Centers, Cooperatives, and Teaching Facilities
In addition to the academic Divisions, the College administers interdisciplinary research and education centers and cooperatives
in which faculty from across the College, as well as from other University academic units, participate. Several of these centers
are joIntly administered with the College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences.
Center for International Trade in Forest Products
Bruce Lippke, Director, 543-8684
Ivan Eastin, Associate Director, Rose Braden, Research Consultant, Carrie Cone, Secretary Senior, Lynne Hendrix, Office Assistant
Established in 1985 by the Washington State Legislature, the Center
for International Trade in Forest Products (CINTRAFOR) addresses
problems and opportunities in the import and export of forest
products. Efforts focus on designing public policies necessary for
fostering the expansion of forest-based international trade;
researching, developing, and disseminating relevant market and
technical information; supporting advanced degree programs for
training professionals in these areas; and developing public service
programs that deliver ideas and data to diverse audiences that range
from foreign delegations to K-12 classrooms. CINTRAFOR serves as
the academic partner to business, government, and industry
Accomplishments in 1997-1998
• Sponsored conference on export opportunities for value-added producers as a
consequence of deregulation in Japan’s
housing markets
• Co-hosted discussion forums for valueadded exporters to Japan, identifying
changes induced by the Asian downturn that
are important to export success
• Evaluated weaknesses in 2x4 construction
technology transfer to Japan
• Completed studies on the market potential
for wood-frame construction and interior
wood fixtures in South Korea
• Analyzed global impact of Asian economic
downturn on changing country and regional
competitiveness and trade flows
associations, providing market research and economic and policy
analyses to complement government’s export promotion activities
and industry’s marketing efforts. It conducts research projects,
sponsors conferences, distributes a research newsletter to 2,000
international users, sells and distributes technical reports, supports
graduate students, and provides short consultations. An Executive
Board, whose members represent small, medium, and large forest
products companies; state and federal agencies; as well as
educational institutions and industry organizations, works with the
Director in setting project priorities and strategies.
Plans for 1998-1999
• Analyzed economic and environmental
impacts of policy changes affecting forest
practices for western Washington
including anticipated efforts to restore
salmon habitat
• Publish six CINTRAFOR Working
Papers of interest to constituents
• Review activities with key congressional
delegates/staff
• Complete three meaningful projects
with presentations or reports to
Private Forest Forum constituents
• Complete two CINTRAFOR newsletters
• Analyzed viability of the non-industrial
private forest sector (NIPF) under more
restrictive environmental regulations
• Co-sponsor 15th Annual Jay Gruenfield
Associates Seattle Marketing Conference and one additional major outreach
event
• Surveyed the publics preferred choices
among forest management alternatives
with differing impacts on environmental
and economic measures and analyzed
strategies that raise the benefit values for
both timber rural and urban communities
• Analyzed changes in Russia’s forest sector
and developed prospective trade scenario
• Led consortium of 15 research
institutions in developing plan to characterize cradle-to-grave impact on the
environment of renewable industrial
wood resources
• Make twenty presentations at conferences to constituents and publics
• Develop four new CINTRAFOR Fact
Sheets for policymakers
• Review activities with key state
legislators/staff on WA State Natural
Resources and Economic Development
Committees
• Distribute 1,500 CINTRAFOR reports/
publications
• Get six industry and six public journal,
newsletter, and press accounts
• Support six marketing and economic
graduate students
• Raise $675,000 in grants, project funds,
and gifts
Center for Streamside Studies
Susan Bolton, Director, 685-7651
Leslie Wall, Program Assistant
The Center for Streamside Studies (CSS) was created in 1987 to
address critical issues associated with the riparian habitat in the
Pacific Northwest. The mission of the Center is to provide
information for the resolution of management issues related to the
production and protection of forest, fish, wildlife, and water
resources associated with streams and rivers of the Pacific
Northwest. CSS is jointly administered by the College of Forest
Resources and the College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences
Accomplishments in 1997-1998
• Funded six graduate students from various
disciplines (Forestry, Civil Engineering, and
Geological Sciences)
• Employed graduate students as research
assistants to compile past and current work
on riparian areas and prepare synthesis of
theses and dissertations
• Funded undergraduate students assisting in
engineered log jam and river-riparian
interactions research projects
• Hosted 8th Annual Review
• Co-sponsored symposium, Salmon in the City:
Can Habitat in the Path of Development be
Saved?
