Caspar Creek Third Experiment
Project Title: Disturbance Impacts on Forest Ecohydrological Processes
Project Sponsors: USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station; California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE); National Science Foundation - EAR-1807165
Principal Investigator: Salli Dymond
Primary Collaborators: Joe Wagenbrenner (PSW), Liz Keppler (PSW)
Graduate Students: Shelby Kassuelke (nee Hammerschmidt; MS - 2020); Julia Petreshen (MS - 2021); Erika Winner (MS); Elise McKeever (PhD)
Caspar Creek Research Team
Project Location: Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds, Fort Bragg, CA;, USA
Funding Total: $329,000
Project Summary: This large-scale harvesting experiment is investigating how disturbance severity (in the form of forest harvesting) impacts a range of ecohydrological processes. In particular, we are looking at how opening the forest canopy impacts 1) the partitioning of water to different pools, 2) subsurface water movement, and 3) patterns and volumes of water-use in residual trees. This project was established while Dr. Dymond was a postdoc at the USFS and involves collaborators from a variety of institutions. More information can be found here.
Citations:
7. McKeever, E., Dymond, S. F., Keppeler, E. T., & Wagenbrenner, J. W. Geomorphic factors impact groundwater levels in a coast redwood forest.
Hydrological Processes [In Prep].
6. Petreshen, J., Dymond, S. F., Allen, S. T. Keppeler, E. T., & Wagenbrenner, J. W. (2025). Fog presence and ecosystem responses in a managed coast
redwood forest. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology [In Press].
5. Keppeler, E. T., Wagenbrenner, J. W., Dymond, S. F., & Dralle, D. (2024). Streamflow response to drought in a managed coast redwood forest. Journal of
the American Water Resources Association, 60(5): 928-952. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.13211
4. McKeever, E., Dymond, S. F., Keppeler, E. T., & Wagenbrenner, J. W. (2024) Basal area, and hillslope position impacts to hydraulic redistribution in a coast
redwood forest. Science of the Total Environment, 957(20): 177506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177506
3. Kassuelke, S. R., Dymond, S. F., Feng, X., Savage, J. A., & Wagenbrenner, J. W. (2022). Understory transpiration rates following harvest in a coast redwood
forest. Ecohydrology, e2404. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2404.
2. Dymond, S. F., Wagenbrenner, J. W., Keppeler, E. T., & Bladon, K. D. (2021). Dynamic hillslope soil moisture in a Mediterranean montane watershed.
Water Resources Research, 57, e2020WR029170. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR029170
1. Dymond, S. F., Richardson, P. W., Webb, L. A., Keppeler, E. T., Arismendi, A., Bladon, K. D., Cafferata, P. H., Dahlke, H. E., Longstreth, D. L., Brand, P., Ode, P.
R., Surfleet, C. G., & Wagenbrenner, J. W. (2021). A field-based experiment on the influence of stand density reduction on watershed processes at the
Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds in northern California. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.691732.
Project Sponsors: USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station; California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE); National Science Foundation - EAR-1807165
Principal Investigator: Salli Dymond
Primary Collaborators: Joe Wagenbrenner (PSW), Liz Keppler (PSW)
Graduate Students: Shelby Kassuelke (nee Hammerschmidt; MS - 2020); Julia Petreshen (MS - 2021); Erika Winner (MS); Elise McKeever (PhD)
Caspar Creek Research Team
Project Location: Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds, Fort Bragg, CA;, USA
Funding Total: $329,000
Project Summary: This large-scale harvesting experiment is investigating how disturbance severity (in the form of forest harvesting) impacts a range of ecohydrological processes. In particular, we are looking at how opening the forest canopy impacts 1) the partitioning of water to different pools, 2) subsurface water movement, and 3) patterns and volumes of water-use in residual trees. This project was established while Dr. Dymond was a postdoc at the USFS and involves collaborators from a variety of institutions. More information can be found here.
Citations:
7. McKeever, E., Dymond, S. F., Keppeler, E. T., & Wagenbrenner, J. W. Geomorphic factors impact groundwater levels in a coast redwood forest.
Hydrological Processes [In Prep].
6. Petreshen, J., Dymond, S. F., Allen, S. T. Keppeler, E. T., & Wagenbrenner, J. W. (2025). Fog presence and ecosystem responses in a managed coast
redwood forest. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology [In Press].
5. Keppeler, E. T., Wagenbrenner, J. W., Dymond, S. F., & Dralle, D. (2024). Streamflow response to drought in a managed coast redwood forest. Journal of
the American Water Resources Association, 60(5): 928-952. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.13211
4. McKeever, E., Dymond, S. F., Keppeler, E. T., & Wagenbrenner, J. W. (2024) Basal area, and hillslope position impacts to hydraulic redistribution in a coast
redwood forest. Science of the Total Environment, 957(20): 177506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177506
3. Kassuelke, S. R., Dymond, S. F., Feng, X., Savage, J. A., & Wagenbrenner, J. W. (2022). Understory transpiration rates following harvest in a coast redwood
forest. Ecohydrology, e2404. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2404.
2. Dymond, S. F., Wagenbrenner, J. W., Keppeler, E. T., & Bladon, K. D. (2021). Dynamic hillslope soil moisture in a Mediterranean montane watershed.
Water Resources Research, 57, e2020WR029170. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR029170
1. Dymond, S. F., Richardson, P. W., Webb, L. A., Keppeler, E. T., Arismendi, A., Bladon, K. D., Cafferata, P. H., Dahlke, H. E., Longstreth, D. L., Brand, P., Ode, P.
R., Surfleet, C. G., & Wagenbrenner, J. W. (2021). A field-based experiment on the influence of stand density reduction on watershed processes at the
Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds in northern California. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.691732.
