Publications & News

2026

Brunner, R., (2026), Understanding Local Ecological Context through Historic and Contemporary Vegetation Maps,

Dunkirk, N., Campbell, G., (2026), Biodiversity Between the Vines: Common, Rare, and Weedy Plants in Willamette Valley Vinyards,

Dorany Pineda, (2026), To aficionados, fungi are freaky, mystical and overlooked. They’re helping scientists learn more,

Rojas, Cristina, (2026), PSU Students Help Tell Oregon's Water Stories,

Green, M., Golay, N., (2026), Oregon State's DNA detectives study 'adorable' carnivores in northern California,

Lundberg, Steve, Matthews, Sean, Anderson, Erika, (2026), Meet the marten: Oregon State research provides updated look at rare, adorable carnivore,

2025

D.J. Lauten, K.A. Castelein, M. Lee, J. Burr, M.R. McCamant, et al., (2025), The Distribution and Reproductive Success of the Western Snowy Plover along the Central and Southern Oregon Coast - 2025,

Jarvis, T., (2025), Seeing Underground: Understanding Complexity in the Great Basin Groundwater Grab ,

Barros, A., A. Hunt, E.J. Davis, and P. Shults, (2025), Wildfire Risk Products: A Technical Review Comparative Review for Pacific Northwest Professionals,

Michael Krochta, Heejun Chang, Kyla Zaret, (2025), Characterizing wetland thermoregulation using multivariate water temperature patterns and site-level functional indicators, Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 40(1)

Anderson, Erika L., Martin, Marie E., Gunther, Micaela S., Pilgrim, Kristine L., Demers, Scott A., et al., (2025), Landscape conditions and elevation interact to influence the distribution and density of state-endangered Humboldt martens,

Cochran, B., Hildebrand, T., Maille, P., Trammell, J., Harkless, R., and Hopcroft, A., (2025), Supporting Community Adaptations to Persistent Water Shortages ,

Laney, J, Gaines, E, Wise, L, Nelson, M, (2025), Rare, Threatened and Endangered Zoology Species of Oregon (2025),

Creutzburg, Megan, O'Leary, Dylan, Schroeder, Vanessa, Tyson, Anya, Cupples, Jackie, et al., (2025), Threat-based ecostate mapping: Using big data to guide management across sagebrush landscapes,

Jarvis, Todd, (2025), Gail Achterman (1949 - 2012),

Mariah Johnston, (2025), Potato-sized squeak toys: Why OSU researchers are searching Oregon Cascades for pikas, Salem Statesman Journal,

Kimpo, A, Maze, D, Wise, L, Christy, J, Marttala, V, et al., (2025), Urbanizing flora of Portland, Oregon 1806-2024,

Payne, Sarah, (2025), Where Nature Meets Technology: How a digital library is helping to conserve Oregon’s natural resources,

Independent Research and Science Team, (2025), Road-Stream Connectivity Scoping Proposal,

Winningham, Grace, (2025), Water as a Natural Souvenir, Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education, 182(1)

Martin, Marie E., Katie M. Moriarty, Stephen Hayner, Maria Fiorella, Craig D. Ducey, Bruce Hollen, and Sean M. Matthews, (2025), Forest Structure and Stand Characteristics Influence the Space Use and Fine-Scale Movements of Fishers (Pekania pennanti), Animal Conservation,

Independent Research and Science Team, (2025), Eastern Oregon Steep Slopes: Scoping Proposal,

Rangeland Sustainability Program at the Institute for Natural Resources, (2025), Conserving Carbon in Sagebrush Country: A Holistic Mindset for Long-term Carbon Security,

2024

O'Leary, Dylan, (2024), Threat-based Ecostate Mapping: Ecostate Maps are Covering a Lot of Ground in the Sagebrush Sea ,

Hunt, Ayn and Sean Gordon., (2024), Drivers of Wildfire Suppression Costs: A Literature Review,

Jarvis, W.T., (2024), Book Review - Liquid Asset: How Business and Government Can Partner to Solve the Freshwater Crisis, Groundwater,

Berry, P., Brunner, R., Gordon, S., Henderson, E., Knepp, E., et al., (2024), Improving Containment of Wild Carrot in Oregon Seed Production. Final report to Oregon Department of Agriculture,

Boyd, C.S., M.K. Creutzburg, A.V. Kumar, J.T. Smith, K.E. Doherty, B.A. Mealor, J.B. Bradford, M. Cahill, S.M. Copeland, C.A. Duquette, L. Garner, M.C. Holdrege, B. Sparklin, T.B. Cross, (2024), A Strategic and Science-Based Framework for Management of Invasive Annual Grasses in the Sagebrush Biome, Rangeland Ecology & Management, 97

