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Department of Forest Science



Logan A. Norris

Professor Emeritus
Environmental Chemistry, Policy Analysis

321 Richardson Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
  • Office: 321 Richardson Hall
  • Phone: 541-737-2244
  • Fax: 541-737-1393
  • B.S., 1960, Oregon State University, Corvallis
  • M.S., 1964, Oregon State University, Corvallis
  • Ph.D., 1970, Oregon State University, Corvallis
Forest chemical movement, persistence, bioaccumulation, and fate in terrestrial and aquatic environments; ecosystem management.
Behavior of introduced chemicals in the forest environment, evaluation of forest management and policy on salmon recovery.
  1. Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, “Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team,” 1997-1999, $365,000; 1999-2001, $797,000.
  2. NSF, “Spatio-temporal Analysis of Ecological and Physical Systems at Landscape to Regional Scales,” 1994-1999, $537,500 (Co-Pi: Walstad, Kimerling, Jones).
  3. USDA, “Monitoring and Risk Assessment,” 1994-1996, $70,335 (Co-PIs: Glassman, Dost)
  4. PNW, “Behavior of Pesticides in Forest Ecosystems,” 1987-1992, $167,389.
  1. Norris, L.A. 2000. Research cooperatives solve practical forestry problems. Western Forester, March/April 2000, Vol. 45, No. 2., Pages 1,3.
  2. Franklin, J.F., L.A. Norris, D.R. Berg and G.R. Smith. 1999. The history of DEMO: An experiment in regeneration harvest of northwest forest ecosystems. Northwest Science 73:3-11.
  3. Norris, L.A. 1999. Science review of FEMAT, p. 117-120. In: Johnson, Norman K. et al. (eds.) Bioregional Assessments. Science at the Crossroads of Management and Policy. Island Press. Washington D.C.
  4. Norris, L.A. 1997. Address environmental concerns with real data, p. 213-218. In: J.R. Williams, J.W. Goodrich-Mahoney, J.R. Wisniewski, and J. Wisniewski (eds.), The Sixth International Symposium on Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-way Management. Elseview Science, Ltd.
  5. Norris, L.A. and P. Charlton. 1995. Determination of the effectiveness of herbicide buffer zones in protecting water quality, p. 147-152. In: G.J. Doucet, C. Sequin, and M. Giguere (eds.). Proceedings: Fifth International Symposium on Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-way Management. 9/19-22/1993. Hydro-Quebec, Montreal, Canada.
  6. SAF. 1993. Sustaining long-term forest health and productivity. Report of SAF Task Force. L.A. Norris, Chair. Society of American Foresters. Bethesda, Maryland. 83 p.
  7. Norris, L.A., H.W. Lorz and S.V. Gregory. 1991. Forest chemicals. American Fishery Society Special Publication 19:207-296.