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Exploring the persistence of Oregon white oak in the Willamette Valley

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  • Over the last 150 years, Oregon white oak habitat in the Willamette Valley has been converted to support grass crops, orchards and vineyards, cities, and conifer forests, nearly extirpating it from the Willamette Valley. Yet Oregon white oak offers many ecosystem services to the Willamette Valley and its residents. Recent and projected climate changes may favor Oregon white oak, as it has many traits that will help it to persist warmer and drier conditions. However, Oregon white oak is not totally immune to all of the environmental repercussions of a changing climate. These shifts have the potential to stress the ecological relationships between Oregon white oak and the diverse life-forms interacting with it, with implications for its future persistence. Therefore, many organizations are working to ensure Oregon white oak’s persistence. Three umbrella organizations aggregating many of these individual efforts—the Intertwine Alliance of the northern Willamette Valley, The Willamette Partnership of the central Willamette Valley, and Rivers to Ridges Partnership of the southern Willamette Valley—are working to conserve and restore existing oak stands, facilitate oak establishment in new suitable areas, and communicate the oak’s ecological and societal importance to the Willamette Valley. The ability for organizations to conserve Oregon white oak may be one of the best tools available to reduce its vulnerability in the Willamette Valley.
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