Current Research

My current research involves the following, self-described studies: The North American Long-Term Productivity Study which uses a common experimental design in major forest types across North America. This study involves intensive pre- and post-harvest sampling and a commitment to ensure long-term data collection set this study apart from many local/regional studies. I have the only three installations of the LTSP study in RMRS, many of which are approaching 20 years old. The experimental design is a 3x3 factorial of soil compaction and organic matter removal and I would welcome other researchers to use these plots.

Below ground processes: Organic matter is the key to site productivity because of its roles in nutrient cycling, soil water availability, disease incidence or preventation, and aggregate stability. Organic matter decomposition is controlled by the same soil factors that affect plant growth - waterm, nutrients, pH, and temperature. A number of studies have shown a strong relationship between organic matter decomposition rates and site productivity. Forest management proctices can greatly impact organic matter decomposition, which could affect tree growth and site productivity. Consequently, organic matter decomposition is being used as an index of forest management effects (both positive and negative) in long-term soil productivity studies being conducted in various parts of North America and Canada. In addition, projected climate change scenarios would also have a pronounced effect on soil organic matter decomposition rates. I use standard wood stakes (P. taeda and P. tremuloides) to determine how management, (site preparation, fire fertilization, etc.), temperature, and moisture may impact below ground processes (organic matter decomposition) in many different soil types. I have a worldwide network of sites in various ecosystems. Ancillary studies on these sites include the importance of ants and termites and how they redistribute OM, C, N, and other nutrients above- and below-ground.

Soil Disturbance Monitoring: In cooperation with several other Research Stations, National Forest Systems, industry, and B.c. Ministry of Forest Soil Scientists I developed a Forest Soil Disturbance Monitoring Protocol that is being used across the U.S. and in other countries on forested landscapes. The new protocol defines consistent terminology, is statistically valid, and provides a common method for describing soil disturbance from management activities.

Environmental consequences of biomass utilization and biochar additions: We are determining the feasibility of using in-woods fast pyrolysis to turn excess forest biomass into bio-oil, syn-gas, and biochar. Biochar can be applied to forest sites to improve water holding capacity and reducing nutrient leaching through the mineral soil profile. My work also evlaauates biochar-coated seed, pelleted biochar, and methods of applying char to forest sites.

Research Interests

My research interests center around maintaining soil productivity during and after land management activities and include the following: carbon sequestration, harvest methods, site preparation, and fire impacts on soil chemical, biological, and physical properties. I also study biochar impacts, biomass utilization, nutrient cycling, long-term productivity, organic matter, and how temperature and moisture regulate decomposition processes.

Biochar spreader:  In partnership with the Missoula Technology Development Center (Keith Windell) and Dr. Nate Anderson (RMRS, Missoula) we have developed a biochar spreader to easily distribute biochar on forest sites.  See the spreader in action at this link:

https://youtu.be/Ro5wgtoXUUs

Past Research

Past research has focused on long-term soil productivity, maintenance of surface organic matter, and ensuring healthy ecosystems that are resilient to fire, insects, and disease.

Why This Research is Important

eUnderstanding the linkages between harvesting, soil quality, organic matter, and decomposition are important for knowing what management options are possible for different ecosystems. Improving stand resilitency to fire, insects, disease, and drought will help maintain soil and site productivity as climate changes.

Education

• Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, B.S. Natural Resource Management 1982
• Michigan Technological University, Houghton, M.S. Forest Soils 1985
• University of Idaho, Moscow, Ph.D. Forest Soils 1988

Professional Experience

Professional Organizations

• European Geophysical Union, Member (2005 - Current)
  same as committee membership
• North American Forest Soils, 2013 Site Host (1988 - Current)
  Site host and coordinator.
• Society of American Foresters (SAF), Member (1988 - Current)
  Local and national committee chair. Serve as assistant editor of Forest Science.
• Soil Science Society of America, Peer Reviewer (1988 - Current)
  Review papers, judge student presentations at meeting

