PUBLICATIONS
➤ 499 total publications. (Includes Station series publications,
journal articles, proceedings, books or book chapters, theses
and dissertations, and other publications.)
➤ Over 120,000 hardcopies of Station series publications
distributed.
➤ Over 150,000 (estimated) downloads of Station publications
from Web site.
➤ 1,883 Station publications available online (via Station’s
Web site and Treesearch, http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us).
➤ 11,000–13,000 journal article reprints distributed by
Total Publications
600
about 9,800 copies distributed each issue.
➤ 3 issues of PNW Science Update published;
about 9,800 distributed each issue.
➤ 2 CD-ROMs produced.
➤ 47 multimedia presentations produced.
types of PUBLICATIONS
Journal articles
Station Series
Books
Proceedings
Theses
Other
255
57
60
24
12
91
GOAL aCCOMPLISHMENTS
scientists in response to requests.
➤ 10 issues of PNW Science Findings published;
400
300
200
Frank Vanni
100
06
20
05
20
04
20
03
20
20
02
0
Fiscal year
Types of Publications
499 total publications for FY2006
Theses and
dissertations
2%
Proceedings
5%
Station
series
11%
Books or
chapters
12%
Journal
articles
51%
Other
18%
Frank Vanni
Publications
500
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lEARNING EVENTS
➤ 2,425 people participated in symposia and workshops.
➤ 1,710 people went on field tours.
➤ 5,300 people participated in conservation education activities.
An additional 15 million students, teachers, and
community members were reached through electronic
field trips and other broadcast events sponsored by
partners with contributions from Station scientists.
The PNW Research Station sponsors many scientific
and technical events every year, many with the help of
partners, including universities, state and federal agencies,
and nongovernmental organizations. Following is a
description of many of these events.
Andrews Forest and Mount St. Helens. About 95 people
participated in nine, 1-day tours to the Andrews Forest and
two, 1-day tours to Mount St. Helens where science findings
and management implications of research in these places
managed by the USDA Forest Service were explained to
public and professional groups.
BlueSky consortium meeting. Scientists, land managers, and
agency administrators met in Seattle, Washington, to discuss
progress on the BlueSky modeling framework, user concerns
and needs, and to plan direction for the next year. This year’s
meeting focused on user interfaces, what user communities
are best served by the current version of BlueSky, and how to
balance regional and national user interest in the modeling
framework. The meeting was attended by 22 participants.
Capitol State Forest Silviculture Research tour. Station
researchers in Olympia provided tours for about 55 professionals to the Silvicultural Options for Young-Growth
Douglas-fir study and 60 professionals to the Tree Damage
study site.
Aquatic and Land Interactions Program
SCIENCE 2006 aCCOMPLISHMENTS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER EVENTS
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Engaging communities in fire and fuels management and
restoration on public lands workshop. A diverse audience
of 802 attendees (48 percent from outside the United States)
from 23 countries attended the international symposium
for society and resource management. The meeting, held in
Eugene, Oregon, was cosponsored by the Forest Service and
University of Oregon.
Exploring the scientific basis for stewardship and restoration of coastal rivers, conference. About 235 attended a
meeting in Seattle, Washington, presented by the Coastal
Rivers Research Consortium, on the scientific basis for
stewardship and restoration of coastal rivers by identifying
emerging policy issues, synthesizing the current understanding of coastal rivers as ecological systems, and identifying key
scientific challenges for the next decade.
Field tour for Oregon State University, Vegetation Management Research Cooperative. The Silviculture and Forest
Models Team hosted 20 members from forest industry at the
Capitol State Forest to review the recently published research
from the Overstory Density Study. Participants also visited
an installation of the new Tree Damage study designed
to study the effects of bear damage on tree growth and
development.
Fire and Fire Surrogate (FFS) Study field tour. About 32
participated in the Blodgett Experimental Forest field tour,
near Georgetown, California. The tour demonstrated the
effects and results of FFS study treatments to forest-land
managers, regulators, nongovernmental organizations, tribal
members, and interested public members. It included feedback sessions to determine how to optimize research and
research products for management use.
Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) client meetings. At
these annual meetings FIA shares with a total of about 75
clients from Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California
information about its activities for the last year as well as the
results of FIA research. This year FIA had a mixed agenda
and invited clients to present results from their research
based on the inventory data.
Forest Service national global change conference. An
assessment of current knowledge about the effects of climate
change on terrestrial ecosystems in the United States, with
emphasis on research gaps and future programs was presented
to 120 people in Wemme, Oregon.
Large-scale management studies technology transfer
workshop. Thirty-five scientists, managers, and planners
gathered in Bonneville, Washington, to identify management
information needs from silviculture research and to discuss
how current large-scale silviculture studies are positioned to
address current and near-future management information
needs. Participants were from BLM, Oregon State University, PNW Research Station, Pacific Northwest Region, and
U.S. Geological Survey.
Managing for resilience: an Oregon Sea Grant workshop
on salmon, estuaries, and watersheds workshop. In Troutdale, Oregon, 60 scientists and resource managers met to
examine salmon restoration, with special emphasis on the role
of estuaries. Through presentations, case studies, and discussion groups, the workshop explored the scientific and social
dimensions of a conservation approach based on the concept
of resilience.
Meeting the challenge: invasive plants in Pacific Northwest ecosystems. About 200 people attended this 2-day conference at the University of Washington in Seattle; its mission
was to create strategies and partnerships to understand and
manage plant invasions in the Pacific Northwest. Keynote
speakers included Ann Bartuska, Forest Service Deputy
Chief for Research, and John Randall, Director of the Global
Invasive Species Initiative, Nature Conservancy. A post-conference field tour took 30 attendees to view ongoing projects
and discuss invasive plant and restoration opportunities
within the Snoqualmie River Watershed.
John Laurence
H.J. Andrews Experiment Forest. About 1,270 scientists,
natural resource managers, public, students (K-16), and
teachers participated in tours of the H.J. Andrews
Experimental Forest. Participants were from throughout
the world.
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. This
field tour hosted by the Pacific Northwest Research Station/
USDA Forest Service was for staff members of the Northwest
Delegation and key partners to review long-term studies at
the volcano and discuss how lessons from Mount St. Helens
can be applied to managing the aftermath of large natural
disturbances. About 15 participated.
National conference on advances in threat assessment and
their application to forest and rangeland management.
This conference assembled 160 experts and practitioners in
the field of risk assessment to present various approaches and
applications of risk assessment to management and policy
issues. A peer-reviewed proceedings will result from the conference, as well as an online encyclopedia of environmental
risk assessment case studies and synthesis papers.
Natural resource journalist institute tour. Twenty-five people from across North America, Africa, and India toured the
Starkey Experimental Forest and Range facilities and listened
to discussion of past and present research on managing Western forests and wildlife, with emphasis on fuels reduction and
wildfire.
North American dendrology workshop. Twenty-five people
attended this meeting at the Hatfield Marine Science Center,
which included two field days based at the H.J. Andrews
Experimental Forest. The participants did field sampling for
analysis of fire history and dendroclimatology from very old
trees. They identified one tree nearly 1,000 years old, on a
lava flow near Santiam Pass in the Oregon Cascade Range.
Olympia Forestry Sciences Laboratory monthly seminar
series. The Resource Management and Productivity Program
at Olympia hosted a monthly seminar series on a wide range
of topics. About 25 natural resource professionals in the
South Puget Sound Region attend each month.
Postdisturbance tree mortality models: regional briefing
and discussion. About 25 people participated in a meeting
and learned about current Station research related to tree
mortality. They also helped identify strategies for cooperation
between the Station and Pacific Northwest Region to refine,
evaluate, and apply tree mortality rating systems.
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Geographic information system (GIS) day 2005. This global
event held at the LaSells Stewart Center and Oregon State
University (OSU) campus in Corvallis, Oregon, is held to
educate children and adults about how geography makes
a difference in our lives through GIS. The OSU GIS day
activities are sponsored by the Department of Geosciences,
the Department of Forest Science (in conjunction with the
USDA Forest Service and the U.S. Geological Survey), and
the OSU Valley Library. Activities included a special program for over 450 students, teachers, and parents from Linus
Pauling, Cheldelin, and Franklin middle schools, as well as a
class from Jefferson High in Portland, Oregon. The students
saw demonstrations of GIS applications, participated in a
global positioning systems hike around campus, and listened
to a keynote address on using GIS technology for salmon
conservation. An adult seminar and poster session were held
as well.
