Pacific Northwest Research Station

This program advances and communicates knowledge of fundamental ecological processes and how they interact at multiple scales. Scientists working from central Alaska to southern Oregon, from the coast to the interior West, develop applications that enable improved management of ecosystems and resources.more...

This program increases the understanding of terrestrial, aquatic, and riparian ecosystems and their linkages to inform management and policy options. Scientists in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington develop tools to enhance or maintain the production of goods and services provided by forests. more...

This program develops and communicates science products that synthesize and integrate existing research knowledge and has a focus on key customer needs such as sustainable wood productivity, biodiversity, and reducing fire risk. This program develops and assesses innovative approaches to shaping and sharing information, focusing on long-term collaboration and continually seeking to address critical information gaps. more...

This program improves forests and rangelands by developing and applying inventory and monitoring methodology to maintain current comprehensive inventories. This program conducts assessments of status, trends, and prospective futures of the region's ecosystems. Uniquely, this program has a broader scope than the rest of PNW and includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, the Pacific Islands, and Washington. more...

This program helps determine how and why people interact with the natural environment and what impacts these interactions have on landscapes, economic markets, and communities. Scientists in this program work from Sitka and Juneau, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, and Corvallis and Portland, Oregon. more...

This program generates knowledge about the nature, causes, and consequences of large, rapid, or significant changes to ecosystems that may threaten societal values. Scientists in this program work across Alaska, Oregon, and Washington as they develop and deliver tools to help people plan for, manage, or mitigate change and its consequences. more...

One of two centers nationally that review, integrate, and apply knowledge to predict, detect, and assess environmental threats on all Western lands. This program has four topic areas: land use and land-cover change, wildfire and fuels management, environmental effects on pests and pathogens, and explicit studies and models on biological responses to climate change. We communicate through reports, Webinars, and directly with land managers. more...

This unit creates awareness and promotes use of scientific information and tools generated by the PNW Research Station. This unit provides products and applications that are accessible and easily used by the station's stakeholders. It focuses on legislative and public affairs, publishing, Web and social media, technology transfer for adults, and conservation education
for children. more...

Large-scale silviculture experiments (LSSEs) are silviculture experiments conducted at operational scales. As true manipulative experiments, LSSEs are characterized by such fundamental elements of experimental design as randomization, replication, and unmanipulated, “control” treatments.

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Fire Research

Public interest in fire research has increased in recent years as severe wildfires have driven the desire for a long-term strategy to restore fire-prone ecosystems.

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Postfire Forest Management - Studies of dynamics managing forests and landscapes after wildfires.