RESEARCH

Tania walking on a burned portion of the PCT trail with a beautiful view of the Sisters

CURRENT

Most of my time is spent based out of the H.J. Andrew’s Experimental Forest near Blue River, Oregon.  I lead a field crew that collects data for a study designed by Charles Halpern and Martin Dvociak that attempts to quantify the spatio-temporal variability of forest understory communities in young and old coniferous forest.

Bunchgrass Meadows is another study site located near Blue River.  Treatments using fire and fuels management are being evaluated as means to restore a dry montane meadow experiencing conifer encroachment.

Field crew member Ashley Grant at Bunchgrass Meadows site

PAST

In 2005 and 2006 I was the field crew leader for Cara Nelson’s study evaluating prescribed fire as a tool for forest restoration and the implications for old growth ponderosa pine mortality.

Tania coring an old growth ponderosa pine in Oregon

In 2005 I also worked in the field for Charles Halpern on the DEMO sites.   The DEMO Project is a long term study designed to monitor the response of forest communities to variable retention harvests. I was working on a study focusing on bryophyte responses.

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