Southern Cascades

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The southern Cascades site is located in northern California to the northeast of Mt. Shasta. The study area was essentially clearcut in the early 1900s by railroad logging. The forest we work with today is the forest that has regrown since that early logging.

Southern Cascades (Goosenest, CA)

  • Klamath National Forest, Goosenest Adaptive Management Area
  • Mixed-conifer forest: Ponderosa pine, and white fir.
  • Fire return interval: 10-15 years
  • Represents several hundred thousand hectares in California
  • Contact: Carl Skinner, PSW Stn.

Southern Cascades Contacts

SITE MANAGER:
Carl Skinner, USDA, FS, PSW Research Station
cskinner@fs.fed.us
530-242-2463

SITE DISCIPLINE LEADERS:
Economics
Jamie Barbour, USDA, FS, PNW Research Station
jbarbour01@fs.fed.us
503-808-2074

Soils
Ralph Boerner, Ohio State University
boerner.1@osu.edu
614-292-8280

Fuels
Carl Skinner, USDA, FS, PSW Research Station
cskinner@fs.fed.us
530-242-2463

Vegetation
Carl Skinner, USDA, FS, PSW Research Station
cskinner@fs.fed.us
530-242-2463

Pathology
Bill Otrosina, USDA, FS, Southern Research Station
wotrosina@fs.fed.us
706-559-4279

Entomology
Chris Fettig, USDA, FS, PSW Research Station
cfettig@fs.fed.us
530-758-5151

Wildlife
Steve Zack, Ph.D., Wildlife Conservation Society
szack@wcs.org
503-241-3743

Kerry Farris, Wildlife Conservation Society
kfarris@wcs.org
520-881-9986

SITE DATA MANAGER:
Rose Leonard, USDA, FS, PSW Research Station
rleonard@fs.fed.us
530-226-2539