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The Pacific Northwest Research Station is a leader in the scientific study of natural resources. The Station has 11 locations in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington and about 390 employees. We generate and communicate impartial knowledge to help people understand and make informed choices about natural resource management and sustainability.

»Research in Alaska

Home-grown energy

Forest Service research is helping to increase use of renewable energy. Read more.

Copper River Delta, Alaska, Photo by Steve Wondzell

Climate change and salmon habitat

Habitat may be lost in some streams while gained in others. Read more.

Prescribed fire on Nenana Ridge, Alaska. Photo by Roger Ottmar

Fuel treatments in boreal forests

Study tests efficacy of fuel treatments in Alaska’s boreal forest. Read more.

Aerial view of damage by birch leaf miner in Anchorage, Alaska

The amber-marked birch leaf miner

Scientist model future infestations around Anchorage. Read more.

On May 18, 2013, the Juneau Forestry Sciences Laboratory was officially dedicated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony that was attended by about 150 regional and local officials and stakeholders, including Tlingit elders who partnered in designing the house posts as well as in other activities. During the ceremony, the two house posts were ceremonially raised and permanently installed, where they will serve as a powerful symbol for bringing traditional knowledge and modern science together in the Juneau Lab. Read more

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Featured Scientist

Allen Brackley is a research forester at the station’s Alaska Wood Utilization Research and Development Center in Sitka. Much of his research is designed to provide economic and technical information to stimulate forest product market activity in the small, remote communities near Alaska’s national forests. Among his past work experiences in the private sector, he focused on evaluating the sustainability of forest products production facilities. Brackley earned his Ph.D. in Forest Resources Business/Economics and M.S. in Forest Products/Wood Technology from the University of Maine.