• Continued successful weekly seminar series
Plans for 1998-1999
• Continue to support graduate student
research
• Facilitate UC Davis social science study on
effectiveness of watershed groups
• Assist academic divisions with course
development
• Explore collaboration with University of
British Columbia on Georgia Basin salmon
issues
• Compile bibliography of peer-reviewed
articles on riparian topics in the Pacific
Northwest; combine with Stream Team
bibliography and publish on Web
• Compile and do preliminary analysis of
Lummi Nation’s data from a riparian
silviculture experiment
• Develop coordinated research projects
with the USFS PNW Research Station
• Coordinate with Puget Sound Regional
Synthesis Model (PRISM) on ESA issues
• Explore, with Stand Management Cooperative and others, establishment of a
riparian reference stand
• Maintain and strengthen interdisciplinary
focus
• Seek advisory board help in setting CSS
goals and objectives
• Host 9th Annual Review
• Co-sponsor conference Ecosystem
Restoration:Turning the Tide
• Jointly sponsor EPA Watershed Management Workshop with the Center for
Urban Water Resources Management
• Continue successful weekly seminar series
Center for Quantitative Science in Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife
B. Bruce Bare, Director, 685-0878 / 543-1191
Established in 1968 with a Ford Foundation grant, the Center for
Quantitative Science in Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife (CQS) is an
interdiscplinary intercollege unit supported by the Office of
Undergraduate Education, the College of Ocean and Fishery
Sciences (School of Fisheries) and the College of Forest Resources.
The Center offers a comprehensive program of study in
mathematical and statistical methods applied to problems in
biology, ecology, and renewable resource management for
undergraduate students. The Center also offers a minor in
Quantitative Science which requires 26-30 credits of quantitative
science coursework.
Accomplishments in 1997-1998
Plans for 1998-1999
• Developed new minor in Quantitative
Science
• Increase enrollment and SCH
• Enrolled 342 students in five QSCI classes,
an increase of six % from Autumn 1996.
• Develop strong ties to PoE (Program on
the Environment) and ACMS (Applied
Computing and Mathematical Statistics)
• Through CQS Strategic Planning Committee, helped define CQS’s new role in
affiliation with the Office of Undergraduate
Education.
• UW Excellence in Teaching award received
by Emily Silverman, CQS Teaching Assistant
• Increase size of faculty to meet demand
• Secure long-term budgetary support
• Increase staff (from 75% to 100%) and
budgetary support
• Develop Q SCI Refreshments concept
(self-help for students at various locations)
• Develop increased levels of support for
sustainable forest enterprises
• Develop service and other courses to
meet access and other demands for
instruction in our areas of expertise
Center for Urban Horticulture
Clem Hamilton, Director, 685-2589
James Fiore, Nursery Worker, Fred Hoyt, Plant Technician, Rebecca Johnson, Facility Manager, Ray Larson, Assistant Facility Manager, Elizabeth Lawrence, Secretary Senior,
Laura Lipton, Public Information Manager, David Nickle, Research Technician, Barbara O’Neill, Administrative Assistant, Jean Robins, Program Coordinator,
Barbara Selemon, Plant Technician, Dave Stockdale, Education Coordinator, Fran Trinder, Fiscal Specialist, Brian Watson, Research Technician
Elisabeth C. Miller Library
Valerie Easton, Horticultural Librarian, 543-0415
Martha Ferguson, Library Technician, Brian Thompson, Technical Services Librarian
Washington Park Arboretum
John Wott, Director, 543-8602
Annemarie Bilotta, Gardener, Kirsten Bilodeau, Office Assistant, Julie Debarr, Education Coordinator, Josey Fast, Program Coordinator,
Randall Hitchin, Registrar/Collections Manager, Christina Pfeiffer, Horticulturalist/Grounds Supervisor, Dean Powell, Plant Technician,
John Schaefer, Gardener, Paul Smith, Gardener, Lou Stubecki, Field Horticulturist/Lead Gardener, David Zuckerman, Lead Gardener
The Center for Urban Horticulture (CUH), founded in 1978, is
dedicated to research, teaching, and public service concerning the
selection, management, and role of plants and ecosystems in urban
landscapes. CUH’s programs and facilities serve faculty and staff
from across the College and from other University units. CUH has a
strong public service program, offering services through the
Continuing and Public Education program, the Elisabeth Miller
Horticultural Library (targeted primarily at public and professional
audiences), and conference facilities for horticultural organizations.