Olsen, A., M.K. Creutzburg, M. McIntosh, D. O’Leary, K. Wollstein, J.D. Maestas, L. Garner, B. Mealor, (2024), Crossing the Chasm: Using Technical Transfer to Bridge Science Production and Management Action, Rangeland Ecology & Management, 97

Holdrege, M.C., K.A. Palmquist, D.R. Schlaepfer, W.K. Lauenroth, C.S. Boyd, M.K. Creutzburg, M.R. Crist, K.E. Doherty, T.E. Remington, J.C. Tull, L.A. Wiechman, J.B. Bradford, (2024), Climate Change Amplifies Ongoing Declines in Sagebrush Ecological Integrity, Rangeland Ecology & Management, 97

2023

Gundermann, K.P., D. S. Green, F. E. Buderman, C. H. Myers, J. M. Higley, R. N. Brown, S. M. Matthews, (2023), Ecological characteristics of diurnal rest sites used by ringtails (Bassariscus astutus), Northwest Science, 96(3-4)

Lauten, David J. , Castelein, Kathleen A. , Lee, Mary , Corrente, Jacey , McCamant, Marty R. , et al., (2023), The Distribution and Reproductive Success of the Western Snowy Plover along the Central and Southern Oregon Coast - 2023,

Martin, M.E., S. Singh, D.S. Green, and S.M. Matthews, (2023), Forest structure has stronger effects than cattle occurrence on the occupancy of a carnivore guild, Global Ecology and Conservation, 48(e02684)

Institute for Natural Resources, (2023), Foundational Elements to Advance the Oregon Global Warming Commission’s Natural and Working Lands Proposal, Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon State University,

Lettman, Gary, (2023), Forest, Farms, and People: Land Use Change in Oregon 1974-2018,

Horn-Muller, Ayurela, (2023), Climate disasters are fueling the rise of "doomsday" seed vaults, Axios,

Martin, M.E., D.S. Green, D. Garrison, J. Hartman, B.K. Jackson, H. Mackey, M.A. McDonald, B.H. Smith, T.R. Smith, S.L. Vanderzwan, S.L. Stock, B.N. Sacks, and S.M. Matthews, (2023), An integrated spatial capture–recapture approach reveals the distribution of a cryptic carnivore in a protected area, Ecosphere, 14(8)

Pavlis, Dina, (2023), Native plant conservation along Oregon's coast,

Hubner, Dan and Gary Lettman, (2023), Study Plan for Updating Oregon and Washington Land Use Change Information, 1973-2024,

Nielsen, Eric , (2023), Willow abundance and condition mapping in Rocky Mountain National Park,

Pavlis, Dina , (2023), Why we should care about Western Snowy Plovers,

Michael Russell, Sue Vrilakas, Lindsey K. Wise, Gabriel E. Campbell, (2023), Rare, Threatened and Endangered Non-Vascular Plants, Lichen, and Fungi Species of Oregon (2023),

Sue Vrilakas, Lindsey K. Wise, Gabriel E. Campbell, Michael Russell, (2023), Rare, Threatened and Endangered Vascular Plant Species of Oregon (2023),

Gaines, Eleanor , (2023), Oregon state rank assessment for Pacific brook lamprey (Lampetra pacifica),

Green, D. S., M. E. Martin, S. M. Matthews, J. R. Akins, J. Carlson, P. Figura, B. E. Hatfield, J. D. Perrine, C. B. Quinn, B. N. Sacks, T. R. Stephenson, S. L. Stock, and J. M. Tucker, (2023), A hierarchical modeling approach to predict the distribution and density of Sierra Nevada Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes necator), Journal of Mammalogy, gyad026

Job, C., C.G. Ochoa, W.T. Jarvis, R.E. Kennedy, (2023), A Spatiotemporal Characterization of Water Resource Conditions and Demands as Influenced by the Hydrogeologic Framework of the Willcox Groundwater Basin, Southeastern Arizona, USA, Geosciences, 13

2022

Christy, John , Wagner, David H. , Kofranek, Dave , (2022), Checklist of Mosses of Oregon, 2022,

David J. Lauten, Kathleen A. Castelein , Daniel Farrar, Mary Lee, Eleanor P. Gaines, (2022), The Distribution and Reproductive Success of the Western Snowy Plover along the Oregon Coast - 2022,

Nielsen EM, (2022), An economical and repeatable method for mapping shade cast on water channels,

Monden,Tess , (2022), Internship with the Institute for Natural Resources,