Pacific Northwest Research Station http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/news Pacific Northwest Research Station news and other information en-us Northwest Forest Plan science synthesis released https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/news/2018/06/nwfp-science-synthesis.shtml OWASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 11, 2018—The USDA Forest Service today released a report that will serve as the scientific foundation for land management planning in western Washington, western Oregon, and northern California. Yasmeen Sands 2018-06-11 Leading Mount St. Helens ecologist available at volcano for media interviews on May 16 https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/news/2018/05/mount-st-helens.shtml On Wednesday, May 16, research ecologist Charlie Crisafulli will be available for field-based media interviews at Mount St. Helens, the volcano that erupted catastrophically 38 years ago this month. Yasmeen Sands 2018-05-11 Working in the thick of it, Forest Service research team tracks wildfire smoke https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/news/2017/08/wildfire-smoke.shtml Team is partnering with British Columbia to predict smoke impacts from province’s fires. Yasmeen Sands 2017-08-04 Rollins welcomed as Threat Characterization and Management Program Manager https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/news/2017/03/rollins.shtml The U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station is pleased to announce the arrival of Matt Rollins as the Threat Characterization and Management (TCM) Program Manager. Matthew Burks 2017-03-02 Gordon Grant named 2016 American Geophysical Union fellow http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/news/2016/10/gordon-grant.shtml First Forest Service researcher to receive honor. Yasmeen Sands 2016-10-24 Sanchez welcomed as acting Station Director http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/news/2016/07/sanchez.shtml The U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station today welcomed Dr. Felipe Sanchez as its acting Station Director. Sanchez replaces Robert Mangold, who retired last month after three years with the station. Yasmeen Sands 2016-07-18 Forest Service releases maps of element concentrations in Portland moss http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/news/2016/06/element-concentrations.shtml Information can be used to investigate air pollution in the city. Yasmeen Sands 2016-06-08 West Coast log exports down, lumber exports up in first quarter of 2016 http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/news/2016/05/log-lumber.shtml The latest data summarizing West Coast log and lumber exports in the first quarter of 2016 were released today by the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station. The data-covering exports during January, February, and March 2016—were compiled and analyzed by Xiaoping Zhou, a research economist with the station. Yasmeen Sands 2016-05-26 Moss is useful bioindicator of cadmium air pollution, new study finds http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/news/2016/04/moss-study.shtml Moss growing on urban trees is a useful bio-indicator of cadmium air pollution in Portland, Oregon, a U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station-led study has found. The work—the first to use moss to generate a rigorous and detailed map of air pollution in a U.S. city—is published online in the journal Science of the Total Environment. Yasmeen Sands 2016-04-06 Volume and value of West coast log, lumber exports down in 2015 http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/news/2016/03/log-lumber.shtml The latest data summarizing West coast log and lumber exports in the fourth quarter of 2015 were released today by the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station. The data-covering exports during October, November, and December 2015-were compiled and analyzed by Xiaoping Zhou, a research economist with the station. Yasmeen Sands 2016-03-22 New report provides conservation and management strategies for climate-sensitive yellow-cedar in Alaska http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/news/2016/01/yellow-cedar.shtml The U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station today released a new report that outlines a climate adaptation strategy for yellow-cedar in Alaska. Yasmeen Sands 2016-01-13