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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| 62OST 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 -
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| 41OST volunteers learning about forest ecology with Dave Shaw. photo: Jody Einerson -
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| 48Teachers took notes in field journals modeling the science behaviors they hope to instill in their students. photo: Jody Einerson -
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| 37Looking at insects trapped in the stream emergent traps. photo: Jody Einerson -
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| 25Some 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 -
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| 41Lauren Zatkos, shares her research into watershed ecology and trophic levels in the creek. photo: Mark Schulze -
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| 46OSU student, Lauren Zatkos demonstrating aquatic invertebrate collection techniques. photo: Mark Schulze -
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| 35Karla Jarenke, shows us levels of water trapped in the watershed. photo: Mark Schulze -
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| 32OST volunteers learning about the ecology of this forest with researcher Dave Shaw. photo: Mark Schulze -