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“Following Fire: A Resilient Forest/An Uncertain Future” exhibit by David Paul Bayles and Frederick J Swanson. November 1, 2024 – March 30, 2025 | Wed-Sun 11am-4pm, World Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon. https://worldforestry.org/followingfire/

David & Fred joined FOX 12 Now’s Greg Nibler to discuss the exhibit. Check it out here.

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, December 6,  9-11 AM

Presentations:

• “Multi-scale impacts of extreme heat on trees and forests of the Pacific Northwest: the 2021 Heat Dome.” presented by Chris Still, Professor, Forest Ecosystems and Society, OSU
• “The forest of fire and rain: in praise of an underappreciated forest ecosystem.” Presented by M.L. (Peg) Herring, emerita professor science communication, CAS, OSU.

After our presentations, at 10 AM, we will move into our community meeting, which includes updates on graduate student activities, site, WNF, community, education, new faces, and recent publications.

FSL Room 20. NOTE ROOM CHANGE. this monthly only. 

Our meetings follow the academic year. Upcoming meetings: Dec 6 (FSL Room 20), Jan 10 (Peavy 315), Feb 7, Mar 7, April 4, May 2, June 6.

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, November 1,  9-11 AM

Presentations:

• “Pyrogenic C production and forest structure impacts from the Lookout Fire: Preliminary data from the FBAT plots.” presented by Jacob Bukoski, Assistant Professor, FES (w/ Yuzhe Wang, Sebastian Hjelstrom, Matthew Dickinson, & Georgia Seyfried)
• “Pyrogenic carbon enhances post-fire recovery of soil quality in the planted forests of south China.” presented by Yuzhe Wang, Associate professor, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China, and Visiting Scholar COF OSU.
• “Taking root: digging deeper into the role of roots in mediating critical zone processes.” Presented by Xander Takver, PhD Student in Water Resource Sciences, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences

After our presentations, at 10 AM, we will move into our community meeting, which includes updates on graduate student activities, site, WNF, community, education, new faces, and recent publications.

PFSC 315. Contact Lina DiGregorio for Zoom link.

Our meetings follow the academic year. Upcoming meetings: Nov 1 (Peavy 315), Dec 6 (FSL Room 20), Jan 10 (Peavy 315), Feb 7, Mar 7, April 4, May 2, June 6.

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, October 4,  9-11 AM

Presentations:

• Ore Fire Update and Site Access. Presented by Mark Schulze and Brooke Penaluna.
• Update on the hypothesis paper in response to the Lookout Fire. Presented by Dana Warren and Matthew Betts.
• Introducing the Fireline Fellows! Presented by Joy Jensen and Carly Lettero with PRAx, the Spring Creek Project, and the Center for the Humanities. 

After our presentations, at 10 AM, we will move into our community meeting, which includes updates on graduate student activities, site, WNF, community, education, new faces, and recent publications.

PFSC 315. Contact Lina DiGregorio for Zoom link.

Our meetings follow the academic year. Upcoming meetings: Nov 1 (Peavy 315), Dec 6 (FSL Room 20), Jan 10 (Peavy 315), Feb 7, Mar 7, April 4, May 2, June 6.

"Fire and Long-Term Land-Use Management Effects on the Chemistry of Carbon in Headwater Streams of Old-Growth Forests in the Oregon Cascades."

Doctoral Defense. Amy L. Mayedo. PhD candidate in Soil Science, Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University. 

June 4, 2024. 10 AM pacific time.

Crops 138 or via zoom.

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, June 7,  9-11 AM

Presentations:

• "Is post-fire management pre-fire management in a fiery world?" presented by Christopher Dunn, Assistant Professor of Wildfire Risk Science, College of Forestry, OSU
• "Academic support in a changing fire environment" presented by Kevin Reese, Interagency Fire Staff Officer- Northwest Oregon Interagency Fire Management, US Forest Service
• Student lightning talk: "Economic Valuation of Carbon Sequestration in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest: Co-Benefit of a Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Site" presented by Alex Rendon, Fiona Duggan-Fuchs, and Sarah Gwynn, from Southern Oregon University.
• "Naturalness and the Lookout Fire: Partial results of the Sep-Nov 2023 Lookout Fire Interviews" presented by Claire Rapp, Postdoctoral Scholar, College of Forestry, OSU.

After our presentations we will move into our community meeting, which includes updates on graduate student activities, site, WNF, community, education, new faces, and recent publications.

PFSC 315. Contact Lina DiGregorio for Zoom link.

Our meetings follow the academic year. Our next meeting will be October 4, 2024.

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, April 5,  9-11 AM

Presentations:

• "Federal Regulations and Archeological Resources: Best Practices for Conducting Research in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest" presented by Steven Highland, Heritage Program Manager (Forest Archeologist) and Tribal Liaison, Willamette National Forest
• "New Fire and Forest Development Histories in Moist Douglas-fir Forests" presented by Andrew Merschel, ORISE Postdoctoral Scholar with USFS PNW Research Station.
• Graduate student lightning talk: "The Influence of Network Contraction and Expansion on Dissolved Oxygen Synchrony" presented by Jasmine Krause, Ph.D. candidate, Water Resources Science, OSU

After our presentations, at 10 AM, we will move into our community meeting, which includes updates on graduate student activities, site, WNF, community, education, new faces, and recent publications.

PFSC 315. Contact Lina DiGregorio for Zoom link.

Our meetings follow the academic year. Upcoming meetings: April 5 (Peavy 315), May 3 (Peavy 315), and June 7 (Peavy 315).