Appendix B: Existing U.S. Forest Service Programs with a Focus on
Science Delivery.
These programs listed below can be a great starting point for thinking about how to integrate science
and management and connect with the science community.
National Forest System
Ecosystem Management Coordination
Planning and Analysis Group
Technical Assistance (WO
Detached)
NRIS (FS Veg) (Ft. Collins)
http://www.fs.fed.us/institute/
http://fsweb.nris.fs.fed.us/
Forest Management
Forest Management Service Center
(Ft. Collins)
Engineering
http://fsweb.ftcol.wo.fs.fed.us/frs/fmsc/
Remote Sensing Applications
Center (Salt Lake City)
http://rsac.gsc.wo.fs.fed.us/
San Dimas Tech and Development
Center
http://fsweb.sdtdc.wo.fs.fed.us/
Missoula Tech and Development
Center
http://fsweb.mtdc.wo.fs.fed.us/
Geospatial Service and Tech Center
(Salt Lake City)
http://fsweb.gsc.wo.fs.fed.us/
Wildlife, Fish, Water, Air & Rare Plants
National Stream System Tech
Center (Stream Team) (Ft. Collins)
http://www.stream.fs.fed.us/
Fish Aquatic & Ecology Unit
http://www.fs.fed.us/biology/fishecology/index.html
Wildlife Ecology Unit
http://www.fs.fed.us/biology/wildecology/
Range
National Riparian Service Team
(Prineville OR)
Enterprise Program
http://www.fs.fed.us/rangelands/ecology/riparian_serviceteam.shtml
http://fsweb.wo.fs.fed.us/enterprise-program/ep-contacts.php
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State and Private Forestry
Forest Health Protection
Forest Health Technology
Enterprise Team (Ft. Collins)
http://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/technology/
Fire & Aviation Management
Wildland Fire Management RD&A
Program ( Boise)
http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/rmrs_sai/rda_wildland-fire.shtml
LANDFIRE
http://www.landfire.gov/
Fire Modeling Institute (Missoula)
http://www.fs.fed.us/fmi/
Joint Fire Sciences Program (JFSP)
(Interagency)
http://www.firescience.gov/
Fire Research and Management
Exchange System
(FRAMES)(Moscow, ID)
http://frames.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt
Co-op Forestry
Urban and Community Forestry
Technology Transfer Team
http://www.fs.fed.us/ucf/contact_ttteam.html
Urban and Community Forestry
Technology Tech Transfer Centers
http://www.fs.fed.us/ucf/contact_ttcenters.html
Research and Development
Western Wildland Environmental
Threat Assessment Center
(Prineville, OR)
http://www.fs.fed.us/wwetac/
Eastern Forest Environmental
Threat Assessment Center
(Asheville, NC)
http://www.forestthreats.org/
Focused Science Delivery Program
(PNW Station)
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/about/programs/fsd/index.shtml
Science Application and
Integration Program (RMRS)
Human Factors and Risk RD&A
(RMRS)
http://fsweb.rmrs.fs.fed.us/science-application-integration/
Fire and Environmental Research
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fera/
http://fsweb.rmrs.fs.fed.us/docs/science-application-integration/humanfactor-risk.pdf
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Applications Team (PNW
Station/U. of Wash.)
Forest Products Laboratory
Technology Marketing Unit
(FPL/S&PF)
http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/tmu/index.html
National Agroforestry Center
(FS/NRCS)(Lincoln, NB)
http://www.unl.edu/nac/
Northern Science, Technology, and
Applied Results NorthSTAR (NRS)
http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/units/northstar/
Northern Institute of Applied
Climate Science (NRS)
http://nrs.fs.fed.us/niacs/
Forest Inventory and Analysis
Program
http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/
Source: USDA Forest Service, Science-Management Integration Team, Final Report, September 22,
2009. Updated, January 2011.
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