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Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting April 2022

Event Date: 
Friday, April 1, 2022
Event Brief Description: 

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, April 1, 2022, 9-11 AM

“Linking mycorrhizal fungi to emergent forest carbon capture” presented by Colin Averill, Senior Scientist, ETH Zürich

“Restoring Forest Cover after Wildfire” presented by Robyn Darbyshire, Regional Silviculturist, USDA Forest Service, PNW Region

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

Our meetings follow the academic year. Next meetings: May 6, June 3, 2022.  9-11 AM. 

Contact Lina DiGregorio for Zoom link.

Plotting the Future by Monitoring the Past

In 1910, scientists with the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station and their collaborators established multiple permanent sample plots across the region, largely in natural, Douglas-fir forests, to study timber growth and yield. These plots were initially viewed as independent studies, but it became clear in the late 20th century that treating them as a cohesive plot network would broaden understanding of forest dynamics.

PhD Defense Dusty Gannon - Plant Pollinator Interactions

Event Date: 
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Event Brief Description: 

"Plant-Pollinator Interactions in a Changing World: Cryptic Specialization, Pollinator Movement, and Landscape Genetics of Pollinator-Dependent Plants"

PhD Defense Seminar:  Dusty Gannon – Botany and Plant Pathology
Advisors: Drs. Andy Jones and Matt Betts

9 AM PST on 17 March 2022
302 Peavy Hall and via zoom.  Contact Dusty Gannon for zoom link

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting March 2022

Event Date: 
Friday, March 4, 2022
Event Brief Description: 

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, March 4, 2022, 9-11 AM

“The underground economies of trees and fungi: how resource movement and strategic investments may structure forest communities” presented by Laura Bogar, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Santa Barbara. Assistant Professor, UC Davis starting fall 2022

“Forest endophytes: Diversity, applications and a cautionary tale” presented by Joey Tanney, Research Scientist, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada

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

Our meetings follow the academic year. Next meetings: April 1, May 6, June 3, 2022.  9-11 AM. 

Contact Lina DiGregorio for Zoom link.

Summer Field Crew Opportunities 2022

News Brief Description: 

We are looking for one (1) crew leader and three (3) additional crew members to work on a long-term study of forest dynamics in the Pacific Northwest. We seek individuals who are interested in ecological research and enjoy working outdoors as part of a team.
The field crew will navigate off-trail to relocate permanent plots and identify, tag, measure and map trees. The crew will be based at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest where housing is provided at no cost. Some camping will be necessary for sites located in Washington.

More information see the Full Announcement or contact Andrew Bluhm, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University.

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting January 2022

Event Date: 
Friday, January 7, 2022
Event Brief Description: 

Andrews Forest Monthly Meeting: Friday, January 7, 2022, 9-11 AM

"Examining species interactions at multiple spatiotemporal scales at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest.”  Presented by Ivan Arismendi, Associate Professor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University

"Is early growth long growth? An update on LTER8 plant phenology.”  Presented by Mark Schulze, Andrews Forest Director, Department of Ecosystems and Society, COF, Oregon State University

Our meetings follow the academic year. Next meetings: Feb 4, Mar 4, April 1, May 6, June 3, 2022.  9-11 AM. 

Contact Lina DiGregorio for Zoom link.

Symposium on Heat Dome Foliage Scorch

News Brief Description: 

An OSU Mini Symposium on the June 2021 Heat Dome Foliage Scorch happened Friday, Nov 19. see https://www.forestry.oregonstate.edu/heat-dome for recordings of the talks. The work was featured on OBP https://www.opb.org/article/2021/11/22/oregon-trees-cooked-by-summer-heat-waves/ and in the Oregonian https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2021/11/experts-detail-oregon-forest-damage-in-aftermath-of-june-heat-dome-long-term-effects-unknown.html.  

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.

PhD Defense Adam Sibley

Event Date: 
Friday, June 11, 2021
Event Brief Description: 

Adam Sibley PhD Defense

Friday, June 11, 1 PM on zoom*

"Plants and their Environment: Assessing tree canopy microclimate and the response of trees to environmental stress in a diversity of forest types"

Adam has done field work, lab work, and computer modeling to assess the physiological response of plants to environmental stressors. His work has focused on the most impactful changes that have been forecasted in each ecosystem where he has worked.  Adam's work on Douglas-fir foliage at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon focuses on dew formation during the dry season -- a potential water subsidy when water stress is at its peak. On the Big Island of Hawai'i, Adam studied the relative capacity of koa and ohia trees to adapt to drought stress. In Los Alamos, New Mexico, he examined adjustment to the photosynthetic machinery of pinon and juniper trees to a hotter baseline existence and to episodic heatwaves. In this defense, Adam will recount how these assessments were made, and how applying the tools he used will help us understand plant responses to environmental changes in the future.

Major professors: Dr. Chris Still and Dr. Rick Meinzer

*email for zoom link.

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