This study describes the composition of forest landscapes surrounding
northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) nests in the central Cascade
Mountains of Oregon. I compared forest composition around 126 owl nests in 70 pair
territories with forest composition around 119 points drawn randomly from all
terrestrial cover-types, and around 104...
In response to concerns about excessive stand densities and high-severity wildfires, land managers in the western United States are carrying out extensive programs of fuel reduction thinning. How will these sudden reductions in canopy cover and associated changes in habitat affect native and exotic herbaceous vegetation and canopy species regeneration?...
The Lookout Creek Earthflow is located in the Cascade Mountain
Range in western Oregon. The Cascade Mountains are mainly volcanic
in origin, and deposits in and around the slide have a complex geomorphic
history,, affected by glacial, mass movement, and fluvial
processes. The currently moving land mass is about 1600...
