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Oregon Artist Residency: HJ Andrews Experimental Forest

October 10, 2016 - October 14, 2016

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About HJ Andrews Experimental Forest

The Andrews Forest is situated in the western Cascade Range of Oregon, and covers the entire 15,800-acre (6400-ha) drainage basin of Lookout Creek. Elevation ranges from 1350 to 5340 feet (410 to 1630 m). Broadly representative of the rugged mountainous landscape of the Pacific Northwest, the Andrews Forest contains excellent examples of the region’s conifer forests and associated wildlife and stream ecosystems. These forests are among the tallest and most productive in the world, with tree heights of often greater than 250 ft (75 m). Streams are steep, cold and clean, providing habitat for numerous aquatic organisms.

When established in 1948, the Andrews Forest was covered by a mix of old-growth conifer (~500 yrs old) and mature forest (100-150 yrs old). Beginning in the 1950’s, a series of small watershed manipulations laid the foundation for basic and applied research involving ecosystem function, vegetation succession, nutrient dynamics and forest-stream interactions that continues to the present. The old-growth forests were the subject of intensive basic research beginning in the 1970s, including the original work on northern spotted owl. Studies of large wood and carbon cycling over the past three decades have revealed exceptional properties of these forests and streams. The Andrews Experimental Forest serves as a science benchmark for multiple themes and provides a foundation for regional studies.

The Andrews Forest is administered cooperatively by the USDA Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station (USFS Research), Oregon State University (OSU) and the Willamette National Forest. Funding for baseline research comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Pacific Northwest Research Station, Oregon State University, and other sources. The Andrews Forest is one of 26 major ecosystem research sites funded through NSF’s Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program and one of 81 USDA Experimental Forests.

Please download the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Brochure (PDF: 1.29MB).

 

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October 10, 2016
End:
October 14, 2016
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Website:
http://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/lter/

Venue

H J Andrews Experimental Forrest
USFS Road 15-130-132
Blue River, OR 97413 United States
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541-822-6300
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