Downstream of HJ Andrews Experimental
Forest LTER: Blue River reservoir as a reference for management changes
contributed by: Christina Murphy (Christina.Murphy@oregonstate.edu), HJ AndrewsLTER Grad Rep and PhD student at Oregon State University
After more
than 3 years abroad, it was exciting to roll out of a plane and into the HJ Andrews. More than anything, I had missed the dark
evergreen color of the Pacific Northwest forests. I started out working as part of phenology
studies already underway at the site. As
an aquatic ecologist, developing my PhD project has slowly taken me downstream
into the Blue River Reservoir (also known as Blue River Lake).
(Blue River Reservoir)