Matt Cook

Report 3 – A Comparison of Forest Park’s “Old-Growth” Section to the South Unit

This third and final blog post will be comparing data collected on 5/8 from three plots in Forest Park’s “old-growth” section with plot data from Forest Park’s South Unit. This data will eventually be used for a broader study in the park for my thesis project. Forest Park is composed of a mosaic of differentContinue reading “Report 3 – A Comparison of Forest Park’s “Old-Growth” Section to the South Unit”

Data and Measurements in Forest Park’s “Old-Growth” Section

On 5/8 I installed 3 plots in the Burlington “Old-Growth” section of Forest Park. Data from these plots will be used for my master’s thesis project, but this post will be summarizing some of the preliminary results. These results include a summary of forest structure and composition of these three plots. The main species presentContinue reading “Data and Measurements in Forest Park’s “Old-Growth” Section”

Forest Park’s “Old-Growth” Site

Report 1: Introduction to Forest Park’s Burlington Location These series of field reports will be examining old growth forest conditions at Forest Park’s Burlington location. This 30 acre site is located about 13 miles northwest of downtown Portland and 3 miles northwest of the northern contiguous boundary of Forest Park. This section of forest isContinue reading “Forest Park’s “Old-Growth” Site”