Pacific Northwest Research Station

Research Programs and Teams

Research at PNW is done within the structure of programs, which are spread throughout laboratories and are composed of teams. The research of the Pacific Northwest Research Station is organized into eight program areas and a center. The team leaders are located in Washington, Oregon, or Alaska. (Click on the program name for more information)

Read about our Teams' 2008 Science Accomplishments

PROGRAM DIRECTORY (PDF: 958 KB)

This research directory is updated annually. Visit our online directories for more up to date phone numbers.

Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center

PROGRAM / TEAM NAME		PROGRAM MANAGER OR TEAM LEADER	LOCATION
Aquatic and Land Interactions		Douglas A. Ryan	Olympia, WA
	Corvallis Team	Gordon H. Reeves	Corvallis, OR
	Juneau Team	Richard T. Edwards	Juneau, AK
	Olympia Team	Peter A. Bisson, Frank McCormick	Olympia, WA
	Wenatchee Team	Richard D. Woodsmith	Wenatchee, WA
Communications and Applications		Cynthia Miner	Portland, OR
	Knowledge Development and Applications	Cynthia Miner	Portland, OR
	Publishing	Frank Vanni	Portland, OR
Ecosystem Processes		John Laurence	Corvallis, OR
	Boreal Ecology Cooperative Research Unit	Thomas A. Hanley	Juneau, AK
	Canopy Processes in Temperate Mesic Forests	Frederick C. Meinzer	Corvallis, OR
	Ecological Foundations of Biodiversity	Andrew B. Carey	Olympia, WA
	Ecology, Management, and Conservation of Sensitive Wildlife Species	Martin G. Raphael	Olympia, WA
	Forest Landscapes and Ecosystems	Thomas A. Spies	Corvallis, OR
	Sustainable Ecosystem Productivity	Bernard T. Bormann	Corvallis, OR
Focused Science Delivery		R. James Barbour	Portland, OR
	Science Delivery	Miles Hemstrom	Portland, OR
	Biodiversity Issue	Vancant	Portland, OR
	NEPA for the 21st Century	David Seesholtz	Boise, ID
	Recreation and Tourism Issue	Linda Kruger	Juneau, AK
	Reducing Fire Risk to People and Resources Issue	R. James Barbour	Portland, OR
	Sustainable Wood Production Issue	Vancant	Portland, OR
Human and Natural Resources Interactions		Jamie Barbour, Acting	Portland, OR
	Alaska Wood Utilization Research and Development Center	Allen Brackley	Sitka, AK
	Alaska Communities and Forest Environments	Linda Kruger	Juneau, AK
	Ecologically Sustainable Production of Forest Resources	Robert Deal	Portland, OR
	Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics	Ralph J. Alig	Corvallis, OR
	Rural Urban Wildland Interactions	Dale Blahna	Seattle, WA
	Communities and Forest Management	Susan Charnley	Portland, OR
	Portland Economics Team	John R. Mills	Portland, OR
	Market Sector Analysis
Managing Disturbance Regimes		Ed DePuit	Wenatchee, OR
	Atmosphere & Fire Interaction Research & Engineering (AirFIRE)	Brian Potter	Seattle, WA
	Behavior, Chemistry, and Ecology of Forest Insects and Diseases (BCEID)	Rick Kelsey	Corvallis, OR
	Disturbance Ecology and Management (DEM)	Jane Hayes	La Grande, OR
	Eastside Forest Health and Restoration	Paul Hessburg	Wenatchee, WA
	Effects of Ungulates on Ecosystems	Marty Vavra	La Grande, OR
	Fire and Environmental Research Applications (FERA)	David Peterson	Seattle, WA
	Mapped Atmosphere-Plant-Soil System (MAPSS)	Ron Neilson	Corvallis, OR
Pacific Northwest Forest Inventory and Analysis		Susan Willits	Portland, OR
- Forest Inventory and Analysis, Anchorage (responsible for Alaska)
	Alaska Resource Analysis	Willem van Hees
	Data Compilation	Ray Koleser
	Information Resources Management	Kevin Dobelbower
- Forest Inventory and Analysis, Portland (responsible for Oregon, Washington, California, Hawaii, and the Pacific Islands)
	Environmental Analysis and Research	Jeremy Fried
	Data Collection	Robert Rhoads
	Data Compilation	George Breazeale
	Inventory Reporting and Mapping (IRAM)	Sally Campbell
Resource Management and Productivity		Charles E. Peterson	Portland, OR
	Biology and Culture of Forest Plants	Paul Anderson	Corvallis, OR
	Forest Genetics	Rich Cronn	Corvallis, OR
	Silviculture and Ecology of Southeast Alaska	David D'Amore	Juneau, AK
	Silviculture and Forest Models	Stephen Reutebuch	Olympia, WA