Program: Sprouting of the Elliott State Research Forest: Botanical Opportunities in a new Forest for Science and Conservation
April 13 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Monday, April 13, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Program: Sprouting of the Elliott State Research Forest: Botanical Opportunities in a new Forest for Science and Conservation
Presenter: Ryan Baumbusch, Research Coordinator for the Elliott State Research Forest, Department of State Lands.
Location: Cordley Hall Room 2602, Oregon State University or by Zoom
Following decades of management to provide timber revenue for Oregon’s Common School Fund, the Elliott State Research Forest emerged from a collaborative (and at times contentious) process with a vision to become an enduring, publicly owned, world-class research forest. The 83,000-acre tract of timberlands in the southern Oregon Coast Range is split between a conservation reserve and working forests. Our forest management plan lays out ambitious goals in research, conservation, and community engagement, many of which center around the plant communities on the Elliott. In this talk, I will share some background on the Elliott, our current status in establishing the research forest, and possibilities for native plant research and conservation with hope for an engaging discussion afterwards.
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