Awards & Recognition

Featured Publications & Products

• Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Abbott, Ann M.; Rice, Thomas M. 2009. Forest Soil Disturbance Monitoring Protocol: Volume II: Supplementary methods, statistics, and data collection.
• Kimsey, Mark, Jr..; Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Coleman, Mark. 2011. Assessing bioenergy harvest risks: Geospatially explicit tools for maintaining soil productivity in western US forests.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Jurgensen, Martin; Terry, Thomas. 2010. Maintaining soil productivity during forest or biomass-to-energy thinning harvests in the western United States.
• Wirthner, Sven; Schutz, Martin; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Busse, Matt D.; Kirchner, James W.; Risch, Anita C. 2012. Do changes in soil properties after rooting by wild boars (Sus scrofa) affect understory vegetation in Swiss hardwood forests.
• Sanchez, Felipe G.; Tiarks, Allan E.; Kranabetter, J. Marty; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Powers, Robert F.; Sanborn, Paul T.; Chapman, William K. 2006. Effects of organic matter removal and soil compaction on fifth-year mineral soil carbon and nitrogen contents for sites across the United States and Canada.

Patents

• Page-Dumroese, Deborah. .     MOBILE CHARCOAL/BIOCHAR PRODUCTION AND PELLETIZER SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF.

Publications

• Rhee, Hakjun ; Fridley, James ; Chung, Woodam ; Page-Dumroese, Deborah . 2019. An approach for modeling and quantifying traffic-induced processes and changes in forest road aggregate particle-size distributions.
• Jurgensen, Martin F.; Miller, Chris A.; Trettin, Carl T.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 2019. Bedding of wetland soil: Effects of bed height and termite activity on wood decomposition.
• Bergstrom, Robert M.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 2019. How much soil disturbance can be expected as a result of southern pine beetle suppression activities.
• Lalande, Bradley ; Abdo, Zaid ; Hanna, John W.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Warwell, Marcus V; Tirocke, Joanne M.; Kim, Mee-Sook ; Klopfenstein, Ned B.; Stewart, Jane E. 2019. Metagenomic approaches to determine soil microbial communities associated with Armillaria root disease.
• Wang, Weiwei ; Page-Dumroese, Deborah ; Jurgensen, Martin ; Miller, Chris ; Walitalo, Joanna ; Chen, Xiao ; Liu, Yong . 2019. Restoration thinning impacts surface and belowground wood decomposition.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Jurgensen, Martin F.; Miller, Chris A.; Pickens, James B.; Tirocke, Joanne M. 2019. Wildfire alters belowground and surface wood decomposition on two national forests in Montana, USA.
• Hwang, Kyungrok ; Han, Han-Sup ; Marshall, Susan E.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 2018. Amount and location of damage to residual trees from cut-to-length thinning operations in a young redwood forest in northern California.
• Dumroese, R. Kasten; Pinto, Jeremiah R.; Heiskanen, Juha; Tervahauta, Arja; McBurney, Katherine G.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Englund, Karl. 2018. Biochar can be a suitable replacement for Sphagnum peat in nursery production of Pinus ponderosa seedlings.
• Wang, Weiwei ; Page‑Dumroese, Deborah ; Jurgensen, Martin ; Tirocke, Joanne ; Liu, Yong . 2018. Effect of forest thinning and wood quality on the short-term wood decomposition rate in a Pinus tabuliformis plantation.
• Sherman, Lauren A.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Coleman, Mark D. 2018. Idaho forest growth response to post-thinning energy biomass removal and complementary soil amendments.
• Blanco, Juan A.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Jurgensen, Martin F.; Curran, Michael P.; Tirocke, Joanne M.; Walitalo, Joanna. 2018. Modelling the management of forest ecosystems: Importance of wood decomposition.
• Jang, Woongsoon; Keyes, Christopher R.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 2018. Negligible impacts of biomass removal on Douglas-fir growth 29 years after outplanting in the northern Rocky Mountains.
• Risch, A. C.; Ochoa-Hueso, R. ; van der Putten, W. H.; Bump, J. K.; Busse, M. D.; Frey, B. ; Gwiazdowicz, D. J.; Page-Dumroese, D. S.; Vandegehuchte, M. L.; Zimmermann, S. ; Schutz, M. . 2018. Size-dependent loss of aboveground animals differentially affects grassland ecosystem coupling and functions.
