The category of collaborative research includes programs that are based on agreements between public agencies and university scientists to address interdisciplinary research problems in forest science.

Cooperative Forest Ecosystem Research

The Cooperative Forest Ecosystem Research (CFER) program was developed to facilitate sound management of forest ecosystems, with emphasis on meeting priority research information needs of the Bureau of Land Management and the Oregon Department of Forestry in western Oregon. The CFER program works closely with resource managers, researchers, and decision-makers to develop and convey information needed to successfully implement ecosystem-based management at forest stand and watershed scales, especially on lands dominated by young forests and fragmented by multiple ownership.

H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest

The 16,000-acre H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest on the Willamette National forest is administered by the USDA Forest Service, and research is jointly managed by OSU and the Pacific Northwest Research Station under a National Science Foundation-sponsored long-term agreement. During the last 21 years as a part of the NSF Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program, the Andrews Experimental Forest has become a leader in the analysis of forest and stream ecosystem dynamics.