Watersheds Research Cooperative NEWSLETTER January 2009 Assessing the Response of Streams to Contemporary Forest Practices: A Conference on Paired Watershed Studies The Watersheds Research Cooperative sponsored a regional conference on paired watershed studies on October 13 & 14, 2008. The conference was co-sponsored by the Oregon Forest Resources Institute (OFRI) and the Department of Forest Engineering, Resources, and Management (FERM) of the College of Forestry at Oregon State University. Approximately 150 participants gathered to listen to the 22 presentations over the two-day conference held at the CH2MHill Alumni Center on the OSU campus. The motivation for the conference was to hold a forum where the preliminary, post-treatment results from the first harvest entry in Hinkle Creek could be communicated to the cooperators as a body of work. The research results from Hinkle Creek were augmented with six synthesis talks on the state-of-the-knowledge regarding the environmental impacts of forest practices. There were additional presentations made on research directions for the Trask Paired Watershed Study, research approaches that synthesize results across all three of the WRC paired watershed studies, and approaches to watershed research outside of the WRC studies. Click Here for the full newsletter

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The Watersheds Research Cooperative plans a new series of long-term paired watershed studies throughout Oregon that will evaluate the environmental effects on water and fish of contemporary forest management practices now in use on younger intensively managed forests.

These studies will be designed to provide credible scientific information, as well as opportunities to convey science findings through demonstration and public education opportunities.

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The mission of the Watersheds Research Cooperative (WRC) is to conduct research on the effects of current and expected forest practices on intensively managed commercial forestland on water quality, fisheries and other water-related values.

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The first Watersheds Research Cooperative newsletter details the landmark achievement for the Hinkle Creek Paired Watershed Study, the first harvest entry into the 5,000-acre Roseburg Forest Products Company site. "

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