Stream Ecology
Research Experience for Undergraduates. Highlight in Terra Magazine.
News Brief Description:
Undergraduate student Emilee Mowlds, and graduate student Francisco Pickens, are featured in Oregon State University's Terra Magazine (see Student Research section; page 18). Both students are advised by OSU and Andrews Forest researcher, Ivan Arismendi, on stream ecology research at the Andrews Forest.
Mowlds and Pickens were participants in the NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates program and did their work at the Andrews Forest. Mowlds said that participating in the Research Experience for Undergraduates program “felt like a mini version of a grad program where you develop your own project.” Pickens went on to pursue a graduate degree at OSU after the experience.
Each summer, the Andrews Forest LTER grant funds two, or more, Research Experience for Undergraduate participants at the Andrews Forest. Faculty researchers, across different areas of research, host and mentor the students.
2018 Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium
Event Date:
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Event Brief Description:
You are invited to the 2018 Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium (SURS) on Thursday, Sept 13, 12:00 – 1:50 PM (1st Floor Linus Pauling Science Center). REU student, Emilee Mowlds, will present some preliminary findings of her project conducted at the HJ Andrews “Comparing Seasonal Changes in Chlorophyll a Across Headwater Streams Using Measurements of In Vivo Fluorescence." Emilee is an undergraduate from OSU's COF and worked at the Andrews Forest with Dr Ivan Arismendi.
Spring 2018
Thesis Defense: process-based river restoration
News Brief Description:
Stephanie Bianco will defend her MS thesis, A novel approach to process-based river restoration in Oregon: practitioners’ perspectives, and effects on in-stream wood
Wednesday, May 30
10 AM
Strand 361, OSU Campus
Summer Research Assistants Needed
News Brief Description:
Stream Fish and Amphibian Ecology at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest
We are seeking 2 summer research assistants to conduct sampling for stream vertebrates and associated measurements of habitat and food resources.
These research assistants will use established field protocols for study of cutthroat trout, pacific giant salamanders, tailed frog tadpoles and stream macroinvertebrates. They will also collect measurements of instream habitat and chemical characteristics.
These positions will begin around July 9, 2018 and continue into early September, 2018.
The research assistants will be based at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, in the Oregon Cascades near Blue River, Oregon. The Andrews Forest was established in 1948 as an US Forest Service Experimental Forest, and since 1980 is one of the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites. The field station has modern apartments with full kitchens, a well-equipped computer lab, and wireless internet.
The jobs have been posted: https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/57237 . Applications will be reviewed starting April 9.
This posting is for current students. If you are not a student and are interested in working with us this summer, please contact Sherri Johnson (sherrijohnson@fs.fed.us) for more information.
Spring/Fall 2017
Monthly Meeting: Dec 1, 9 AM: Science Synthesis, NEON
Event Date:
Friday, December 1, 2017
Event Brief Description:
"Science on Demand: Informing Plan Revision in the Area of the Northwest Forest Plan" presented by Thomas Spies, Senior Scientist, Forest Service, PNW Research Station
“The National Ecological Observatory in the Pacific Northwest: Field Sites, Data, and Other Resources” presented by Ben Vierra, Field Operations Manager, Pacific Northwest, National Ecological Observatory Network
General meeting will include updates on proposals, graduate students, Willamette National Forest partnership, site use proposals.
Monthly meetings are used to share science, news, and opportunities related to the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest and Long-Term Ecological Research program. We start with a science hour and then move into program news and announcements. Anyone is welcome to attend. Monthly meetings are on the first Friday of the month during the academic year, from 9 AM - 11 AM.
Forestry Sciences Lab, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Room 20
Emily Heason MS Defense: Aquatic Food Web
Event Date:
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Event Brief Description:
Emily Heaston, candidate for MS in Forest Ecosystems and Society with Dr. Dana Warren, will present her thesis titled, “Aquatic Food Web Responses to Patchy Shading in Forested Headwater Streams.” Wednesday, August 9th, 10:00am in Richardson 107.
Assessing river corridor exchange at the network scale
Adam Ward (Indiana University) was awarded an NSF CAREER Grant of more than $700,000 to implement an integrated program of research and education. Much of the work will occur at the Andrews Forest. Ward's research strongly leverages the Andrews Forest's geologic diversity, existing instrumentation network, and access to a 5th order river basin. The multi-scale work and educational initiatives will take advantage of the long-term data available from the Andrews Forest site and build upon a body of work from the Andrews Forest on streams, hyporheic zones, and valley bottoms.