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Pacific Northwest Research Station
333 SW First Avenue
Portland, OR 97204
(503) 808-2592
Welcome
Welcome to the Pacific Northwest Research Station (PNW).
Our headquarters are located in Portland, Oregon, as part of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Forest Service Research
is the largest and most productive forestry research organization
in the world. Our mission at PNW is to generate and communicate
scientific knowledge that helps people understand and make informed
choices about people, natural resources, and the environment.
-Thomas Quigley, Station Director
Search
Forest Service Research and Development online publications
here.
This database contains online publications from all Research
Stations in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.
This publication search capability allows you to do "One-Stop
Shopping" to search for and request publications.
Many tools help
evaluate the potential for various types of fire behavior
and the effect of different kinds of hazardous
fuel treatments.
These tools can be used by managers and others
to provide a set of plausible scenarios or outcomes based
on a specific situation or multiple options.
Got Science?
Our
new series, Science Update, is a periodical published several
times a year by PNW Research Station. Begun
in 2002, and written by Valerie Rapp, this series contributes
scientific knowledge for pressing decisions about natural
resource and environmental issues. Science Update Issue
# 8 - Ecosystems and people: managing forests for mutual
gains.
Featured Product
CD-ROM
The geomorphic response of rivers to dams: an electronic short
course, by M.J. Furniss, J. Guntle, eds. Request
a set of CD-ROMs or view the online
version