• Gier, John M.; Kindel, Kenneth M.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Kuennen, Louis J. 2018. Soil disturbance recovery on the Kootenai National Forest, Montana.
• Sarauer, Jessica L.; Page‐Dumroese, Deborah S.; Coleman, Mark D. 2018. Soil greenhouse gas, carbon content, and tree growth response to biochar amendment in western United States forests.
• Rhee, Hakjun; Fridley, James; Page-Dumroese, Deborah. 2018. Traffic-induced changes and processes in forest road aggregate particle-size distributions.
• Page-Dumroese, D. S.; Ott, M. R.; Strawn, D. G.; Tirocke, J. M. 2018. Using organic amendments to restore soil physical and chemical properties of a mine site in northeastern Oregon, USA.
• Bergman, Rick ; Berry, Michael ; Bilek, E. M. (Ted); Bowers, Tait ; Eastin, Ivan ; Ganguly, Indroneil ; Han, Han-Sup ; Hirth, Kolby ; Jacobson, Arne ; Karp, Steve ; Oneil, Elaine ; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Pierobon, Francesca ; Puettmann, Maureen ; Rawlings, Craig ; Rosenbaum, Sevda Alanya; Sahoo, Kamalakanta ; Sasatani, Daisuke ; Sessions, John ; Sifford, Cody ; Waddell, Tom . 2018. Waste to Wisdom: Utilizing forest residues for the production of bioenergy and biobased products.
• Anderson, Nathaniel M.; Bergman, Richard D.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 2017. A supply chain approach to biochar systems Chapter 2.
• Jang, Woongsoon; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Han, Han-Sup. 2017. Comparison of heat transfer and soil impacts of air curtain burner burning and slash pile burning.
• Schaedel, Michael S.; Larson, Andrew J.; Affleck, David L. R.; Belote, Travis; Goodburn, John M.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 2017. Early forest thinning changes aboveground carbon distribution among pools, but not total amount.
• Jurgensen, Martin F.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Brown, Robert E.; Tirocke, Joanne M.; Miller, Chris A.; Pickens, James B.; Wang, Min. 2017. Estimating carbon and nitrogen pools in a forest soil: Influence of soil bulk density methods and rock content.
• Hwang, Kyungrok; Han, Han-sup; Marshall, Susan E.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 2017. Impacts on soils and residual trees from cut-to-length thinning operations in California's redwood forests.
• Bergman, Richard D.; Gu, Hongmei; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Anderson, Nathaniel M. 2017. Life cycle analysis of biochar Chapter 3.
• Jang, Woongsoon; Keyes, Christopher R.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 2017. Long-term regeneration responses to overstory retention and understory vegetation treatments in the northern Rocky Mountains.
• Ponder, Felix, Jr..; Kabrick, John M.; Adams, Mary Beth; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Jurgensen, Marty F. 2017. Mass loss and nutrient concentrations of buried wood as a function of organic matter removal, soil compaction, and vegetation control in a regenerating oak-pine forest.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Busse, Matt D.; Archuleta, James G.; McAvoy, Darren; Roussel, Eric. 2017. Methods to reduce forest residue volume after timber harvesting and produce black carbon.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Coleman, Mark D.; Thomas, Sean C. 2017. Opportunities and uses of biochar on forest sites in North America Chapter 15.
• Williams, Mary I.; Dumroese, R. Kasten; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Hardegree, Stuart P. 2016. Can biochar be used as a seed coating to improve native plant germination and growth in arid conditions.
• Kim, Mee-Sook; Ross-Davis, Amy L.; Stewart, Jane E.; Hanna, John W.; Warwell, Marcus V.; Zambino, Paul J.; Cleaver, Christy; McDonald, Geral I.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Moltzan, Bruce; Klopfenstein, Ned B. 2016. Can metagenetic studies of soil microbial communities provide insights toward developing novel management approaches for Armillaria root disease.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Anderson, Nathaniel M.; Windell, Keith N.; Englund, Karl; Jump, Kevin. 2016. Development and use of a commercial-scale biochar spreader.
• Finer, L.; Jurgensen, M.; Palviainen, M.; Piirainen, S.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah. 2016. Does clear-cut harvesting accelerate initial wood decomposition A five-year study with standard wood material.
• Ross-Davis, Amy; Stewart, Jane E.; Settles, Matt; Hanna, John W.; Shaw, John D.; Hudak, Andrew T.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Klopfenstein, Ned B. 2016. Fine-scale variability of forest soil fungal communities in two contrasting habitat series in northern Idaho, USA identified with microbial metagenomics.
