Oregon State University's long-term ecological research at the H.I. Andrews Experimental Forest has received a six-year, $4.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation for fundamental and applied ecological research.
The grant, the fifth since 1980, was awarded to a group of 30 scientists from four colleges at OSU and the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station. The money will be used to conduct new research and continue long-term studies on forested water-sheds.
Since the establishment of the experimental forest in 1948, Andrews forest researchers have examined topics ranging from forest fires to landslides, insect biodiversity, decomposition processes, old-growth ecosystems, streams and fisheries, and the impact of climate change.
The H.J. Andrews Forest is operated by OSU, the Pacific Northwest Research Station and the Willamette National Forest.