Forest Disturbance Processes

• Invasive species
• Science to support the National Fire and Fuels Strategy
• Climate change and events
• Air, water, and soils pollution
• Fragmentation and land use change
• Market -induced changes to forests
• Monitoring and assessment of forest health
• Fish and wildlife habitat and viability

Urban Natural Resource Stewardship

• Land use and land cover change and loss of open space
• Natural resources and public health
• Neighborhood quality of life
• Sustainability and health of urban natural resources
• Monitoring and assessment of urban forests and trees
• Environmental justice
• Lifestyle behaviors, consumption patterns, and land management
• Air and water quality

Sustaining Forests

• Methods to conserve and enhance forest resources
  • Timber productivity and wood quality
  • Special forest products
  • Wildlife and fish
  • Biodiversity and structural and functional complexity of forests
  • Recreation, experience of natural places
  • Feedstocks for bioenergy
• Forest resource monitoring and assessment
• Globalization impacts
• Science to support the National Fire and Fuels Strategy
• Understanding the ecological roles of natural disturbance

Providing Clean Air and Water

• Estimating and monitoring carbon stocks and greenhouse gas fluxes
• Development of technology to enhance carbon sequestration in forests
• Economic utilization of forests for bioenergy
• Methods to conserve and enhance the production of clean water from forests
• Riparian forest health

Natural Resources Inventory, Monitoring, and Assessment

• Inventory
• Monitoring and Assessment
• Techniques