• Jang, Woongsoon; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Keyes, Christopher R. 2016. Long-term soil changes from forest harvesting and residue management in the northern Rocky Mountains.
• Jang, Woongsoon; Keyes, Christopher R.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 2016. Recovery and diversity of the forest shrub community 38 years after biomass harvesting in the northern Rocky Mountains.
• Fissore, Cinzia; Jurgensen, Martin F.; Pickens, James; Miller, Chris; Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Giardina, Christian P. 2016. Role of soil texture, clay mineralogy, location, and temperature in coarse wood decomposition - a mesocosm experiment.
• Wang, Weiwei; Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Lv, Ruiheng; Xiao, Chen; Li, Guolei; Liu, Yong. 2016. Soil enzyme activities in Pinus tabuliformis (Carriere) plantations in northern China.
• Scott, D. Andrew; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 2016. Wood bioenergy and soil productivity research.
• Risch, Anita C.; Schutz, Martin; Vandegehuchte, Martijn L.; van der Putten, Wim H.; Duyts, Henk; Raschein, Ursina; Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J.; Busse, Matt D.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Zimmerman, Stephan. 2015. Aboveground vertebrate and invertebrate herbivore impacts on net N mineralization in subalpine grasslands.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Busse, Matt D.; Overby, Steven T.; Gardner, Brian D.; Tirocke, Joanne M. 2015. Impacts of forest harvest on active carbon and microbial properties of a volcanic ash cap soil in northern Idaho.
• Jang, Woongsoon; Keyes, Christopher R.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 2015. Long-term effects on distribution of forest biomass following different harvesting levels in the northern Rocky Mountains.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Jain, Terrie; Sandquist, Jonathan E.; Tirocke, Joanne M.; Errecart, John; Jurgensen, Martin F. 2015. Reburns and their Impact on carbon pools, site productivity, and recovery Chapter 13.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Martin F. Jurgensen., . 2015. Reburns and their impact on carbon pools, site productivity, and recovery.
• Miller, Sue; Essen, Maureen; Anderson, Nathaniel; Page-Dumroese, Deborah; McCollum, Dan; Bergman, Rick; Elder, Tom. 2015. Science You Can Use Bulletin: Burgeoning biomass: Creating efficient and sustainable forest biomass supply chains in the Rockies, Part II.
• Ross-Davis, Amy; Settles, Matt; Hanna, John W.; Shaw, John D.; Hudak, Andrew T.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Klopfenstein, Ned B. 2015. Using a metagenomic approach to improve our understanding of Armillaria root disease.
• Page-Dumroese, D. S.; Robichaud, P. R.; Brown, R. E.; Tirocke, J. M. 2015. Water repellency of two forest soils after biochar addition.
• Rhee, Hakjun; Foltz, Randy B.; Fridley, James L.; Krogstad, Finn; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 2014. An alternative method for determining particle-size distribution of forest road aggregate and soil with large-sized particles.
• Jarvis, Jacqueline M.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Anderson, Nathaniel M.; Corilo, Yuri; Rodgers, Ryan P. 2014. Characterization of fast pyrolysis products generated from several western USA woody species.
• Ross-Davis, Amy L.; Stewart, Jane E.; Hanna, John W.; Shaw, John D.; Hudak, Andrew T.; Jain, Theresa B.; Denner, Robert J.; Graham, Russell T.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Tirocke, Joanne M.; Kim, Mee-Sook; Klopfenstein, Ned B. 2014. Forest soil microbial communities: Using metagenomic approaches to survey permanent plots.
• Chen, Xiao; Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Lv, Ruiheng; Wang, Weiwei; Li, Guolei; Liu, Yong. 2014. Interaction of initial litter quality and thinning intensity on litter decomposition rate, nitrogen accumulation and release in a pine plantation.
• Haynes, Alan G.; Schutz, Martin; Buchmann, Nina; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Busse, Matt D.; Risch, Anita C. 2014. Linkages between grazing history and herbivore exclusion on decomposition rates in mineral soils of subalpine grasslands.
• Potvin, Lynette R.; Jurgensen, Martin F.; Dumroese, R. Kasten; Richter, Dana L.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 2014. Mosaic stunting in bareroot Pinus banksiana seedlings is unrelated to colonization by mycorrhizal fungi.