CUH fosters collaboration with and among many regional and
national agencies and organizations that deal with managing the
urban landscape. CUH facilities include: the Douglas Research
Conservatory; the Union Bay Gardens, which features both woody
and herbaceous plant material displayed to demonstrate its use in
small urban landscapes; the Otis Douglas Hyde Hortorium with
preserved specimens for plant identification and taxonomic
research; research/demonstration gardens where plant materials
are tested for appropriateness for urban landscapes; the sixty-acre
Union Bay Natural Area, a reclaimed land fill site managed for
native vegetation and wildlife; and the two hundred-acre Washington
Park Arboretum (managed in collaboration with the City of Seattle),
which includes about five thousand species and cultivars of woody
plants from throughout the world. The Elizabeth C. Miller Library
has holdings in horticultural science, landscape architecture and
design, botany, plant pathology and entomology, urban plant
management, the art and science of gardening, and plant taxonomy,
including flora of many countries.
Center for Urban Horticulture continued
Accomplishments in 1997-1998
• Developed Washington Park Arboretum
Master Plan and began holding public
hearings
• Participated in Puget Sound Urban
Resources Partnership
Plans for 1998-1999
• Meet 98-99 critical objectives for
Arboretum: community acceptance of
Master Plan; and financial/governance plans
definding expectations and roles of UW,
City of Seattle, and Arboretum Foundation
• Conducted prairie restoration experiments restoring gravel lot within the
Union Bay Natural Area to a natural,
functioning ecosystem
• Seek endowment funding for expansion of
public outreach and education programs
• Formally dedicated Orin and Althea Soest
Herbaceous Display Garden
• Attract and foster UW-wide collaboration
on urban environmental issues
• Expanded Miller Library hours
• Plan and implement CUH 15th Anniversary
celebration
• Strengthen collaborative relationships with
government agencies
• Develop on-line access to Miller Library
collection
• Seek funding for new gardens and
implement redesign of existing demonstration gardens
• Implement interpretive signage and
continue restoration and trail improvements in Union Bay Natural Area
Olympic Natural Resources Center
John Calhoun, Director, 685-9744
Teresa Alcock, GIS Technician, Kathy Brick, Administrative Assistant, Robert Coon, Facility Manager/Education Program Coordinator,
Deric Kettel, Maintenance Mechanic, June Powers, Secretary Senior, Miranda Wecker, Marine Program Manager
The Olympic Natural Resources Center (ONRC) was created to
foster and support the research and education necessary to provide
sound scientific information on which to base ecologically
sustainable forest and marine industries. Pragmatic solutions are
sought through innovative management methods, research, and
education, which successfully integrate environmental and
Accomplishments in 1997-1998
Plans for 1998-1999
• Sponsored Forest Management Practitio• Publish proceedings of Forest Management
ners Workshop, in partnership with the WA
Practitioners Workshop.
Department of Natural Resources
• With the Center for Streamside Studies
• Hosted Sixth Annual Russian-American Sea
(CSS), define a coordinated program of
Otter Conference
research to stimulate new synergies and
improve efficiency between CSS and ONRC
• Received $250,000 Congressional appropriation to conduct a research program
consistent with ONRC mission and the
Northwest Forest Plan
• Published Forest Policy: Ready for Renaissance,
Institute of Forest Resources Publication
No. 78
economic interests. Founded in 1989 by the Washington State
legislature, ONRC is operated jointly by the College of Forest
Resources and the College Ocean and Fishery Sciences. The
Center’s facilities at Forks on the Olympic Peninsula include labs,
classrooms, and meeting and conference facilities.
• Complete development of GIS Meta Data
Clearinghouse (phase one)
• Initiate DNR-funded research on the Olympic
Experimental State Forest
• Develop publication process as ONRC
funded research and programs begin
producing results
• Produced and hosted Summer Science
Institutes for K-12 teachers on developing
• Initiate annual ONRC science conference and
curriculum to teach “essential learning
research program review
requirement” for science and on integrating
•
Initiate major research effort on feasibility of
technology into the classroom
biological control of Spartina in Willapa Bay
• Focus Federal research funds on the
scientific feasibility of using salmon
abundance as a response indicator for
salmon conservation practices
• Experiment with and utilize remote
learning infrastructure (video
conferencing, Internet, satellite)
Stand Management Cooperative
Dave Briggs, Director, 543-1581
Randol Collier, Database Manager/Analyst, Robert Gonyea, Manager, Bert Hasselberg, Forest Technician,
John Haukaas, Database Specialist, Megan O’Shea, Program Coordinator
The Stand Management Cooperative (SMC) was formed in 1985 to
provide a continuing source of information from integrated
studies linking silviculture, wood quality, and product value and
to develop techniques and provide information that can be used in
planning and evaluating stand management strategies. To
accomplish this, the SMC has a series of field research
installations in western Oregon, western Washington, and coastal
British Columbia. These installations are the foundation for a
database that supports efforts to synthesize and link information
on the effect of a range of treatments and treatment regimes on
tree growth, stand development, wood quality, and product value.
