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In the past few decades, forests in the Pacific Northwest and Chile have been increasingly affected by drought and wildfire. Analyses from long-term small watershed studies in Oregon and Chile provide insights into the interactions among these processes, their effects on streamflow and sediment export, and the role of changing climate, as they collectively contribute to challenges for sustained forest management in the Pacific Northwest and southern South America.
Julia Jones is Distinguished Professor of Geography at Oregon State University, where she also directs the Geography and Geospatial Science graduate and undergraduate programs. Her work focuses on climate, forests, streams and disturbances including floods, fire, and volcanic eruptions, using long-term watershed studies. Much of her work builds on the NSF-supported Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon, as well as syntheses of work across the LTER network. Since 2009, she has also worked closely with colleagues in southern South America, especially Chile, on issues involving forests and water.