Presentation on Alaska timber demand project. About 15
people attended a public presentation in Sitka, Alaska, on
“Scenario building: possible futures” on the timber demand
project. This presentation allowed a chance for the public to
review the results of the Tongass timber-demand report and
ask questions of its authors.
SLICE (hillslope hydrology) conference. Thirty participated
in this workshop at the H.J. Andrews Experiment Forest near
Blue River, Oregon, for national and international hydrologists. The hydrologists focused on inter-site comparisons, data
exchange, and discussion of site similarities and differences,
with the ultimate goal of developing a hillslope typology.
South Puget Sound prairie tour. About 40 people attended
this field trip organized for the South Puget Sound Prairie
Working Group. This group works to promote and improve
the management and planning of conservation actions on
the prairies and associated habitats of South Puget Sound in
Washington.
SCIENCE 2006 aCCOMPLISHMENTS
State of the science for risk assessment workshop. This
workshop assembled a comprehensive group of about 25
experts and practitioners in the field of risk assessment to
discuss state-of-science risk assessment methodologies. This
workshop helped Western Wildland Environmental Threat
Assessment Center staff develop work plans.
Regional fuels workshops: Southeast, Hawaii, and Pacific
Northwest. A total of 56 people attended regional fuels
workshops: 16 people in Ichauway, Georgia; 19 people in
Hilo, Hawaii; and 21 people in Sunriver, Oregon. The 3-day
course of classroom and field instruction taught participants
how to use the FCCS, Consume 3.0, and the Natural Fuels
Photo Series.
Science of critical loads. At the North Cascades National
Park, about 45 scientists met to discuss issues around the scientific basis for determining critical atmospheric loads in the
Pacific Northwest: what we do know, and what needs further
study. The meeting was sponsored jointly by PNW Research
Station, Pacific Northwest Region, and the National Park
Service.
Season of burn workshop. Forty-five attended a field workshop held at the Emigrant Creek Ranger District Season of
Burn study area. This workshop was requested by the Joint
Fire Sciences Program (JFSP) and included members of
the JFSP board of Governors, other interested persons, and
foresters and silviculturists from the six national forests
in eastern Oregon. The workshop focused on ecosystem
responses to season of prescribed burn. The model developed
from the meeting will be used to project a probability of mortality for ponderosa pine based on tree damage.
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CONSERVATION
EDUCATION
Conservation education
introduces children and adults
to the natural world. Electronic
field trips are a new way that
PNW Research Station scientists are sharing forest science,
extending contacts to larger
audiences.
Edna Mo
John Laurence
The ecology of openings. Presentations on the ecology of
nonforest openings in the otherwise forested landscape of
western Oregon were given at the Salem, Oregon, BLM
office to 45 land managers, scientists, and other interested
people.
America’s Rain Forests, A Distance Learning Adventure.
A 90-minute satellite, cable, and Web broadcast from Alaska,
Puerto Rico, and the studios of the Prince William Network
in Virginia reached several thousand fifth- to eighth-grade
students. The program included video shot at Wind River
Canopy Crane and a Station scientist as one of the temperate
rain forest experts onsite in Alaska. The program is archived
at http://rainforests.pwnet.org/.
Aquatic ecology monitoring program. A PNW Research
Station scientist worked with Battle Ground High School
students to develop a multiyear field program. Over 6
months, about 120 students learned to design and implement aquatic scientific studies through hands-on activities.
The program included field trips to Clark County Agricultural Science and Environmental Center, Brush Prairie,
Washington.
Capitol Forest field trip. Station scientists led a field trip
to Capitol Forest for 22 natural resource students from the
Tumwater School District. In addition, four students from
the district are following forest science research projects as
part of their senior culminating project, in cooperation with
the Pacific Education Institute.
Fern Ridge Middle School.
Fifteen Fern Ridge Middle
School seventh graders studied
macroinvertebrates and oldgrowth forests for 3 days at the
H.J. Andrews Experimental
Forest. They also learned treeclimbing techniques and spent
time in the canopy with guides
from the Pacific Tree Climbing
Institute.
