1, from the top of the (once) wooden stairs leading down to the tower shed, now covered in blue tarp. Both the north and south slopes burned.

Gage house of Watershed 1 with fire activity on adjacent slope

Panoramic view of Watershed 1 sediment basin with active fire on south/far slope

Active fire and burned sediment basin dam in Watershed 9

Burned dam in the sediment basin of Watershed 9

Burned dam in the sediment basin of Watershed 9, with gage house in background

Charred tree stump and exposed soil, Watershed 9

Charred tree stump and exposed soil, Watershed 9

Watershed 10 gage house, not in fire boundary

Fire line around PRIMET station

Andrews Forest Headquarters

Looking west across the Mona Bridge, over Blue River

Smoke above the Blue River Reservoir, looking south

Fire along slope of Watershed 1

Greg Downing collects a water sample from the Watershed 9 weir

Active fire in Watershed 1

Fire hose and fire line at Headquarters

closer view of damaged bypass hose between gage house and sediment basin of Watershed 1

Panoramic view of Watershed 1 sediment basin with active fire on south/far slope

View of Watershed 1 sediment basin with active fire on south/far slope

Active fire in Watershed 1

Active fire in Watershed 1

Watershed 9 gage house with fire damage and downed tree over gage house

Watershed 9 gage house with fire damage to footbridge and downed tree over gage house. Fire activity just adjacent.

Fire damage on slope of Watershed 9

Ivan Arismendi looks at several cutthroat trout caught in a reach of Lookout Creek.

Dave Leer (CreekWalker Photography) and OSU undergraduate student Rylee Rawson electroshocking to sample fish and salamanders. The animals are captured, measured, and released back into their original location.

Mainstem Lookout Creek, below the confluence with McRae Creek, in the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest

This coastal giant salamander had a large fish, a sculpin, in its stomach. The fish came out during the gastric lavage procedure.

Gut content of a trout included a yellow jacket, complete with stinger

Dave Leer, Rylee Rawson, and Ivan Arismendi electroshocking for fish and salamanders

Najma Ain, Rylee Rawson, and Dave Leer electroshocking in Lookout Creek

Mainstem Lookout Creek, below the confluence with McRae Creek, in the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest

Ivan Arismendi, left, and undergraduate stduent Najma Ain, catch fish in Lookout Creek

Electroshocking in Lookout Creek

Rylee Rawson, an undergraduate field technician, helps with sampling

The rocks in the stream were covered in algal growth

The pool behind this rock was home to a very large cutthroat trout

Electroshocking in Lookout Creek

A very large cutthroat trout

Theo Nuss recording data

OSU undergraduate student Theo Nuss readies the sampling equipment

Dave Leer, Rylee Rawson, Ivan Arismendi, and Najma Ain, electroshocking for fish and salamanders

Ivan Arismendi, left, and undergraduate stduent Najma Ain, catch fish in Lookout Creek

Dave Leer, Rylee Rawson, Ivan Arismendi, and Najma Ain, electroshocking for fish and salamanders

Mainstem Lookout Creek, below the confluence with McRae Creek, in the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest. In the photo are two field technicians who are sampling gut content of fish and salamanders.

Cutthroat trout

Undergraduate student, Najma Ain, looks into a tub containing cutthroat trout of various sized. Researchers count and photograph the fish and return them to the stream.

Each sample group of fish is photographed, with an identification card, and a ruler. Later, researchers use the ruler and special software to calculate the length of each fish in the photograph.

Each sample group of fish is photographed, with an identification card, and a ruler. Later, researchers use the ruler and special software to calculate the length of each fish in the photograph.

Undergraduate student Najma Ain, left, prepares a data card for the fish sample

Ivan Arismendi (Assistant Professor, OSU) with Dave Leer (CreekWalker Photography) and OSU undergraduate students Najma Ain and Rylee Rawson electroshocking for fish and salamanders in Lookout Creek.