• Berryman, Erin M.; Morgan, Penelope; Robichaud, Peter R.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah. 2014. Post-fire erosion control mulches alter belowground processes and nitrate reductase activity of a perennial forb, heartleaf arnica (Arnica cordifolia).
• Miller, Sue; Essen, Maureen; Anderson, Nate; Chung, Woody; Elliot, Bill; Page-Dumroese, Deb; Han, Han-Sup; Hogland, John; Keyes, Christopher R. 2014. Science You Can Use Bulletin: Burgeoning biomass: Creating efficient and sustainable forest biomass supply chains in the Rockies.
• Powers, Robert F.; Denner, Robert; Elioff, John D.; Fiddler, Gary O.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Ponder, Felix; Tiarks, Allan E.; Avers, Peter E.; Cline, Richard G.; Loftus, Nelson S. 2014. The key roles of four Experimental Forests in the LTSP International Research Program.
• Anderson, Nathaniel; Jones, J. Greg; Page-Dumroese, Deborah; McCollum, Daniel; Baker, Stephen; Loeffler, Daniel; Chung, Woodam. 2013. A comparison of producer gas, biochar, and activated carbon from two distributed scale thermochemical conversion systems used to process forest biomass.
• Reeves, Derrick A.; Coleman, Mark D.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 2013. Evidence supporting the need for a common soil monitoring protocol.
• Risch, Anita C.; Jurgensen, Martin F.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Schutz, Martin. 2013. Initial turnover rates of two standard wood substrates following land-use change in subalpine ecosystems in the Swiss Alps.
• Cerise, Luke M.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; McDaniel, Paul; Mayn, Cole; Heinse, Robert. 2013. Productivity and soil properties 45 years after timber harvest and mechanical site preparation in western Montana.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Abbott, Ann M.; Rice, Thomas M. 2013. Protocolo Nacional para la Evaluacion de Disturbios en Suelos Forestales; Volumen II: Metodos complementarios, estadística y recoleccion de datos.
• Reeves, Derrick A.; Reeves, Matthew C.; Abbott, Ann M.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Coleman, Mark D. 2012. A detrimental soil disturbance prediction model for ground-based timber harvesting.
• White, Kevin P.; Coleman, Mark; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Gessler, Paul E.; Kimsey, Mark; Shaw, Terry. 2012. Examining soil parent material influence over Douglas-fir stem growth response to fertilization: Taking advantage of information from spatiotemporally distributed experiments.
• Page-Dumoese, Deborah; Kimsey, Mark. 2012. Maintaining site productivity during biofuel harvest operations.
• Page-Dumroese, D. S.; Abbott, A. M.; Curran, M. P.; Jurgensen, M. F. 2012. Validating visual disturbance types and classes used for forest soil monitoring protocols.
• Dumroese, R. Kasten; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Brown, Robert E. 2011. Allometry, nitrogen status, and carbon stable isotope composition of Pinus ponderosa seedlings in two growing media with contrasting nursery irrigation regimes.
• McElligott, Kristin; Dumroese, Debbie; Coleman, Mark. 2011. Bioenergy production systems and biochar application in forests: potential for renewable energy, soil enhancement, and carbon sequestration.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Anderson, Nathaniel. 2011. Biomass utilization, forest restoration, and soil productivity associated with bioenergy harvesting and biochar application: Field and laboratory strategies for the U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
• Cook, Stephen P.; Birch, Sara M.; Merickel, Frank W.; Lowe, Carrie Caselton; Page-Dumroese, Deborah. 2011. Bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) community structure on two sagebrush steppe sites in southern Idaho.
• Yu, Fei-Hai; Schutz, Martin; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Krusi, Bertil O.; Schneller, Jakob; Wildi, Otto; Risch, Anita C. 2011. Carex sempervirens tussocks induce spatial heterogeneity in litter decomposition, but not in soil properties, in a subalpine grassland in the Central Alps.
• Reeves, Derrick; Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Coleman, Mark. 2011. Detrimental soil disturbance associated with timber harvest systems on National Forests in the Northern Region.
• Harrison, Robert B.; Maguire, Douglas A.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah. 2011. Maintaining adequate nutrient supply - Principles, decision-support tools, and best management practices Chapter 6.
