The Andrews Experimental Forest is administered cooperatively by the USDA Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station, Oregon State University and the Willamette National Forest. Funding for the research program comes from the National Science Foundation, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Oregon State University, and other sources. The Andrews Experimental Forest is one of the 24 major ecosystem research sites in the United States plus a network office, funded through the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Program.

Reference Stand 7, western hemlock and swordfern/Oregon oxalis, H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Photographed by Al Levno ..... Date: 7/86

Cascade Center for Ecosystem Management (CCEM): The Center was established in 1991 as a research-management partnership involving Andrews-based researchers. Its mission is to develop new information about forest and stream ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest, develop and test management applications, and publicly discuss findings and their implications.
Central Cascades Adaptive Management Area (AMA): The Andrews Experimental Forest is within the Central Cascades Adaptive Management Area, one of ten identified in the Northwest Forest Plan (FEMAT 1993). The objective of AMAs is to develop new approaches to forest and watershed management with more effective community involvement.
Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS): The Andrews LTER program is a member of the Organization of Biological Field Stations.
Association of Ecosystem Research Centers (AERC): The AERC brings together 39 U.S. research programs in universities and private, state and federal laboratories that conduct research, provide training and analyze policy at the ecosystem level of environmental science and natural resources management.