'Wings Across the Americas' National Research and Partnership Award Honors Rocky Mountain Research Station Team's Work on Neotropical Migratory Birds
2012-03-19
A 10-year collaborative partnership that coalesced around the relationships between Neotropical migratory birds, their habitats, increasing fires, and the spread of exotic woody species in riparian ecosystems of the southwestern United States brought national recognition to Dr. Deborah Finch of the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station and her multi-organizational team. The team’s project, “Bird Responses to Invasive Species, Fire and Fuel Removal in Vulnerable Southwestern Ecosystems,” was recognized with the “National Research and Partnership Award” from the Wings Across the Americas program. More...

Relationships between moisture, chemistry, and ignition of Pinus contorta needles during the early stages of mountain pine beetle attack
2012-02-09
The international Elsevier Forest Ecology and Management Journal recently published this study, written by the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station research ecologist Dr. W. Matt Jolly in collaboration with seven RMRS co-authors. It focuses on the foliage characteristics and flammability of lodgepole pine needles during the early stages of a mountain pine beetle attack. More...

Rocky Mountain Research Station Scientist Named Outstanding Associate Editor
2012-01-17
Robert E. (Bob) Keane, a research ecologist with the Rocky Mountain Research Station’s Fire Sciences Laboratory in Missoula, MT., serves as one of 49 associate editors from around the world for the International Journal of Wildland Fire. The IJWF recently recognized Keane with its first annual Outstanding Associate Editor Award for 2010. More...

U.S. Forest Service Researcher honored with National Outdoor Leadership School's Stewardship Award
2011-11-08
U.S. Forest Service Research Geographer David Cole was recently presented with the National Outdoor Leadership School's (NOLS) Stewardship Award, presented annually to "an individual who has exhibited exceptional stewardship of public lands and the environment." More...

Colorado Governor recognizes RMRS/CSU research
2011-11-03
Dr. Tom Brown of RMRS and his CSU team, Dr. Jorge Ramirez and Dr. Romano Foti, received recognition by Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper as Designated Finalists in CO-LABS 2011 Governor’s Award for High Impact Research awards for their research, “Quantifying the Current and Future Vulnerability of the United States Water Supply System.” More...

Experimental forests home to Southwest Experimental Garden Array
2011-11-03
Two USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station experimental forests in Arizona, Fort Valley and Long Valley, have been included as sites for a network of 10 research gardens across northern Arizona as part of the Southwest Experimental Garden Array. More...