Ph.D. Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA; M.S. Biology, California State University, Fresno, CA; A.B. Biology, California State University, Fresno, CA

Norman is a Professor of Ecology, and serves on the Board of Directors for Conversion Technologies, Conservation Fund, the Nuclear Waste Board, and the North Carolina Nature Conservancy. He has served as Co-chair for this Federal Advisory Committee.

Attended Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA

Nolan has served as President for the Board of Directors for Hoopa Valley Development Enterprise, an alternate delegate for the Intertribal Timber Council on Executive Board, and as President on the Executive Board for California Indian Forest and Fire Management Council.

M.S. Wildland Resource Science, University of California, Davis, CA; B.S. Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, University of California, Davis, CA

Lynn has worked as a research fisheries biologist for the US Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station at Berkeley, CA and for the Pacific Southwest Region of the Forest Service. She served as co-leader for the Aquatic Science Team for the Columbia River Basin Science Assessment Team.

Ph.D. Energy and Environmental Planning, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; M.S. Infrastructure Planning and Management, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; A.B. Human Biology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Tim has served as a special consultant for the Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project (SNEP). Author of "The Range of Light: Nature and Culture in the Sierra Nevada" and "Bioregionalism in Ecosystem Management: Values, Ethics, and the Public Trust" (both to be published by University of California Press in 1998, and 1999 respectively).

Ph.D. Botany and Soils, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; M.S. Forest Management and Statistics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; B.S. Forest Management, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

Jerry has worked as Chief Plant Ecologist at the US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station. He is affiliated with a wide variety of organizations and projects such as the Rio Condor Project in Chile, the Wind River Canopy Crane Research Facility, the Ecological Society of America, SNEP, etc.

Ph.D. Forest Ecology, Oregon State University, OR; B.A. in Biology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Robin is a research scientist and leader of the Systems Integration task of the Biomass Feedstock Development Program within the Environmental Sciences Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Prior to joining ORNL in 1986, she worked for the R&D division of Weyerhaeuser Company in the Pacific Northwest. Her current research focus is regional-scale integrated assessment of natural resources.

Ph.D. Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA; M.S. Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; B.S. Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

Ralph is a Professor of Wildlife for Department of Wildlife at Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA. He has served on the Northern Spotted Owl Recovery Team, and on the California Spotted Owl Technical Assessment Team (CASPO).

Ph.D. Plant Chemistry, University of Montana, Missoula, MT; M.S. Forest Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA; B.S. Forest Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Charles did research in California and throughout the west on fire effects and chemistry. He has led national task forces on public resource policy and is a recognized expert on science-policy relationships.

Ph.D. Earth Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; M.S. Watershed Management, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA; B.S. Forest Management, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA

Norman is a California Registered Professional Forester with 20 years of research and teaching in specialty fields of forest mensuration, growth and yield, computer operations, study design and statistical analysis, remote sensing, and watershed management and protection. His research has been conducted in nearly all forest and woodland vegetation types in California.

Ph.D. Forest Mensuration, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI; M.S. Forestry, University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, MI; B.S. Forestry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Albert retired from the Forest Science Laboratory in Moscow, ID. His 44 years of research service has included problems in forest biometry and land use planning. He is affiliated with the Columbia River Basin Assessment team, PROGNOSIS forest growth and development model, the Society of American Foresters (SAF), and the SAF biometrics working group.

Ph.D. Wildland Resource Science/Fire Ecology, University of California, Berkeley, CA; M.S. Range Management, University of California at Berkeley, CA; B.S. Forest Management, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Jan is a research scientist at the Yosemite Field Station in El Portal, CA. His research includes prescriptions for burning in wildland ecosystems, recreation impacts in wilderness, and application of geographic information systems to resource management. His primary research focus is on the role of fire in Sierra Nevada ecosystems.