Publications, Maps and Data | Washington

By Steven M. Ortiz Last updated Nov 25, 2021

Shared learning

Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) shares what they learned in the State Olympic Experimental Forest (OESF) with forest managers, researchers and anyone else interested in sustainable forest management . Explore this page for links to maps, data and publications from current and past research projects.

Project publications

The Learning Forest Bulletin

Recently published graduate student theses

Follow these links to learn more about graduate student research in the Western Olympic Peninsula.

Bobsin, Courtney R. 2017. Understory development in thinned stands as part of a long-term ecosystem productivity study. Master’s thesis. School of Environmental and Forestry Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 62 p.
Buhler, Steven P. 2018. Forest disturbance in the Olympic National Experimental Forest. Master’s thesis. Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, 79 p.
Keleher, Katrina R. 2019. Ecological Factors of the Riparian Microclimate in the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. Master’s thesis. Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, 105 p.
Rautu, Roxane. 2019. Link between the carbon dynamics of seasonal and spatial flows and the characteristics of the landscape in certain watersheds of the Olympic Peninsula. Master’s thesis. School of Environmental and Forestry Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 53 p.

Plans

Data

Remote sensing, research, forest inventory and other types of data are available to researchers and the general public. For example, MNR maintains a number of long-term databases as part of the Riparian and Aquatic Habitat Status and Trend Monitoring Project (2013 to present). These databases include data on stream channel morphology, stream temperature, hydrology, stream shading, and riparian trees. Submit your data request to the Project Manager or OESF Research and Oversight Manager (Teodora Minkova).

DNR GIS data is available here (requires the latest version of Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, or Microsoft Edge), and DNR maps and survey data are available at this link.