FORT Science

FORT science activities support the research priorities of U.S. Department of the Interior resource management bureaus as well as other federal and state agencies, Native American tribes, academic institutions, and nongovernmental organizations. Currently at FORT, cross-disciplinary teams integrate research projects across the following high-priority science areas or Branches:

Ecosystem Dynamics (ED)

Landscape- and systems-level investigations of natural resource problems related to wildfire, riparian ecology, reference ecosystems, herbivore-ecosystem interactions, and the wildland-urban interface.

Information Science Branch (ISB)

Enhancing discovery and management of our natural world and turning information into knowledge.

Invasive Species Science (ISS)

Researching and modeling nonnative invasive species occurrences to track their distribution and forecast their spread for more effective prevention, management, and interdiction.

Policy Analysis & Science Assistance (PASA)

Integrated analysis of biological, social, economic, and institutional conservation policies and management practices to help land and resource managers resolve resource management conflicts.

Trust Species and Habitats (TSH)

Research on the ecology, habitat requirements, distribution and abundance, and genetics of at-risk species, including development of reintroduction and restoration techniques and new technologies for population monitoring data analysis.