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Wenatchee Forestry Sciences Laboratory Employees
| Last Name | First | Title | Extension/phone | |
| DePuit | Edward |
PNW Supervisory Biological Scientist and |
(509) 664-1715
mobile: (509) 669-9993 |
ejdepuit@fs.fed.us |
| Aguigui | Ed | Maintenance Worker | (509) 664-1714 | eaguigui@fs.fed.us |
| Black | Lynn | Office Automation Clerk | (509) 664-1710 | ljblack@fs.fed.us |
| Forsberg | Kristie | Program Coordinator & Administrative Officer, MDR Program | (509) 664-1716 | kforsberg@fs.fed.us |
| Hessburg | Paul | Research Ecologist & Team Leader, Eastside Forest Health Restoration Team | (509) 664-1722 Pager: (509) 664-4679 | phessburg@fs.fed.us |
| James | Kevin | Botanist, Eastside Forest Health Restoration Team | (509) 664-1738 | kmjames@fs.fed.us |
| Kiester | Ross | Research Mathematical Statistician, Eastside Forest Health Restoration Team | (509) 664-1724 | rkiester@fs.fed.us |
| Kuhlmann | Ellen | Botanist, Eastside Forest Health Restoration Team | (509) 664-1739 | ekuhlmann@fs.fed.us |
| Lehmkuhl | John | Research Wildlife Biologist, Eastside Forest Health Restoration Team | (509) 664-1737 | jlehmkuhl@fs.fed.us |
| Park | Roxanne | Administrative Technician | (509) 664-1711 | rpark@fs.fed.us |
| Peterson | David | Research Forester, Eastside Forest Health Restoration Team | (509) 664-1727 | davepeterson@fs.fed.us |
| Polivka | Karl | Research Fish Biologist Aquatic & Land Interaction Team |
(509) 664-1736 | kpolivka@fs.fed.us |
| Rosencrantz | Jacquie | Support Services | (509) 664-1712 | jrosencrantz@fs.fed.us |
| Salter | Brion | Geographer/GIS specialist, Eastside Forest Health Restoration Team | (509) 664-1728 | bsalter@fs.fed.us |
| Shanafelt | Bonita | Biological Science Technician, Eastside Forest Health Restoration Team | (509) 664-1731 | bshanafelt@fs.fed.us |
| Singleton | Peter | Ecologist, Eastside Forest Health Restoration Team | (509) 664-1732 | psingleton@fs.fed.us |
| Woodsmith | Rick | Research Geomorphologist & Team Leader Aquatic & Land Interaction Team |
(509) 664-1735
mobile: (509) 669-9995 |
rwoodsmith@fs.fed.us |
Aquatic & Land Interaction Team website
Washington State Fish and Wildlife Department employees
Housed at the Lab
| Last Name | First | Title | Extension/phone | |
| Bugert | Bob | Fish Biologist | (509) 664-9755 | bugert1@nwi.net |
Wenatchee National Forest Employees Housed at the Lab
| Last Name | First | Title | Extension/phone | |
| Flanagan | Paul | Entomologist | (509) 664-9212 | pflanagan@fs.fed.us |
| Hadfield | Jim | Plant Pathologist | (509) 664-9215 | jshadfield@fs.fed.us |
| Maglessen | Roy | Biological Forestry Technician | (509) 664-9214 | rmaglessen@fs.fed.us |
| Mehmel | Connie | Entomologist | (509) 664-9213 | cmehmel@fs.fed.us |
Dr. Ed DePuit
PNW Supervisory Biological Scientist and Program Manager,
MDR (Managing Disturbance Regimes) Program
Dr. Ed DePuit joined the Wenatchee Lab as Research Team Leader and Research Biologist in January, 2001. He holds a Ph.D in Range Ecology from Utah State University, M.S. in Range Science from Utah State University and B.S. in Forestry from Michigan Technological University, and prior to arriving in Wenatchee held faculty appointments at Washington State University (where he served in academic leadership), the University of Wyoming and Montana State University. Ed provides leadership in supervising scientists and professionals in the Eastside Forest Health Restoration Team, as well as administrative oversight of the Wenatchee Lab, cooperation with other teams in the Managing Disturbance Regime Program and liaison with PNW Station leadership. As a research scientist, Ed's primary areas of expertise and interest lay in the realms of plant community, disturbance and restoration ecology/management as applied to rangeland and dry forest ecosystems. He is currently leading lab/station projects focusing upon interactions among fire, invasive plant species and fire management practices in dry interior forests; and evaluation of management practices and other issues surrounding overstocked, small-diameter forest stands in such forests. Future research directions will include improved understanding of post-disturbance recovery processes in interior forest/rangeland ecosystems, and how such processes may be positively manipulated and directed through applied management. Dr. DePuit has authored or co-authored 74 research papers/publications and 27 published abstracts during his post-doctoral career.