Forest Camp–Project Learning Tree. Forest Camp is an
outdoor learning event for fifth and sixth graders near Sweet
Home, Oregon. The curriculum is focused on the ecology
of forests with a team of Station scientists teaching the “web
of life” concept about connections among biotic and abiotic
elements of forest ecosystems. Several Station scientists each
contribute 1 day of instruction for 100 to 120 students.
Forest Ecology and Management Walk in the Woods.
This program for 125 seventh- and eighth-grade students at
Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School in Juneau, Alaska, took them
hiking through a variety of forested sites with a Station forest
ecologist, discussing forest succession, management issues,
and forest health. Station scientists mentored students preparing projects for middle school and high school science fairs.
Green River Community College. Researchers in Olympia
provided an overview of Forest Service activities and research
program for 12 students and faculty from the Green River
Community College natural resource program. Two students
later completed their spring internship requirement with the
Resource Management and Productivity Program.
H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest used by colleges and
universities. Classes from 11 colleges and universities
used the Andrews facilities and forest in 2006: Oregon
State University, Portland State University, Lewis and
Inner City Youth Institute. The Station continued support
to the Inner City Youth Institute (ICYI). The ICYI sponsors ecology clubs in inner-city middle and high schools and
a summer camp program for middle school students, held
in Corvallis, Oregon. The ICYI is a collaboration among
the Forest Service; Oregon State University; the Audubon
Society of Portland, Oregon; and BLM. About 200 students
participated in ICYI programs.
Kids in the Creek. In this
program, biology classes from
Wenatchee High School
were brought to a site in the
Wenatchee River subbasin to
perform hands-on watershed
monitoring. About 150 students
participated.
Lewis and Clark Elementary
School. A Station scientist
spoke to about 100 students in
Wenatchee, Washington, on
wildlife ecology and careers in
wildlife biology.
McKenzie Arts Forum. McKenzie Arts Forum conducted
workshops on three weekends in October on nature photography, nature writing, and watercolor in the H.J. Andrews
Experimental Forest. There were a total of 30 participants.
McKenzie Outdoor School. Eighteen fifth graders from
the McKenzie School District spent 3 days learning about
nature journaling, orienteering, the salmon life cycle, riparian areas, and native plant identification at the H.J. Andrews
Experimental Forest.
Natural resource management educational tour. Resource
management professionals from Port Blakely Tree Farms,
Louisiana-Pacific, and members of the Southwest Washington Chapter of Society of American Foresters (including
a Station scientist) provided a half-day hands-on training
session on how forests are managed for timber and wildlife,
including visits to a forest plantation, riparian zone, and wildlife habitat area. About 80 students from Montesano High
School, Montesano, Washington, attended the program.
Northwest Science Expo. The Station sponsored “Outstanding Forest Science” awards to a high school and
middle school student at the Northwest Science Expo,
which is a science fair for young scientists, engineers, and
mathematicians, at Portland State University in March.
The Station also participated in judging.
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Corvallis Outdoor School. Field
and classroom sessions on the
natural history of streams were
presented to 200 middle school
students in Corvallis, Oregon.
Clark College, Willamette University, The Evergreen State
College, Central Oregon Community College, Chemeketa
Community College, Lane Community College, University
of Washington, University of Oregon, and Lancaster University (England). Total participants numbered 350.
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Boise Bug Day. This 1-day event at the Boise Botanical Garden in Boise, Idaho, was sponsored by organizations, including PNW Research Station, with an interest in entomology.
Bug Day included displays, posters, discussions, and handson experiences for over 1,000 children and adults, introducing them to insects and their relatives.
Oak restoration tours. Tours hosted 25 natural resource and
ecology students and instructors from Chemeketa Community College, Salem, Oregon, and Washington State University-Vancouver. The two tours featured the effects of conifer
removals, fire, and establishment of new vegetation as tools
in restoring oak savannas.
Oregon State University Extension outdoor school. Field
and classroom sessions on ecology of riparian zones were
presented to about 150 middle school students in Astoria,
Oregon.
