US Forest Service

Eastern: Region 9

NE Research Station

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U.S. Forest Service
RWU NE-4751
180 Canfield Street
Morgantown, WV 26505
Phone: 304-285-1572
Fax: 304-285-1505

INTRODUCTION

In order to better protect and sustain natural resources throughout the United States, research is conducted by the Forest Service through a network of forest and range experiment stations as well as a Forest Products Laboratory. The USDA Forest Service is the world’s leading forestry research and conservation organization. The Research and Development branch of the Forest Service focuses on sustaining the health, productivity and diversity of the Nation's forests and rangelands.

Research Work Unit NE-4751 is a field unit located in Morgantown, West Virginia. It is an extension of the Northeastern Research Station based in the Philadelphia suburb of Newtown Square. The mission of the Northeastern Research Station is to develop and deliver knowledge and innovative technology to manage and protect, use and sustain the natural resources of the region's forests.

The Northeastern Research Station encompasses 13 northeastern states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and West Virginia.

ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW

The research unit is supervised by Dr. Chris B. LeDoux, Supervisory Industrial Engineer, and has one computer programmer, Toni Jones. The unit's goals and accomplishments are met by this team and a host of cooperators who assist or conduct related studies to the research areas/ problems that this research unit focuses on.

PARTNERS & COLLABORATORS

There are several organizations and institutions that work collaboratively on many areas of research conducted by the unit scientist.