HJ Andrews Experimental Station
Blue River, Oregon

> Old Growth Playback 

> Canopy Litterfall/ Needle Cohort Study

Sound art + music composition based in old-growth forest ecology

These sound works are based in field research done as a musician-in-residence at HJ Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon - and historical field work done there. As a musician in their Long Term Ecological Reflections program, I visited research sites and accompanied scientists in the field so that I could contribute my own interpretation and documentation of these ecosystems. 

HJ Andrews researchers have published much of the foundational research concerning old growth forestsin the Pacific Northwest U.S., which has affected environmental policy & conservation on public and private lands. HJ Andrews researchers have long developed and supported an interdisciplinary approach that has revealed important and fascinating details over the long-term. HJA is part of the international network of Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) stations, and much research is planned out to look at changes over as long as 200 years. This reveals a much more accurate picture of the true mechanics of pacific northwest forests.

Thank you to Spring Creek, to the biologists who have invited me into the field, and to Fred Swanson, Mark Schulze, Brenda Hamlow, and Kathleen Turnley for welcoming me at HJA.