Each year, approximately 2500 people participate in Cascade Center and Andrews Forest education programs.

Historically, Andrews Forest programs have been primarily geared to other scientists and undergraduate and graduate level college level students. More recently, programs have been developed for K-16 science educators.

Cascade Center programs are developed using the latest science from the Andrews Forest research program but are specifically geared to the interests of public and private resource managers e.g., foresters, silviculturists, wildlife biologists, etc. Most of these offerings relate directly to the Cascade Center's two main research/management projects, the Young Stand Thinning and Diversity Study and the Blue River Landscape Study. However, over the years, the Cascade Center has also taken the lead in developing topical presentations and field tours geared to the general public. For a look at a typical list of educational offerings generated by both programs (example is a fiscal year 2000 summary), click here.

Additional, indirect outreach is also accomplished through publications and the internet.

Images from Nature Talks!, a popular campground presentation series featuring scientists from the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. The series ran every summer from 1994 to 2002.

Pamela Druliner: Cascade Center, June 1992 to August 2003