• Coleman, Mark; Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Archuleta, Jim; Badger, Phil; Chung, Woodum; Venn, Tyron; Loeffler, Dan; Jones, Greg; McElligott, Kristin. 2010. Can portable pyrolysis units make biomass utilization affordable while using bio-char to enhance soil productivity and sequester carbon.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Jurgensen, Martin F.; Curran, Michael P.; DeHart, Sharon M. 2010. Cumulative effects of fuel treatments on soil productivity.
• Risch, Anita; Wirthner, Sven; Busse, Matt; Page-Dumroese, Deborah. 2010. Grubbing by wild boars (Sus scrufa L.) and its impact on hardwood forest soil carbon dioxide emissions in Switzerland.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah. 2010. Is woody residue part of your plan for sustainable forestry.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Neary, Daniel; Trettin, Carl. 2010. Scientific background for soil monitoring on National Forests and Rangelands: workshop proceedings; April 29-30, 2008; Denver, CO.
• Neary, Daniel G.; Trettin, Carl C.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah. 2010. Soil quality monitoring: Examples of existing protocols.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 2010. The North-American Long-Term Soil Productivity Study: Concepts and literature.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Abbott, Ann M.; Rice, Thomas M. 2009. Forest Soil Disturbance Monitoring Protocol: Volume I: Rapid assessment.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Coleman, Mark; Jones, Greg; Venn, Tyron; Dumroese, R. Kasten; Anderson, Nathanial; Chung, Woodam; Loeffler, Dan; Archuleta, Jim; Kimsey, Mark; Badger, Phil; Shaw, Terry; McElligott, Kristin. 2009. Portable in-woods pyrolysis: Using forest biomass to reduce forest fuels, increase soil productivity, and sequester carbon.
• Han, Sang-Kyun; Han-Sup, Han; Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Johnson, Leonard R. 2009. Soil compaction associated with cut-to-length and whole-tree harvesting of a coniferous forest.
• Napper, Carolyn; Howes, Steven; Page-Dumroese, Deborah. 2009. Soil-disturbance field guide.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Dumroese, R. Kasten; Jurgensen, Martin F.; Abbott, Ann; Henseik, Jennifer J. 2008. Effect of nursery storage and site preparation techniques on field performance of high-elevation Pinus contorta seedlings.
• Rawinski, John J.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 2008. Soil compaction monitoring of the Pool Timber Sale, Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado, 16 years after logging.
• Page-Dumroese, D.; Jurgensen, M.; Neary, D.; Curran, M.; Trettin, C. 2008. Soil quality is fundamental to ensuring healthy forests.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Ferguson, Dennis; McDaniel, Paul; Johnson-Maynard, Jodi. 2007. Chemical changes induced by pH manipulations of volcanic ash-influenced soils.
• Busse, Matt D.; Jurgensen, Martin F.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Powers, Robert F. 2007. Contribution of actinorhizal shrubs to site fertility in a northern California mixed pine forest.
• Ritter, Sharon; Canton-Thompson, Janie; Ruggiero, Leonard F.; Jones, Greg; Sullivan, Janet; McCaughey, Ward; Ortega, Yvette; Christensen, Neal; Harrington, Mick; Page-Dumroese, Deborah. 2007. ECO-Report - Scientific independence: A key to credibility.
• Johnson, Leonard R.; Page-Dumroese, Debbie; Han, Han-Sup. 2007. Effects of Machine Traffic on the Physical Properties of Ash-Cap Soils.
• Wang, Xiping; Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Jurgensen, Martin F.; Ross, Robert J. 2007. Field assessment of wood stake decomposition in forest soil.
• Thiel-Egenter, C.; Risch, A. C.; Jurgensen, M. F.; Page-Dumroese, D. S.; Krusi, B. O.; Schutz, M. 2007. Response of a subalpine grassland to simulated grazing: Aboveground productivity along soil phosphorus gradients.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Miller, Richard; Mital, Jim; McDaniel, Paul; Miller, Dan. 2007. Volcanic-ash-derived forest soils of the inland Northwest: Properties and implications for management and restoration.
• Fleming, Robert L.; Powers, Robert F.; Foster, Neil W.; Kranabetter, J. Marty; Scott, D. Andrew; Ponder, Felix Jr.; Berch, Shannon; Chapman, William K.; Kabzems, Richard D.; Ludovici, Kim H.; Morris, David M.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Sanborn, Paul T.; Sanchez, Felipe G.; Stone, Douglas M.; Tiarks, Allan E. 2006. Effects of organic matter removal, soil compaction, and vegetation control on 5-year seedling performance: a regional comparison of long-term soil productivity sites.
