Background - Willamette
National Forest stretches for 170 kilometers along the western
slopes of the Cascades mountain range and encompasses 700,000 hectares.
This forest is in the NABCI Northern Pacific Rainforest Bird Conservation
Region (BCR5) and
is covered by the PIF Conservation Strategy for Landbirds in Coniferous
Forest of Western Oregon and Washington (PDF)
and is listed by the Wilderness Society as
among the top ten carbon sinks in North America (PDF,
News
Article). MAPS stations are located primarily
in coniferous forest with a riparian or meadow (or clearcut gap) component
(Google Earth image).
MAPS Monitoring (1992-2010) - The
MAPS Station
Information file contains descriptions and geographic location
information for the MAPS stations that have operated on Willamette
NF (LOC="WILL").
Forest Contact:
Ruby Seitz, District Biologist
Willamette NF
McKenzie Ranger Station
57600 McKenzie Highway
McKenzie Bridge, OR 97413
Tel: (541) 822-7254
Email: rseitz@fs.fed.us
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