Outdoor School. Outdoor school is a program in which
about 200 to 300 middle school students in Benton County,
Oregon, receive environmental education in a natural setting.
It meets for a single day in each of two weeks in spring. In
fall, it meets as a residential program at Camp Tadmor near
Sweet Home, Oregon. A Station scientist served as instructor
and subject expert, wrote the plants curriculum, and coordinated 10 teachers/volunteers in teaching the hands-on course
about plant and pollinator biology, conservation, and integration with soils, wildlife, forestry, and water.
Trout Unlimited “Salmon Watch” Program. Over 1,800
public visitors were hosted on interpretive field trips to a
variety of salmon spawning locations in Thurston County,
Washington. Additionally, three field trips for 200 fourthand fifth-grade students from Thurston County were held
during fall 2005. A Station scientist helped these visitors
and students better understand stream ecology, aquatic
macroinvertebrates, and salmon.
Project Learning Tree. Oregon Forestry Education Program
held their annual workshop for middle and high school teachers at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, with 10 attending. This year’s focus was on watersheds.
Salmon Watch. Field sessions on streams with spawning
salmon were presented to 200 students in grade and middle
schools in Corvallis, Oregon. Presentations covered stream
and fish ecology.
SMILE workshop. Fifty teachers from across Oregon came
to the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest to learn about field
research and to help them better incorporate ecology into
SMILE club activities for disadvantaged and minority youth.
This is part of the long-term education partnership with the
Andrews Long-Term Ecological Research.
Starkey Experimental Forest and Range tours. Three tours
of the Starkey Experimental Forest and Range were presented
for about 45 high school and university students. Students
learned about Starkey research and its relevance to management of national forests.
Teaching ecosystem complexity. A new cross-site long-term
ecosystem research (LTER) education project funded by
the National Science Foundation has sites at H.J. Andrews
Experimental Forest in addition to four other sites (Luquillo,
Central Arizona Project, Jornada, Shortgrass steppe). In July,
20 scientists, high school teachers, and science education folks
from the five LTER sites met to plan the new project. Over
the next 4 years, there will be teacher’s workshops at all these
LTER sites as well as workshops that will train educators
from nature centers.
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SCIENCE 2006 aCCOMPLISHMENTS
Orchard Middle School. Two presentations on wildlife
biology were given to 75 seventh- and eighth-grade students
in Wenatchee, Washington.
Tree-mendous Technology: Studying the Life of a Forest
From the Ground Up. The Station was involved in this electronic field trip sponsored by Ball State University, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and the Wind River
Canopy Crane research facility. The live interactive field trip
allowed more than 15 million students, teachers, and community members from 49 states to pose questions to the show’s
experts (some from the Station) and participate in a live
exploration of the forest. The broadcast also reached Mexico
and Canada. The Station contributed 200 old-growth posters
to participating classrooms. For more information, see http://
www.bsu.edu/eft/treetops/. Video archived at: http://ali.apple.
com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1001725/The_Field_Trip.html.
Web of Life. In partnership with an Aloha Park Elementary
School teacher (Aloha, Oregon), a Station scientist taught a
fifth-grade class of 30 students about the web of life, ecology,
and conservation.
Wolftree. Several PNW Station employees participated in
ecology programs with Portland and Vancouver area middle
and high schools. About 100 students were involved. The
Station also contributed funds for supplies and equipment.
Undergraduate disturbance ecology field course. A PNW
Station scientist worked with faculty at University of Washington-Tacoma and Tacoma Community College to develop
curricula and plan field activities for undergraduate field
ecology classes at Mount St. Helens. Eighteen undergraduate
students participated.
HONORS AND AWARDS
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SCIENCE 2006 aCCOMPLISHMENTS
Station Director’s Award
Wings Across the Americas
Becky Bittner, technology transfer
specialist of Communications and
Applications Program, and Cynthia Miner, Communications and
Applications Program Manager,
were recognized among other
partners responsible for founding
and implementing the Inner City
Youth Institute. The program helps
increase the diversity in the agency
by encouraging youth of color to
pursue educations and future careers
in natural resources.
Douglas Boyce, Alaska Coordinator
for the Station, received an international cooperation award for his
habitat sustainability findings for the
Copper River Delta International
Migratory Bird Initiative. Boyce was
also honored by the Wings Across
the Americas for 14 years of cooperative research to find ways to manage habitat for the northern goshawk
in the American Southwest.
