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Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting November 5

Event Date: 
Friday, November 5, 2021 to Sunday, November 7, 2021
Event Brief Description: 

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

Presentations:

“Postfire delayed mortality of western hemlock at the HJA: rationale and prelim results” presented by Andrés Holz, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Portland State University

“Mapping Moving Birds – A focus on the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest” presented by Dean Walton, Lorry I. Lokey Science & Technology Outreach Librarian / Associate Professor, University of Oregon

After our presentations, we will move into our community meeting to share new publications, new faces, and updates from our WNF partner, graduate students, and education and outreach. 

Our meetings follow the academic year. Upcoming meetings: December 3, Jan 7.  9-11 AM. 

Contact Lina DiGregorio for Zoom link.

LTEReflections on fire a year later

News Brief Description: 

The 2020 Holiday Farm Fire and access to burned forest on McKenzie River Trust lands have attracted writers and artists who want to wrestle with the tensions among tragedy, stark beauty, and hope in the fire-blackened landscape.  Former writer-in-residence theologian Vince Miller (University of Dayton) returned to explore the theme of hope in collaboration with photographer David Paul Bayles.  Painter Erika Osborne (Colorado State University) visited to extend the fire-themed work she has been practicing in California and Baja.  Four book artists led by Eugene artist Susan Lowdermilk visited in October to exercise their creative practices with materials and inspiration from the fire zone.  A long-term art-sci collaboration of photographer David Paul Bayles and researcher Fred Swanson, involving thousands of photographs in several distinct bodies of works, has been shared in a duet performance via an ecoartspace video and in an ecoartspace blog post.  In each case, the Andrews Forest offers a green frame of reference for inquiry in the fire zone. Stay tuned for fire-themed programming from The Spring Creek Project and the Andrews Forest Reflections program to see the fruits of this work and more.

Photo: David Paul Bayles hard at work amidst fireweed at Finn Rock on McKenzie River Trust lands along the McKenzie, by Fred Swanson.

Fire Recovery Spring 2021

News Brief Description: 

Eight months after the ignition of the Holiday Farm Fire we are seeing the first flush of green in the understory of the burned forest and the first new buildings under construction in the McKenzie Valley.  The community recovery from this catastrophe and the ecological response to this forest disturbance will take years and decades, but recently the landscape is changing on a weekly or even daily basis. The burned areas within the Willamette National Forest remain closed for public safety, and as the spring dries we watch Watershed Two nervously for signs of flare ups from winter holdovers (there have been re-ignitions reported elsewhere within the fire perimeter). Thanks to the support of our partner institutions and generous donations from our community, the Andrews Forest is on pace to restore critical infrastructure needed to mount our scientific response to the fire.  We are using donated funds to restore researcher access paths in the burned small watersheds ahead of a busy field season.  In addition to recovering our network of long-term vegetation plots, soil moisture and undercanopy microclimate stations and hyporheic wells, new work has been funded that leverages this long-term work to improve our understanding of fire effects on belowground nutrient cycling, aquatic macroinvertebrate communities, water quality and forest regeneration. 

Find out more on our archived Fire Updates page, view fire photos in our photo gallery, or watch videos of the fire at our  Andrews Forest YouTube channel.    To support our fire recovery efforts, consider making a donation: https://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/donate 

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting May 7

Event Date: 
Friday, May 7, 2021
Event Brief Description: 

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

For our winter and spring 2021 meetings 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 H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest and LTER site. Our history of fire-related research and long-term inquiry contribute to our existing knowledge of fire in the region and provide us a unique opportunity to understand the consequences of these large fires on our complex mountain landscape. With these talks we hope to spark further discussions among the research community.

Presentations:

"Wildfire & Climate Change Modeling in the Pacific Northwest & Southwest" presented by John B. Kim, Biological Scientist, PNW Research Station

“Social Change is Challenging the Ethics of Conservation” presented by Jeremy Bruskotter, Professor, School of Environment & Natural Resources, Ohio State University. 
 
After our presentations, we will move into a science cafe discussion, around the topic of fire. Everyone is welcome to participate! 

Our meetings follow the academic year. Next meeting: June 4.  9-11 AM. 

Contact Lina DiGregorio for Zoom link.

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting April 2

Event Date: 
Friday, April 2, 2021
Event Brief Description: 

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, April 2, 9-11 AM

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 H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest and LTER site. Our history of fire-related research and long-term inquiry contribute to our existing knowledge of fire in the region and provide us a unique opportunity to understand the consequences of these large fires on our complex mountain landscape. With these talks we hope to spark further discussions among the research community.

