Pacific Northwest Research Station

Tom Quigley
Photo credit: USDA, Forest Service

Thomas M. Quigley, Station Director, PNW Research Station

Profile

November 2002

- Named PNW Research Station Director in November 21, 2002. Reports to the Station on or about January 2, 2003.

- Rocky Mountain Research Station. Assistant Director for Research, Ogden, Utah (December 30, 2001 to December 2002).

- Quigley joined PNW Research Station in 1977 as a range conservationist at the La Grande, Ore., laboratory. He held a variety of leadership positions: resource analyst (1977-1980); economist (1980-1986); range scientist (1986-2000); manager, Blue Mountains Natural Resources Institute (1992-1993); science integration team leader, Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project (1993-2000); program manager, Managing Disturbance Regimes (1996-2001).

- Recipient of several awards including: USDA Secretary Honor Award (2001) for leading the science efforts of the 8-year Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project, USDA Superior Service Award (1990) for outstanding leadership of the Oregon Range Evaluation Group, and the Earle A. Chiles Award (1998) for leadership in integrating science and management to find solutions to natural resource issues in the interior Columbia basin. Quigley was a corecipient with Jeff Blackwood.