Natural Resource
Stewardship Award
Evelyn Bull, Research Wildlife
Biologist with Managing Disturbance Regimes Program, was
presented with the 2006 Natural
Resource Stewardship Award from
the PNW Research Station Director
for her collaborative work with other
agencies and nonprofits in the area
of natural resources management.
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International Union of Forest
Research Organizations
Distinguished Service Award
Dennis Dykstra, research forest
products technologist with Human
and Natural Resources Interactions Program, was presented with
the International Union of Forest
Research Organizations Distinguished Service Award. He was
cited for substantially contributing to
furthering the scientific, technical,
and organizational aims of IUFRO
through his dedication, leadership,
creativity, and enthusiasm.
Chief’s Honor Award for
Superior Science
Sue Ferguson, atmospheric
scientist with the Managing
Disturbance Regimes Program,
was posthumously awarded for her
pioneering work and leadership in
building communities of researchers
and managers to address the
toughest problems in atmospheric
fire science and translating this
research into useful applications.
Prior to her death in December
2005, Ferguson was leader of the
AirFIRE Team.
National Fire Plan
Science Award
The Fire and Environmental
Research Applications Team of
Managing Disturbance Regimes
Program, along with Southern
Research Station, was awarded for
forming a partnership that improved
prescribed fire management, ecological restoration, and wood-based
bioenergy production. Other partners were the University of Georgia
School of Public Health and Westinghouse Savannah River Company.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Integrated Team Award
The San Dimas Aquatic Organism Passage Inventory and Design
Instruction team received this award
from Forest Service Deputy Chief
Ann Bartuska for implementing an
innovative approach to land management and making a difference on the
ground. Michael Furniss, hydrologist with the Communications and
Applications Program, a member
of the integrated team, created the
innovative software for the project.
Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest Collaboration
Leadership Award
Jane L. Hayes, research biological
scientist with Managing Disturbance
Regimes Program, along with Paul
Survis, silviculturist with Hells
Canyon NRA, and Don Scott,
entomologist with Blue Mountains
Pest Management Service Center,
was recognized by the WallowaWhitman National Forest for
successful collaboration. The three
worked together to design and
implement a multiyear integrated
pest management program to
perpetuate the outstanding resource
values of the Imnaha River corridor.
outstanding Web site for the FIREHouse Project. The project serves as
a clearinghouse for fire research in
the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
Toward a Multicultural
National Fire Plan Excellence
Organization
in Research Award
Michael H. McClellan, supervisory
research ecologist with Resource
Management and Productivity Program, received the Station’s 2006
multicultural organization award.
The award recognized his work in
creating a diverse workforce, mentoring students within the Juneau
community, promoting interest
in science among Alaska Native
students, and especially for his outreach and recruitment of minorities,
women, and people with disabilities.
Roger D. Ottmar, research forester with Managing Disturbance
Regimes Program received this
Forest Service award for exemplary
efforts in completing the Fuel Characteristic Classification System.
Joint Fire Science Program
Project With Best Web Site
Diana Olson, forester with Managing Disturbance Regimes Program,
and Paige Eagle, research scientist,
University of Washington, were recognized for their work developing an
Chief’s Honor Award for
Excellence in Technology
Transfer
Roger D. Ottmar, research forester with Managing Disturbance
Regimes Program, was recognized
for developing and teaching smoke
management courses and designing,
developing, distributing, supporting, and transferring applications
that enable managers, regulators,
and scientists to create, catalog, and
classify fuelbeds.
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Oregon State University,
Registry of Distinguished
Graduates
SCIENCE 2006 aCCOMPLISHMENTS
Gordon H. Reeves, research fish
biologist with the Aquatic and
Land Interactions Program, was
listed in Oregon State University’s
Registry of Distinguished Graduates of the Department of Fisheries
and Wildlife. The university honors
departmental graduates who have
distinguished themselves throughout
their professional careers. The award
mentioned Reeves’ many accomplishments with the PNW Research
Station in helping to develop
conservation plans and in modeling impacts of forest management
policies on lands along the Oregon
coast, as well as his work in courtesy
faculty appointments with Oregon
State University and Humboldt
State University.
