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Pacific Northwest Research Station
333 SW First Avenue
Portland, OR 97204

(503) 808-2592
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Aquatic and Land Interactions

Douglas F. Ryan, Program Manager
Forestry Sciences Laboratory
3625 93rd Ave. SW
Olympia, WA 98512

Phone: (360) 753-7652

Our Mission: To increase understanding of the effects of natural processes and human activities on interactions between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, with emphasis on understanding the effects of land management on watershed processes and associated biota (e.g., salmonids, amphibians) in the Pacific Northwest.

 

We also develop assessment tools to assist managers and decisionmakers in achieving sustainability at multiple spatial and temporal scales. The scope and scale of natural resources research include site-specific and process-specific studies that fill narrow gaps in knowledge, as well as watershed- and landscape-scale studies that attempt to address processes, functions, and structure of ecosystems.

 

An important element of the program mission is to discover general relations and processes that are not limited to a specific geographic locality. Applications of the research will be most direct within the region where the work was done, but much of the knowledge will be broadly applicable and transferable to other geographic regions and ecosystems. (For more information about the team, visit ALI Program Page)

 

ABOUT US
  
RESEARCH AREAS

[Photograph]: Waterfall and stream.Researchers in the Aquatic and Land Interaction Teams include Gordon H. Reeves, Deanna Olson, and Kelly Burnett in Corvallis; Richard T. Edwards and Mason Bryant in Juneau; Peter A. Bisson and Steven M. Wondzell in Olympia; and Richard D. Woodsmith and Karl M. Polivka in Wenatchee.

  

[Photograph]; Salmon leaping over obstacle as it makes its way upstream.Highlights of our research:

- Understanding the effects of land management activities and natural disturbances on aquatic ecosystems at the reach, the watershed, and the landscape scales.

- Quantifying processes affecting productivity of stream habitats.

- Riparian ecosystem management in western Washington.

- Aquatic and riparian ecosystem management and restoration strategies in eastern Washington and Oregon.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

 

[Photo]: Publication cover: GTR-558 Managing young upland forests in southeast Alaska for wood products, wildlife, aquatic resources, and fishes: problem analysis and study plan.

GTR-558 Managing young upland forests in southeast Alaska for wood products, wildlife, aquatic resources, and fishes: problem analysis and study plan
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[Photo]: Publication cover: Science Findings - Arise, amphibians: streams buffers affect more than fish.

Science Findings Issue 53 -- Arise, amphibians: stream buffers affect more than fish (PDF: 327 Kb)

 

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