Site Number/Name: AND / H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest

GFL No.:

Name: H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest

State, Country: Oregon, USA

Priority: 1

Site designation(s): LTER, USFS, MAB, OBFS, AERC

Other sponsoring/interested agencies, if any:

Oregon State University

U. S. Forest Service

USGS Biological Resources Division

Location and size:

USGS Quad: 7.5 minute: Blue River, Carpenter Mtn, McKenzie Bridge, Belknap Springs

Center: 44-13-59 N 122-10-07 W

NE corner: 44-16-52 N 122-05-59 W

SE corner: 44-11-55 N 122-05-59 W

SW corner: 44-11-55 N 122-15-41 W

NW corner: 44-16-52 N 122-15-41 W

Center elevation: 966 m (mean elevation)

Size (N-S x E-W): 8.8 km x 12.8 km (basin area=63.5 sq. km)

Resource to be monitored: Vegetation, Soils, Water

Detailed description, management issues (e.g. ecosystem represented): Temperate coniferous forest. Douglas-fir/western hemlock/western red cedar; true fir and mountain hemlock; streams.

Successional changes in ecosystems; forest-stream interactions; population dynamics of forest stands; patterns and rates of decomposition; disturbance regimes in forest landscapes.

Frequency and time(s) of collection: [six-week window]

July 15-Aug 31

Resolution/scale:

Special characteristics (spectral values, thermal anomalies, underwater/ground, etc.):

Existing maps of area (digital?): GIS data. See http://www.fsl.orst.edu/lter/data/gis.htm

MEDEA sponsor (active/passive):

Sponsoring agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSF agency point of contact: Alan M. Gaines, Scott L. Collins

NSF site point of contact (current security clearance, if any):

John Vande Castle, Security Clearance Level: YES