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Western International
Forest Disease Work
Conference 2005 Outstanding
Achievement Award
Walter G. Thies, research plant
pathologist with Managing Disturbance Regimes Program, received
this achievement award for sustained
long-term high-quality research on
laminated root rot and other root
diseases of forest trees.
National Rangeland Research
and Development Award
Martin Vavra, supervisory rangeland scientist and Disturbance
Ecology and Management Team
Leader for Managing Disturbance
Regimes Program received this
Forest Service award for outstanding
scientific achievement in the field of
rangeland ecology and management
of national forests and grasslands.
Super Supervisor
Karen Waddell, forester with the
Forest Inventory and Analysis
Program, was named a super
supervisor by the Association
for Persons with Disabilities in
Agriculture for excellent supervision
of an employee with a disability.
Waddell was one of just three
USDA employees who received
this award.
American Geophysical
Union Editor’s Citation for
Excellence in Refereeing
Steve Wondzell, ecologist with the
Aquatic and Land Interactions Program, was presented with this award
for excellence in reviewing scientific
manuscripts for one of the Nation’s
most widely read hydrology journals,
Water Resources Research.
Finances and Workforce
Two sources of funding support the work of the PNW Research Station: federal
appropriations, which contribute the greatest percentage of funds; and direct client
support, which comes from organizations in need of scientific information.
Incoming funding
2006 PNW Research Station finances
and workforce, by the numbers
Fiscal year 2006:
October 1, 2005, to September 30, 2006
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Incoming funding
Base research appropriations: $40.7 million
Client support: $11.4 million
Total funding: $52.1 million
Permanent employee costs: ($26.8 million) — 51.5%
Support and operations: ($16.3 million) — 31.3%
Distributed to cooperators: ($8.9 million) — 17.2%
Of $8.9 million to cooperators, 84 percent went to educational institutions.
20
06
20
04
20
05
Distribution of funds
20
02
20
03
Dollars in millions
Year
Distribution of funds
Workforce statistics
Cooperators
17.2%
Employee
costs
51.5%
Support and
operations
31.3%
Permanent workforce: 298 employees
Of the permanent workforce, 31 percent, or 92 employees, are scientists.
Temporary workforce: 181 employees
Total Station workforce: 479 employees
WORKFORCE
Permanent employees by type
Total number of employees
Support
Scientists
Permanent positions
Temporary positions
Year
78
100
50
20
05
20
Year
06
0
04
06
20
20
05
04
20
03
20
20
02
0
150
20
50
200
03
100
250
20
150
300
02
200
350
20
Number of employees
250
Number of employees
SCIENCE 2006 aCCOMPLISHMENTS
Base research appropriations
Support from clients
cooperators who receiveD funding for studies
from the pnw research station in 2006
In 2006, the PNW Research Station distributed about $8.9 million to its cooperators. Below are the
cooperators who currently have agreements and partnerships with the Station.
Educational Institutions
Other Federal Agencies
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Agricultural Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Foreign Agricultural Service
U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Department of the Interior,
Geological Survey
U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service
State Agencies
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Oregon Department of Forestry
Ketchikan Wood Technology Center
Lawrence Ruth & Associates
MacGregor-Bates, Inc.
Mazurek Sponsored Projects Services
Municipal Governments
Crook County
Nongovernmental Organizations
Defenders of Wildlife
Earth Systems Institute
Resources for the Future
Society of American Foresters
The Nature Conservancy
Foreign Institutes
Forest Research, New Zealand
Private Industry
Portland General Electric
Carlson Small Power Associates
Cortner & Associates
clients who provided funding for studies to the
pnw research station in 2006
In 2006, the PNW Research Station received about $2.2 million in support from clients other than the USDA
Forest Service, National Forest System; USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry; and other research
stations. Below are the clients who currently have agreements and partnerships with the Station.