Presentations:

"Wildfire and post-fire forest management effects on water quantity and quality" presented by Kevin D. Bladon, Associate Professor, Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management, Oregon State University

“Willamette River microbes from headwaters to mouth: links to landscape, travel time, and fire" presented by Byron C. Crump, Professor, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University

“Hybrid Vigor; Ecology X Art X Design" presented by David Buckley Borden, Visiting Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Design, University of Oregon.

Graduate student flash presentation: "Modeling channel change in Lower Lookout" presented by Leah Cromer, MS student with Julia Jones, Geography.
 
After our presentations, we will move into our community meeting to share about new publications, new faces, and updates from our WNF partner, graduate students, and education and outreach. 

Our meetings follow the academic year. Future meetings: May 7, June 4.  9-11 AM. 

Contact Lina DiGregorio for Zoom link.

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting March 5

News Brief Description: 

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

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 H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest and LTER site. Our history of fire-related research and long-term inquiry contribute to our existing knowledge of fire in the region and provide us a unique opportunity to understand the consequences of these large fires on our complex mountain landscape. With these talks we hope to spark further discussions among the research community.

Presentations:

“Mixed-severity forest fires: potential stream ecosystem and chemistry responses” presented by Sherri Johnson, Research Ecologist, US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station

“Fire impacts on river corridor functions: reasons to expect (de)coupled dynamics” presented by Adam S. Ward, Associate Professor, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University.

“Using innovative approaches in ecological photography to connect biodiversity to ecosystem services at HJA” presented by Jeremy Monroe & David Herasimtschuk, Freshwaters Illustrated, Corvallis, Oregon

After our presentations, we will move into our community meeting to share about new publications, new faces, and updates from our WNF partner, graduate students, and education and outreach.

Our meetings follow the academic year. Future meetings: April 2, May 7, June 4.  9-11 AM.

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting, Feb 5

Event Date: 
Friday, February 5, 2021
Event Brief Description: 

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-term inquiry contribute to our existing knowledge of fire in the region and provide us a unique opportunity to understand the consequences of these large fires on our complex mountain landscape. With these talks we hope to spark further discussions among the research community.

February Presentations:

“How do soil carbon dynamics respond to differing severities of fire disturbance?”  presented by Kate Lajtha, Professor, Crop and Soil Science, OSU

"Long-term fire effects on soil C and N around HJA" presented by Steven Perakis, USGS Research Ecologist

Announcements and Reminders:

  • Site update: The headquarters of the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest are closed due to restrictions around COVID and safety of staff and visitors. Watersheds 1, 2, 9 are within the burned area and are closed by Willamette National Forest and PNW Research Station. Stays on site for summer field research will be limited. Contact Mark Schulze with questions.
  • Andrews Forest LTER data are 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 https://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/news/fun-data-science-free-online-activity
  • We’ve updated our acknowledgements statement in recognition that all work on site, and all data, are supported in some way by the LTER grant and the Experimental Forest. Citing the LTER grant by number is absolutely critical on publications, theses, and dissertations. See https://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/acknowledgements. If you use data from the Andrews Forest, please also include a data citation and DOI.     
  • Let us know about your new publications! Please send pdf to: HJApubs@fsl.orst.edu

Our meetings follow the academic year. Future meetings: March 5, April 2, May 7, June 4.  9-11 AM.

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting, Jan 8

Event Date: 
Friday, January 8, 2021
Event Brief Description: 

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-term inquiry contribute to our existing knowledge of fire in the region and provide us a unique opportunity to understand the consequences of these large fires on our complex mountain landscape. With these talks we hope to spark further discussions among the research community.

Presentations:

" Pyrogeography, fire refugia, and fire in ecosystems of the PNW: concepts and connections " presented by Meg A. Krawchuk, Associate Professor, Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University

“Standing on the shoulders of giants: advancing knowledge of fire in Westside forests”  presented by Matthew J. Reilly, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service PNW

Announcements and Reminders:

Our meetings follow the academic year. Future meetings: Feb 5, March 5, April 2, May 7, June 4.  9-11 AM.

Andrews Forest Newsletter Fall 2020

News Brief Description: 

The Fall 2020 issue of the Andrews Forest Newsletter, now online at https://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/publications/newsletter

In this issue we explore the recent wildfires that burned in the Andrews Forest and the fire’s effect on our landscape and research.  Topics include:

  • Fire in the Andrews Forest
  • Big-Change Events
  • "Listening to the Forest" art installation
  • "A Place for Inquiry, A Place for Wonder" history book on the Andrews Forest

Happy Reading!

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