• Han, Han-Sup; Page-Dumroese, Debbie; Han, Sang-Kyun; Tirocke, Joanne. 2006. Effects of slash, machine passes, and soil moisture on penetration resistance in a cut-to-length harvesting.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Jurgensen, Martin; Abbott, Ann; Rice, Tom; Tirocke, Joanne; Farley, Sue; DeHart, Sharon. 2006. Monitoring Changes in Soil Quality from Post-fire Logging in the Inland Northwest.
• Schutz, Martin; Risch, Anita C.; Achermann, Gerald; Thiel-Egenter, Conny; Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Jurgensen, Martin F.; Edward, Peter J. 2006. Phosphorus translocation by red deer on a subalpine grassland in the central European Alps.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Jurgensen, Martin F. 2006. Soil carbon and nitrogen pools in mid- to late-successional forest stands of the northwestern United States: Potential impact of fire.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Jurgensen, Martin F.; Tiarks, Allen E.; Ponder, Felix; Sanchez, Felipe G., Jr..; Fleming, Robert L.; Kranabetter, J. Marty; Powers, Robert F.; Stone, Douglas M.; Elioff, John D.; Scott, D. Andrew. 2006. Soil physical property changes at the North American long-term soil productivity study sites: 1 and 5 years after compaction.
• Jurgensen, Martin; Reed, David; Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Laks, Peter; Collins, Anne; Mroz, Glenn; Degorski, Marek. 2006. Wood strength loss as a measure of decomposition in northern forest mineral soil.
• Dumroese, R. Kasten; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Salifu, K. Francis; Jacobs, Douglass F. 2005. Exponential fertilization of Pinus monticola seedlings: nutrient uptake efficiency, leaching fractions, and early outplanting performance.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah. 2005. Fuels planning: science synthesis and integration; environmental consequences fact sheet 14: Fuels reduction and compaction.
• Powers, Robert F.; Scott, D. Andrew; Sanchez, Felipe g.; Voldseth, Richard A.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Elioff, John D.; Stone, Douglas M. 2005. The North American long-term soil productivity experiment: findings from the first decade of research.
• Risch, Anita C.; Jurgensen, Martin F.; Schutz, Martin; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 2005. The contribution of red wood ants to soil C and N pools and CO2 emissions in subalpine forests.
• Jurgensen, Martin; Laks, Peter; Reed, David; Collins, Anne; Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Crawford, Douglas. 2004. Chemical, physical and biological factors affecting wood decomposition in forest soils.
• Powers, Robert F.; Sanchez, Felipe G.; Scott, D. Andrew; Page-Dumroese, Deborah. 2004. The North American Long-Term Soil Productivity Experiment: Coast-to-coast findings from the first decade.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Jurgensen, Martin F.; Harvey, Alan E. 2003. Fire and fire-suppression impacts on forest-soil carbon Chapter 13.
• Page-Dumroese, Deborah; Jurgensen, Martin; Elliot, William; Rice, Thomas; Nesser, John; Collins, Thomas; Meurisse, Robert. 2000. Soil quality standards and guidelines for forest sustainability in northwestern North America.
• Ford, Gary L.; Maynard, C. Lee; Nesser, John A.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S. 1998. Landtype associations of the Northern Region 1997: A first approximation.
• Nesser, John A.; Ford, Gary L.; Maynard, C. Lee; Dumroese, Debbie. 1997. Ecological units of the Northern Region: Subsections.
• Jurgensen, M. F.; Harvey, A. E.; Graham, R. T.; Page-Dumroese, D. S.; Tonn, J. R.; Larsen, M. J.; Jain, T. B. 1997. Impacts of timber harvesting on soil organic matter, nitrogen, productivity, and health of inland northwest forests.
• Cooper, Stephen V.; Lesica, Peter; Page-Dumroese, Deborah. 1997. Plant community classification for alpine vegetation on the Beaverhead National Forest, Montana.
• Page-Dumroese, Deb; Harvey, Al; Jurgensen, Marty. 1995. A guide to soil samplng and analysis on the National Forests of the Inland Northwest United States.
• Graham, R. T.; Harvey, A. E.; Jurgensen, M. F.; Page-Dumroese, D. S.; Tonn, J. R.; Jain, T. B. 1995. Response of western larch to site preparation.
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Research Highlights