Educational Institutions
U.S. Department of the Interior,
Geological Survey
Private Industry
Other Federal Agencies
U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service
Portland General Electric
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Municipal Governments
Notre Dame University
Northwest Power Planning Council
City of Seattle
U.S. Department of Defense, Fort Lewis
State Agencies
U.S. Department of Energy
Oregon Department of Forestry
U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management
Washington Department of
Fish and Wildlife
U.S. Department of the Interior,
Fish and Wildlife Service
Washington Department of
Natural Resources
Kelsey Creek Laboratories
Weyerhaeuser Company
Washington Department of
Transportation
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Auburn University
Cornell University
Eastern Oregon University
Indiana University
Michigan State University
Oregon State University
Pennsylvania State University
South Dakota State University
Southern Oregon University
State University of New York
University of Alaska (Anchorage
and Fairbanks)
University of Arizona
University of Idaho
University of Illinois
University of Oregon
University of Washington
Utah State University
Virginia Tech University
Washington State University
Western Washington University
PNW Research Station organizatioN
Station Director
Focused Science Delivery
Bov Eav
P.O. Box 3890
Portland, OR 97208-3890
Phone: 503-808-2100
E-mail: beav@fs.fed.us
SCIENCE 2006 aCCOMPLISHMENTS
Deputy Station Director
Cynthia D. West
P.O. Box 3890
Portland, OR 97208-3890
Phone: 503-808-2104
E-mail: cdwest@fs.fed.us
Jamie Barbour
Pacific Northwest Research Station
P.O. Box 3890
Portland, OR 97208-3890
Phone: 503-808-2542
E-mail: jbarbour01@fs.fed.us
Forest Inventory and Analysis
Sue Willits
Forestry Sciences Laboratory
P.O. Box 3890
Portland, OR 97208-3890
Phone: 503-808-2066
E-mail: swillits@fs.fed.us
Assistant Station Director
Paul Dunn
P.O. Box 3890
Portland, OR 97208-3890
Phone: 503-808-2115
E-mail: pdunn@fs.fed.us
Human and Natural Resources Interactions
Richard Haynes
Forestry Sciences Laboratory
P.O. Box 3890
Portland, OR 97208-3890
Phone: 503-808-2002
E-mail: rhaynes@fs.fed.us
Director for Operations
Rolando Ortegon
P.O. Box 3890
Portland, OR 97208-3890
Phone: 503-808-2102
E-mail: rortegon@fs.fed.us
Managing Disturbance Regimes
Ed DePuit
Forestry Sciences Laboratory
1133 N Western Avenue
Wenatchee, WA 98801
Phone: 509-664-1715
E-mail: ejdepuit@fs.fed.us
Program Manager and Communications
and Applications Director
Cynthia L. Miner
P.O. Box 3890
Portland, OR 97208-3890
Phone: 503-808-2135
E-mail: clminer@fs.fed.us
Resource Management and Productivity
Charley Peterson
Forestry Sciences Laboratory
P.O. Box 3890
Portland, OR 97208-3890
Phone: 503-808-2026
E-mail: cepeterson@fs.fed.us
Program Managers
Aquatic and Land Interactions
Douglas Ryan
Forestry Sciences Laboratory
3625 93rd Avenue SW
Olympia, WA 98512
Phone: 360-753-7652
E-mail: dryan01@fs.fed.us
Ecosystem Processes
John Laurence
Forestry Sciences Laboratory
3200 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
Phone: 541-750-7357
E-mail: jalaurence@fs.fed.us
CREDITS
Communications and Applications Program Manager — Cynthia L. Miner
Managing editor — Valerie Rapp
Writers — Valerie Rapp and Yasmeen Sands
Art direction and production management — Frank Vanni
Graphic design — Pilar Reichlein and Keith Routman
Map — Keith Routman
Photography — see credit with each photo
All uncredited photos — USDA Forest Service staff
Publications mentioned in this report can be requested by calling (503) 808-2138 or e-mailing pnw_pnwpubs@fs.fed.us.
Many publications can be downloaded from the PNW Research Station Web site at: http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/.
Note: The use of trade or firm names in this publication is for reader information and does not imply endorsement by
the U.S. Department of Agriculture of any product or service.
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The attached CD-ROM contains the following files:
➤ 2006 Science Accomplishments.
➤ PNW Research Program Reports.
➤ PNW Directory for Research Programs.
➤ 2006 PNW Research Station publications.
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