Pacific Northwest Research Station
333 SW First Avenue
Portland, OR 97204
(503) 808-2592
Welcome
Welcome to the Pacific Northwest Research Station (PNW).
Our headquarters are located in Portland, Oregon, as part of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Forest Service Research
is the largest and most productive forestry research organization
in the world. Our mission at PNW is to generate and communicate
scientific knowledge that helps people understand and make informed
choices about people, natural resources, and the environment.
-Bov Eav, Station Director
Want
to be in control of the information you receive from our
Web site?
Our
new series, Science Update, is a periodical published several
times a year by PNW Research Station. Begun in 2002, and
written by Valerie Rapp, this series contributes scientific
knowledge for pressing decisions about natural resource
and environmental issues. Science Update Issue
14 - A clear picture of smoke: Bluesky smoke forecasting
Science Findings
Science
Findings communicates and provides scientific information
to people who make and influence decisions about managing
land. Science Findings Issue
93 (May 2007) The mysterious demise of an ice-age relic:
Exposing the cause of yellow-cedar decline