Original Study

Three small tributaries of Drift Creek, tributary to the Alsea River, Oregon, were monitored in this logging study (1959 to 1973). One watershed (Needle Branch) was clearcut without buffer strips. A second (Deer Creek) was clearcut in patches with buffer strips. The third (Flynn Creek) was unlogged, and served as a control. 

A synthesis of the results from the original study is found in Moring and Lantz (1975), The Alsea Watershed Study: Effects of Logging on the Aquatic Resources of Three Headwater Streams of the Alsea River, Oregon:

Part I: Biological

Part II: Changes in Environmental Conditions

Part III: Discussion and Recommendations

Part I: Biological

Part II: Changes in Environmental Conditions

Part III: Discussion and Recommendations

Alsea Watershed Study: Effects of Logging on Stream Flow, progress report by Dr. Peter Black, September 1962

Dr. Black reminisces about his work in the study

Alsea Watershed Study publications 1960-1975

Alsea Watershed Study publications 1976-2005

Alsea Watershed Study publications 2006-2020

Alsea Watershed Map