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The H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Long-Term Ecological Research Program, Oregon, USA: A Historical Biocultural Perspective

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The H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest and Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program, Oregon, USA, has a history of influence in biocultural conservation through basic and applied ecology and forestry research, close partnership with managers of public forest lands, and a growing arts/humanities program. Studies of old-growth forests, the northern spotted owl flagship species, and watersheds over several decades underpinned a major shift in federal forest lands management policies in the early 1990s as the public sense for native forests shifted from their utilitarian values to their intrinsic value. Since the 2000s, a program engaging arts and humanities, including creative writers and philosophers, has richly expressed the profound beauty, wonder, and mystery of the forest, perhaps foreshadowing a new era of forest stewardship. This transformation parallels merging of environmental science, arts, and humanities at other USA LTER sites and similar programs internationally, notably the Omora Ethnobotanical Park Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research program in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile.

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Acknowledgments

The HJ Andrews Experimental Forest and Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program is administered cooperatively by the US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Oregon State University, and the Willamette National Forest. This was supported by the National Science Foundation under LTER grants DEB-2025755 and DEB-1440409 and the Spring Creek Project in the School of History, Philosophy, and Religion, Oregon State University, from the Shotpouch Foundation, US Forest Service, and private donors. I greatly appreciate contributions over the years from KD Moore, C Goodrich, MP Nelson, C Lettero, W Robbins, R Rozzi, and many others.

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    Frederick J. Swanson

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  1. Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program, Department of Philosophy and Religion and Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA

    Ricardo Rozzi

  2. Omora Ethnobotanical Park, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Puerto Williams, XII - Punta Arenas, Chile

    Alejandra Tauro

  3. LTSER-Europe, Dead Sea and Arava Science Center, Mitzpe Ramon, Israel

    Noa Avriel-Avni

  4. Philosophy and Religion, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA

    T. Wright

  5. Departamento Ecuménico de Investigaciones, San José, Costa Rica

    Roy H. May Jr.

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Swanson, F.J. (2023). The H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Long-Term Ecological Research Program, Oregon, USA: A Historical Biocultural Perspective. In: Rozzi, R., Tauro, A., Avriel-Avni, N., Wright, T., May Jr., R.H. (eds) Field Environmental Philosophy. Ecology and Ethics, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23368-5_32

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