Accomplishments in 1997-1998
• Developed research planning process,
solicited proposals from the scientific
community, and chose six research
proposals for funding:
Estimation of Initial Diameter Distributions
for ORGANON (a growth and yield model)
Douglas-fir and Western Hemlock Growth
under Intensive Management
ORGANON Growth Model Modifications
Height-Age Curves for Planted Stands of
Douglas-fir, with Adjustments for Density
Carryover Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization
on Douglas-fir Stands
Early Growth and Development of
Immature, Managed Stands of Douglas-fir
Research results are combined into an overall framework to: (1)
predict stand development under the full spectrum of silvicultural
treatments; (2) develop improved growth and yield estimates; and (3)
support reliable biological and economic evaluations of stand
management alternatives. SMC research focuses on managed
stands selected to represent a wide range of site conditions and
geographic areas and are subject to a broad range of silvicultural
treatments and treatment combinations. Field installations have
been established in young developing stands as well as new
plantings at prescribed spacings, and are designed with sufficient
size and replication to allow many treatment experiments and
sampling for wood quality studies.
Plans for 1998-1999
• Increased membership to a total of
26 public and private land managing
organizations
• Completed a new SMC version of the
ORGANON growth model and held a
workshop on its use in July
• Developed and offered workshop on
pruning, thinning, and wood quality
• Conduct strategic planning
• Define “next generation” of field research
installations in collaboration with other
regional cooperatives
• Secure funding to maintain “next generation” of field research installations
• Prepare series of analyses and reports on
response of growth to treatments on field
research installations
C. L. Pack Experimental Forest
Stan Humann, Manager, 685-4485 XT 211/543-2817
Helen Bentley, Custodial Lead, Susan Bowles, Custodian, Mid Christian, Lead Cook, Sandra Domici, Custodian, Dale Halverson, Maintenance Mechanic,
Chris Hayden, Woods Utility Worker, Holly Kearns, Staff Forester, Terri Mccauley, Fiscal Technician, Mason Mckinley, Staff Forester, Gwen Reda, Conference Coordinator,
Branden Sirguy, Forest Operations Coordinator, Henry Smith, Building/Grounds Supervisor, Carol Waite, Secretary Senior
C. L. Pack Experimental Forest is owned by the UW Board of Regents
and is managed exclusively by the College of Forest Resources for
forestry objectives. Located in Pierce County near Eatonville, WA
and comprising 4,260 acres, Pack Forest is financially selfsustaining except for state funds to maintain some academic
buildings. A spectrum of natural and managed timber stands aged
zero to 200 years, diverse site classes; glacial, residual, and
lacustrial soils provide a focal point for on-the-ground academic
work in forest management, resource science and forest
Accomplishments in 1997-1998
Plans for 1998-1999
• Presented on-site forestry education
programs to 97 College of Forest
Resources students
• Expand teacher use of Pack Forest
publication, Educators Guide to the
Managed Forest
• Entered all stand information into the
Landscape Management System
• Conduct user surveys
• Initiated use of Geographic Information
System (GIS)
• Develop strategy for expanded outreach
• Initiated Pack Forest wildlife inventory
project
• Concluded agreement to purchase
additional 120-acre holding
• Hosted English as a Second Language
International Study group
• Conduct public “Walks in the Woods’
• Develop CD ROM on the “managed
forest” in conjunction with the Nisqually
River Council
engineering, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Facilities include living quarters for more than 80 persons,
classrooms, greenhouse-nursery complex, shops, and offices.
Pack Forest offers full time residential spring academic quarters
for juniors and seniors, facilities for short courses and conferences,
and a base for large field-oriented research programs. An
extensive public outreach coordinates the display of research and
forest management and operational demonstrations.
Forest Resources Library
Carol Green, Head, 543-2758
Kathryn Gilbert, Library Technician, Margaret Hinshaw, Library Technician, Kate Scully, Library Technician
The Forest Resources Library, a branch of the University of
Washington Libraries, contains a collection of over 53,000 books,
reports, conference proceedings and bound journal volumes, and
subscribes to more than 1100 active journal and serial titles.
Disciplines covered by the collection support the programs of the
College as well natural resource and environmental programs
Accomplishments in 1997-1998
Plans for 1998-1999
• Upgraded equipment, including three
laptops purchased with Student Technology Fee funds and one new public PC
workstation
• Provide access through the Web-based
UW Libraries Information Gateway to the
wide spectrum of services and resources
available through the Libraries.