Highlight	Title	Year
RMRS-2016-207	Development of a Forest Biochar Spreader Biochar can be used to restore forest, range, or mine soils by adding organic matter, providing buffer from droughts or floods by increasing wat ...	2016
RMRS-2016-226	Maintaining Long-term Productivity of Inland Northwest Forests After Bioenergy Harvesting As the U.S. moves towards a more green economy, it is critical to understand the long-term impacts of harvest operations on both above and below ...	2016
RMRS-2017-174	Making biochar with waste woody biomass Forest restoration treatments create tons of waste residues that are normally burned in slash piles that damage the soil and cause pollution. F ...	2017
RMRS-2011-11	New protocols help understand changing soils Forest Service scientists have met the challenge of developing meaningful soil quality standards that can evaluate the full range of variability ...	2011
RMRS-2017-201	Restoring abandoned mine soil with organic amendments Restoring abandoned mine sites with no environmental hazard or chemical contamination can be expensive because of the inhospitable (hot, dry) en ...	2017
RMRS-2018-90	The Region 4 — RMRS Science Partner Program: Working to improve management strategies and communication through shared stewardship In 2016, the Rocky Mountain Research Station launched the Region 4—Rocky Mountain Research Station Science Partner Pilot program. The program' ...	2018
RMRS-2016-214	Using Biochar to Improve Soil Quality on Decommissioned Roads U.S. National Forests have more than 380,000 miles of roads. Many of these roads are over 25 years old, sub-standard, compacted, and invaded wit ...	2016