Cascade Forest Research Center: multimedia

"Creating a better understanding of the Pacific Northwest wilderness"

Cascade Forest Research Center
A private facility located just Southwest of Tillamook, Oregon

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Cascade Forest Research Center
Tillamook, Oregon 97141
U.S.A

Multimedia - Audio/Video:
Click on the corresponding image to view the audio/video file

Collecting a moss sample - video clip - coming soon

Part of the "Forests and You" science discovery series of short how-to videos sponsored by the Northwest Timber Processors Association. Suitable for 8th grade and above general science, Earth science, or Ecology class-work. A study guide for the completed 8-part series is currently being written and should be available for educator review sometime within the next 10-12 months.

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"Voices of the Old Growth" - audio clip - coming soon

A short audio selection from a new CD of the same name, recorded by Kevin Bing of Treebeard Studios, Tillamook. Kevin describes the CD, the production of which also involved technical support from CFRC tech specialist Arnie Ramos, as "...an exploration of the natural music and cadences of the deep forest. Even people who have visited the Pacific Northwest rain forest will be refreshed and amazed by the unexpected lyricism of the wind, leaves, birds and water that together create the symphony of sounds you hear on this CD. Enjoy."

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Time lapse growth sequence of "Armillaria ostoyae" - coming soon

Taken from a recent project conducted by CFRC supervising research professor Dr. Mortimer Kelly, in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service's Tillamook Peninsula Research Station. Amillaria ostoyae, a fungus also known as the honey mushroom, spreads among stands of coniferous trees from root system to root system via structures known as rhizomorphs and in the process kills infected trees rendering the timber unmarketable. While not currently a recognized threat to forests in the Coastal mountain range, Amillaria ostoyae has caused considerable timber loss in eastern Oregon and southwestern Canada.