In the aftermath of historically severe wildfires in 2020, a study of Cascade Range watersheds found that stream vertebrates are doing surprising well, highlighted by flourishing fish populations.
In the aftermath of historically severe wildfires in 2020, a study of Cascade Range watersheds found that stream vertebrates are doing surprising well, highlighted by flourishing fish populations.
“Our work looked at the three years following megafires in western Oregon and suggests that fishes are thriving and amphibians are persisting,” said Oregon State University postdoctoral researcher Allison Swartz, who led the study.
Swartz and collaborators at OSU, the National Council for Stream Improvement, Inc., the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency examined 30 watersheds in moist conifer forests on the western slope of the Cascades.
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Coastal tailed frog, (Photo Credit: Allison Swartz)
