Outreach

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting June 2024

Event Date: 
Friday, June 7, 2024
Event Brief Description: 

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 April 2024

Event Date: 
Friday, April 5, 2024
Event Brief Description: 

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).

 

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting March 2024

Event Date: 
Friday, March 1, 2024
Event Brief Description: 

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

Presentations:

  • "What influences how public land managers evaluate scientific information? Long-Term Ecological Research and Cognitive Biases" presented by Claire Rapp, Postdoctoral Scholar, College of Forestry, OSU
  • "Investigating the Effects of Mycorrhizal Fungi Inoculation on Native-Invasive Plant Interactions Post-fire" presented by Ethan Torres, ENVS M.S. student at University of Oregon.

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

PFSC 315. Contact Lina DiGregorio for Zoom link.

Our meetings follow the academic year. Upcoming meetings: March 1 (Peavy 315), April 5 (Peavy 315), May 3 (Peavy 315), and June 7 (Peavy 315).

 

David Paul Bayles Exhibit and Artist Talk Jan 27

Event Date: 
Saturday, January 27, 2024
Event Brief Description: 

You’re invited to an artist talk by David Paul Bayles, as he discusses his work on “Following Fire: A Resilient Forest / An Uncertain Future.” Bayles focuses on landscapes where the needs of forests and human pursuits often collide, sometimes coexist and on occasion find harmony. Some of his projects utilize a documentary approach while others use a more contemporary art practice.

Blue Sky Gallery. 122 NW 8th Ave, Portland, Oregon

RESCHEDULED:  Artist Talk: Saturday, January 27, 1:30  p.m.

Exhibit: through January 27. Hours Wednesday to Saturday, 12 to 5 PM. 

 

This project is supported by the Spring Creek Project, the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation, the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, and the McKenzie River Trust.

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting Feb 2024

Event Date: 
Friday, February 2, 2024
Event Brief Description: 

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

Peavy 315 with a zoom option.

At our February meeting we will continue to develop a potential synthesis paper, with a focus on making cross-disciplinary connections across groups. 

Upcoming meetings: March 1 (Peavy 315), April 5 (Peavy 315), May 3 (Peavy 315), and June 7 (Peavy 315).

 

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting Jan 2024

Event Date: 
Friday, January 12, 2024
Event Brief Description: 

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, January 12,  9-11 AM

Peavy 315 with a zoom option. Note room change--we're back to the large room in Peavy. 

Our January meeting will be the second Friday of the month, to align with the OSU academic calendar. 

Topic TBA, likely a continued focus on predictions, scenarios, and hypothesis around post-fire trajectories.

Upcoming meetings: February 2 (Peavy 315), March 1 (Peavy 315), April 5 (Peavy 315), May 3 (Peavy 315), and June 7 (Peavy 315).

 

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting Dec 2023

Event Date: 
Friday, December 1, 2023
Event Brief Description: 

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

Richardson 313 with a zoom option

We’ll focus this meeting on a discussion around predictions, scenarios, and hypothesis around post-fire trajectories.

Our meetings follow the academic year, the first Friday of the month, 9-11 AM. Upcoming meetings: January 12 (Peavy 315), February 2 (Peavy 315), March 1 (Peavy 315), April 5 (Peavy 315), May 3 (Peavy 315), and June 7 (Peavy 315).

 

Following Fire

The Lookout Fire, as with the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire before it, triggers a rush of emotions and a deep sense of loss – maybe even a sense of guilt when we drop into thoughts of science opportunities when so much seems gone and never to “recover” in our lifetime.  What will we find when we get to experience our favorite places in their newly burned state?  How will the ecosystem respond over the coming few years?  The on-going Following Fire: A Resilient Forest | An Uncertain Future project in the Holiday Farm Fire area of McKenzie

Connecting and Trophic Position

Daniel McGarvey, an associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, contacted us early on in the fire to share his memories and connection to the Andrews Forest and Lookout Creek. “I traveled to Lookout Creek in 2018 to sample fish and stream invertebrates with a crew made up entirely of underrepresented minorities.

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