Refereed publications

More presentations
and posters

Bunchgrass investigators and students reach out to resource managers through periodic reports, presentations, and field tours. These reflect long-standing, collaborative relationships with the Central Cascades Adaptive Management Partnership, the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest-LTER, and the NW Oregon Ecology Group.

Cheryl Friesen, Research Liaison with the Willamette National Forest, plays a key role in creating opportunities for—and facilitating outreach to—scientists, land managers, and the public.

Bunchgrass Ridge has also served as a nucleus for related studies of meadow ecology and as a catalyst for broader implementation of meadow restoration practices in the western Cascade region.

A new direction for outreach engages high school students and educators in field research at Bunchgrass Ridge. In 2013, a new partnership with Oregon Natural Resources Education Program (ONREP) and funding from NSF (RET, RAHSS) brought a Sandy High School teacher and two students to Bunchgrass to participate in on-going research. In 2011, an enterprising undergraduate incorporated mentoring of a high school student in her project. For details on these projects, see links at right.

Presentations and field tours

Field Tour for HJA LTER Principal Investigators. 9 Aug 2013. Overview of meadow restoration studies at Bunchgrass Ridge. C.B. Halpern.

Presentation to USFS McKenzie River Ranger District, McKenzie Bridge, OR. 23 Sep 2010. Experiments in meadow restoration at Bunchgrass Ridge. C. B. Halpern. Presentation

Practical Approaches for Diagnosis and Treatment. McKenzie Bridge, OR. 14-15 Jul 2009. Bunchgrass Ridge site visit: Restoration of montane meadows through tree removal and prescribed fire. C. B. Halpern. Meadow Restoration Workshop

Back to the Future: Northwest Oregon Ecology Group Information-Sharing Workshop, Salem, OR. 23 Apr 2008. Bunchgrass Ridge: Understanding the past to guide the future. R. D. Haugo, C. B. Halpern, and N. L. Lang. Presentation

Site visit by Willamette National Forest Supervisor’s Office Review Team. 28 Jun 2007. Field tour of the Bunchgrass Ridge restoration experiment. C. B. Halpern.

Ecology of Openings: Northwest Oregon Ecology Group Information-Sharing Workshop, Salem, OR. 6 Apr 2006. Conifer encroachment of montane meadows: effects on vegetation, seed banks, and potential for restoration. R. D. Haugo, N. L. Lang, and C. B. Halpern. Presentation

Joint Fire Science Program Principal Investigator Workshop, San Diego, CA. 1-3 Nov 2005. Restoration of dry, montane meadows through prescribed fire, vegetation and fuels management: A program of research and adaptive management in western Oregon. C. B. Halpern, R. D. Haugo, N. L. Lang, J. A. Antos, K. M. Smith, F. J. Swanson, and J. H. Cissel. Poster