Oregon Season Tracker 2018 Retreat
About fifty Oregon Season Tracker citizen scientists, teachers, Extension personnel and researchers gathered to exchange ideas and inspiration at the Oregon Season Tracker retreat in mid-August. OST is a joint program of OSU Extension and HJ Andrews Experimental Forest https://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/, so the beautiful 15,000 acre HJA forest in the mountains east of Springfield was the perfect location to take a deep dive into ecology and climate science.
About fifty Oregon Season Tracker citizen scientists, teachers, Extension personnel and researchers gathered to exchange ideas and inspiration at the Oregon Season Tracker retreat in mid-August. OST is a joint program of OSU Extension and HJ Andrews Experimental Forest https://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/, so the beautiful 15,000 acre HJA forest in the mountains east of Springfield was the perfect location to take a deep dive into ecology and climate science.
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From Jody Einerson October 16th, 2018
65OST volunteers have a great time exploring in the woods and learning how important their citizen science data is to HJ Andrews Forest researchers. photo: Jody Einerson -
From Jody Einerson October 16th, 2018
45OST volunteers learning about forest ecology with Dave Shaw. photo: Jody Einerson -
From Jody Einerson October 16th, 2018
48Teachers took notes in field journals modeling the science behaviors they hope to instill in their students. photo: Jody Einerson -
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48Insects up close. photo: Jody Einerson -
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39Looking at insects trapped in the stream emergent traps. photo: Jody Einerson -
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42Having fun with the student viewers. photo: Jody Einerson -
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31Looking up close at aquatic invertebrates. photo: Jody Einerson -
From Jody Einerson October 16th, 2018
28Some of the stream measurement equipment at the HJ Andrews Forest. photo: Jody Einerson -
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30Researcher Sherri Johnson shares some of the watershed studies at the HJ Andrews Forest. photo: Mark Schulz -
From Jody Einerson October 16th, 2018
43Lauren Zatkos, shares her research into watershed ecology and trophic levels in the creek. photo: Mark Schulze -
From Jody Einerson October 16th, 2018
32OST volunteer looking at aquatic invertebrates. photo: Mark Schulze -
From Jody Einerson October 16th, 2018
50OSU student, Lauren Zatkos demonstrating aquatic invertebrate collection techniques. photo: Mark Schulze -
From Jody Einerson October 16th, 2018
37Karla Jarenke, shows us levels of water trapped in the watershed. photo: Mark Schulze -
From Jody Einerson October 16th, 2018
35OST volunteers learning about the ecology of this forest with researcher Dave Shaw. photo: Mark Schulze -
From Jody Einerson October 16th, 2018
56OST volunteers enjoy learning in the woods! photo: Victor Villegas