Paul Hessburg
Research Ecologist & Team Leader,
Eastside Forest Health Restoration Team
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Paul Hessburg is a Research Ecologist with the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. He is currently stationed at the Forestry Sciences Laboratory in Wenatchee, WA where he has worked since 1992. He received his Ph.D. in Botany and Plant Pathology from Oregon State University in 1984, and his B.S. in Forestry from the University of Minnesota in 1978 while majoring in Ecosystem Analysis and Silviculture. Prior to coming to the Research Station, he worked as a Plant Pathologist with the Forest Pest Management group of the Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest Region from 1985-1992, and with the same group in the Southwest Region from 1984-1985. Paul has played an active role in recent regional ecological assessments and studies to characterize forest and rangeland ecosystem change occurring in the 20th century, to define native forest ecosystem health, and characterize vegetation pattern - disturbance process interactions. From 1992-93, he lead the Assessment Team of the Eastside Forest Ecosystem Health Assessment, and from 1993 to 1997 he co-lead the Landscape Ecology Team of the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project (ICBEMP), and was a core member of its Science Integration Team (SIT). Paul has authored or coauthored over 75 research and technical publications during his post-doctoral career. His current research interests include the study of landscape pattern-disturbance process interactions, the ecology and epidemiology of root pathogens, natural range and variation of vegetation and disturbance patterns, climate regime and fire regime interactions, terrestrial disturbance and hydrology interactions, and microsite-insect and disease disturbance relations.
John F. Lehmkuhl
Research Wildlife Biologist,
Eastside Forest Health Restoration Team
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John F. Lehmkuhl is a Research Wildlife Biologist with the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Wenatchee Forestry Sciences Lab. He has a Ph.D. in Forest Resources and Wildlife Science from the University of Washington, an M.S. from the University of Montana, and a B.S. from Humboldt State University. He has worked in various professional and technical positions for the Forest Service in Washington, New Mexico, and Idaho, the National Park Service in Washington, the Smithsonian/Peace Corps Environmental Program in Nepal, in international work in India, Nepal, and Costa Rica, and in private consulting. His current research interests are in landscape and disturbance ecology of Pacific Northwestern forests and their influences on the ecology and management of wildlife. Other research and management interests include the ecology of large herbivores, mammalian ecology, grassland ecology, conservation biology, and international conservation.
Team Leader, Wenatchee Aquatic and Land Interactions Team
(509) 662-4315; email: rwoodsmith; Researcher: Mark S. Wipfli
Aquatic & Land Interaction Team website
Aquatic and riparian ecosystem management and restoration strategies in eastern Washington and Oregon
Methodologies to monitor and assess conditions of aquatic and riparian ecosystems and evaluate management options
Hydrologic and geomorphic processes that create, maintain, or modify aquatic and riparian habitats and habitat quality
Trophic processes governing salmonid productivity in the Columbia River Basin
Role of salmon carcasses as vectors of marine-derived nutrients to freshwater and riparian ecosystems
Trophic linkages between fishless headwaters and fish-bearing mainstem habitats