• Upgraded access to Libraries-wide Web
databases and other databases, including
PaperChem from the Institute of Paper
Science and Technology, and the forestry
databases AGRICOLA and TreeCD
• Upgrade equipment and provide training
to facilitate use of these services.
• Developed initial unit Web pages and
resource and class guides
• Participated in College orientations and
committees, made class presentations, and
assisted students and faculty with research
and class assignments
• Assisted with Arbor Day though the
development of a bibliography for
teachers
throughout the University. The Library provides a gateway to the
larger University Libraries collection of more than five million
volumes though the system-wide University Libraries Catalog and
provides access to numerous electronic and print indexes,
electronic journals and Internet resources. Services include
circulation of materials, reference, class reserves, instruction, and
research consultation.
• Assist library users in integrating new
services into research activities
• Update the library’s unit Web pages to
conform to the UW Libraries new Web
page formats
• Participate in CFR committees on
strategic planning library issues
• Collaborate with CFR faculty to integrate
information literacy skills into the
curriculum
• Continue to provide orientations, class
presentations, and research consultations
to CFR faculty, staff, and students
• Develop subject guides and Web pages to
provide access to specialized forestry and
forest products information resources
Continuing Education and Outreach Programs
Don Hanley, Director and Extension Forester, 685-4960
Bob Coon, Facility Manager and Education Program Coordinator, Olympic Natural Resources Center, Julie DeBarr, Washington Park Arboretum Education Coordinator,
Bev Gonyea, Continuing Professional Education Programs Manager, Ellen McKinley, Project Assignment, Arbor Day Fair, Jean Robins, Program Coordinator, Center for Urban Horticulture,
Dave Stockdale, Education Coordinator, Center for Urban Horticulture [Starting September 1998, Kelley M. Duffield, 543-0867, assumed the newly created position of College
Outreach Director.]
Continuing education and outreach have historically played a
significant role in the overall College mission. Continuing
education was further strengthened in 1984 when the College
entered into a cooperative agreement with the Department of
Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University to
develop and implement a coordinated outreach program.
Offerings include credit and non-credit courses, symposia,
workshops, and conferences to a broad array of natural
resource professionals. The non-industrial private forest
landowner is another important client group. The College of
Forest Resources, Washington State University Department of
Natural Resource Sciences, and Oregon State University
College of Forestry develop and distribute a joint Continuing
Education Calendar of Events. The College’s interdisciplinary
centers also provide educational opportunities for both
professionals and the public. The Center for Urban Horticulture
(CUH) serves three client categories with: ProHort Seminars for
urban horticulture, urban forestry, and urban ecology
professionals; courses, symposia, and seminars on topic areas
and at an academic level of interest to urban horticulture
professionals and amateur enthusiasts; and lectures, tours and
other special events of interest to amateur horticulturists and
home gardeners. The College’s Center for International Trade
in Forest Products (CINTRAFOR) and Stand Management
Cooperative (SMC) along with the Olympic Natural Resources
Center (ONRC) and the Center for Streamside Studies (CSS),
managed jointly by the College of Forest Resources and the
College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences, also provide educational
opportunities for professionals and the public such as seminars,
workshops, symposia, and research reviews. In addition, public
outreach activities are offered at the College’s Pack Forest
field facility.
Continuing Education and Outreach Programs continued
Accomplishments in 1997-1998
Plans for 1998-1999
• Natural Resources Institute modules on
ecosystem management
• Reorganize College outreach effort and
hire full-time Outreach Director
• Federal Income Tax Workshop on
nonindustrial private forestlands
• Increase communication with regional
schools to unite outreach efforts
• SMC workshop on pruning, thinning, and
wood quality
• Establish integrated marketing plan
• Agroforestry Workshop on integrating
conservation, crops, livestock, and trees
• Japan Housing Workshop
• Survey industry and forestry professionals
for outreach needs and improve effectiveness of outreach program evaluations
• GIS short course for natural resource
professionals
• Produce plan and mailing list to increase
distribution of CFR research results
• Forestry education programs at Pack
Forest to K-12 students and adult groups
• Develop briefing package addressing all
aspects of College activity
• Forest Field Ecology Practicum at Pack
Forest for international students
• Create and publicize a comprehensive
listing of College publications
• Summer Institutes at ONRC for science
and language arts teachers
• CSS Annual Review of Research
• 1998 Arbor Day Fair hosted for over 2000
kindergarten–third grade students
• Numerous CUH outreach programs for
professionals and the public
• Teachers in Technology Day at the Arboretum for high school teachers
• Spring Saplings program at the Arboretum
for 2,000 third–fifth grade students
• Establish Speakers Bureau