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 six program areas and a Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center. The team leaders are located in Washington, Oregon, or Alaska. (Click on the program name for more information)

PROGRAM / TEAM NAME		PROGRAM MANAGER OR TEAM LEADER	LOCATION
Ecological Process and Function		John Laurence	Portland, OR
	Forest Landscape and Ecosystems	Thomas Spies	Corvallis, OR
	Wildlife Ecology	Martin Raphael	Olympia, WA
	Starkey Ungulate Ecology	Marty Vavra	La Grande, OR
	Landscape-Climate Interactions	Paul Hessburg	Wenatchee, WA
	Boreal Ecology	Thomas Hanley	Juneau, AK
Focused Science Delivery		Jamie Barbour	Portland, OR
	Reducing Fire Risk Initiative	Miles Hemstrom	Portland, OR
	NEPA for the 21st Century Initiative	David Seesholtz	Boise, ID
	Rapid Science Response Team	Jamie Barbour	Portland, OR
Goods, Services, and Values		Jamie Barbour	Portland, OR
	Urban-Wildland Interactions	Dale Blahna	Seattle, WA
	Communities and Forest Management	Susan Charnley	Portland, OR
	Ecosystem Services	Deal Bob	Portland, OR
Land and Watershed Management		John Laurence	Portland, OR
	Aquatic Ecology and Management	Deanna Olson	Corvallis, OR
	Landscape and Ecosystem Management	Paul Anderson	Corvallis, OR
	Landscape Productivity	Gordon Reeves	Corvallis, OR
	Plant Genetics, Ecology, and Management	Richard Cronn	Corvallis, OR
Resource Monitoring and Assessment		Charles Peterson	Portland, OR
	Data Collection	Jeff Reis	Portland, OR
	Data Collection	Ray Koleser	Anchorage
	Information Management	George Breazeale	Portland, OR
	Inventory, Reporting, and Mapping (IRAM)	Joseph Donnegan	Portland, OR
	Vegetation Monitoring and Remote Sensing (VMaRS)	Warren Cohen	Corvallis, OR
	Vegetation Monitoring Science and Application (VEMSA)	Andrew Gray	Portland, OR
Threat Characterization and Management		Edward DePuit	Wenatchee, OR
	Fire and Environment Research Applications (FERA)	David L. Peterson	Seattle, WA
	Atmosphere Interactions Research (AIR)	Brian Potter	Seattle, WA
	Resilience and Ecosystem Disturbance (RED)	Rick Kelsey	Corvallis, OR
	Ecological Dynamics and Environmental Change (EDEC)	Becky Kerns	Corvallis, OR