Ivan Arismendi electroshocking for fish and salamanders in Lookout Creek

Undergraduate student Najma Ain, using a net to capture fish in Lookout Creek

A coastal giant salamander being measured for length in the left bin, and the sculpin that was in the salamander's gut in the right bin

Coastal giant salamander being measured for length

Coastal giant salamander

Dave Leer, Najma Ain, and Rylee Rawson electroshocking in Lookout Creek

Fish and salamanders are collected into a temporary bin where they are measured before being released back into the stream.

close up of a sample bag containing gut contents from a cutthroat trout

Fish and salamanders are collected into a temporary bin where they are measured before being released back into the stream.

Dave Leer, Najma Ain, and Rylee Rawson survey the fish and salamanders

Coastal giant salamander, underside

Gwen Bury displays a sample bag containing gut contents of a cutthroat trout

Mainstem Lookout Creek, below the confluence with McRae Creek, in the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest

Theo Nuss washes out the gut contents of a cutthroat trout by gastric lavage

This coastal giant salamander had a large fish, a sculpin, in its stomach. The fish came out during the gastric lavage procedure.

OSU post-doc Gwen bury with a coastal giant salamander.

Gut content is put through a coffee filter and the entire filter is kept to analyze all particulates later

A cutthroat trout having its gut contents washed out with a stream of water. The procedure is not harmful and the trout is released back into the stream afterwards.

A cutthroat trout

Gwen Bury records data on length of a cutthroat trout

After a gastric lavage, the gut contents are put through a coffee filter, to catch the particulates. The entire filter is saved in a sample bag for later analysis.

Dave Leer, Najma Ain, and Rylee Rawson electroshocking for fish and salamanders in Lookout Creek. The bucket in the foreground has cutthtroat trout.

A photo of McRae Creek, close to its confluence with larger Lookout Creek.

OSU graduate students Emilee Mowlds and Francisco Pickens with undergraduate student Erik Swanson electrofishing for stream vertebrates in upper Lookout Creek.

Lower Lookout below the headquarters.

Lower Lookout below the headquarters.

Wrapping a metal identification tag around the stem of a western red cedar seedling

Emily Dewald-Wang holds a PVC pipe which is the target for the laser survey tool (total station). She calls out the species, size, and condition. The data are recorded into a tablet and then the tree's location is mapped with the total station laser.

Emily Dewald-Wang holds a PVC pipe which is the target for the laser survey tool (total station). She calls out the species, size, and condition. The data are recorded into a tablet and then the tree's location is mapped with the total station laser.

A 1m square plot within the larger plot FOREG31

A plant marked with one of the metal identification bands

Joseph LaManna, lead on the project, inspects plants within a 1m-square plot

Liam Engel enters data into a tablet

Matt Reala notes the measurement height on a PVC pipe that will be used with the survey tool to map trees

Maddie Sutton surveys vegetation within the plot

Joseph LaManna calibrates the laser survey tool (total station), which is used to map every stem larger than 1 cm diameter within the plot

A view within plot FOREG02, which contains Reference Stand 2.

A view within plot FOREG02, which contains Reference Stand 2.

Within each larger plot there are a series of 1m-square plots within which every stem is inventoried and recorded and within which all herbaceous plants are surveyed

Joseph LaManna (left) and Maddie Sutton (right) measure and record data on plant size and location

Matt Reala climbs through the plot and notes size, condition, and location of each stem >1cm in diameter

Joseph LaManna uses a laser survey tool (total station) to precisely map exact locations of stems within a plot

Matt Reala holds a PVC pipe with reflective target and rod level, used as the target for the laser survey tool (total station) in mapping stem distance and location

One of the numbered metal identification bands used to mark any woody plants within each 1m-square plot

Tools of the trade

Joseph LaManna notes that trees can have two tags where the new FOREG plots and the old Reference Stands overlap. The two studies are planned to dovetail and complement each other (e.g. measurements will be taken at both nails in future years).