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NSF Support for Wildfire Recovery
January 15, 2021
The National Science Foundation awarded the Andrews Forest LTER program with supplemental funds to support recovery from the wildfires of September 2020. The funds will be used to reestablish and remeasure vegetation plots that were burned in the...
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Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting, Jan 8
January 08, 2021

For our Winter 2021 meetings (Jan, Feb, March) we are discussing fire. The 2020 fire season will leave its mark on ecosystems of the western Cascade Mountains, inside and outside the boundaries of the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest and LTER site. Our history of fire-related research and long-...

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Long-Term Research Funded for Six Additional Years
December 16, 2020
The National Science Foundation awarded the Andrews Forest program $7.1 million for six additional years of long-term ecological research (LTER). The Andrews Forest LTER program has been supported by the NSF LTER program since 1980. Long-...
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Fun with Data Science. Free online activity.
December 14, 2020
The Andrews Forest LTER site is featured in the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry’s (OMSI)’s Science At Home Weekly, which offers curated, digital content for K-8 students focused on weekly themes.  Check out Fun with...
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Kate Lajtha named 2020 AGU Fellow
December 10, 2020
Congratulations to Kate Lajtha, who was named an 2020 AGU Fellow in recognition of “exceptional contributions in our Earth and space sciences community through breakthrough, discovery, or innovation in their disciplines.” Since 1962...
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Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting, Dec 4
December 04, 2020

For our three Fall 2020 meetings (Oct., Nov., and Dec.), we are discussing climate and microclimate at the Andrews Forest. Given the centrality of climate in our program, in the five Core Areas of LTER, the number of climate and climate-related projects within our program, and in our thinking...

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New book on the history of the Andrews Forest
December 03, 2020
The book A Place for Inquiry, A Place for Wonder: The Andrews Forest by historian Bill Robbins draws on print materials, oral histories, conversations, and Bill’s own ramblings in the forest beginning in 1964. The book offers a...
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Giving Tuesday!
December 01, 2020
It’s Giving Tuesday! Join the community of donors supporting awesome projects at the Andrews Forest like research on forests and streams, Canopy Connections, artists and writers in residence, and the Andrews history project. You can donate at...
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A Place for Inquiry, A Place for Wonder: WEBINAR
December 01, 2020

Live Q&A with Bill Robbins, author of “A Place for Inquiry, A Place for Wonder: The Andrews Forest” (OSU Press 2020)

Hosted by Michael Paul Nelson, Professor, Forest Ecosystems and Society, OSU

Please join us Tues, Dec 1, 2020 from 4-5pm PT on...

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Field Technician Position Opening
November 18, 2020
Field Technician - Resource Assistant An Internship through Mobilize Green, in collaboration with USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station   Internship Duty Station: HJ Andrews Experimental Forest 6 month Paid...