DecAID Science Team


Kim Mellen-McLean – Retired
Formerly: Regional Wildlife Ecologist
Pacific Northwest Region
USDA Forest Service

Bruce G. Marcot
Research Wildlife Ecologist
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Portland Forest Sciences Laboratory
Portland, OR
bruce.marcot@usda.gov
phone: 503-808-2010

Janet L. Ohmann
Emeritus Scientist
Pacific Northwest Research Station
USDA Forest Service

Karen Waddell - Retired
Formerly: Research Forester
Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program
Pacific Northwest Research Station
USDA Forest Service

Elizabeth A. Willhite
Entomologist
Westside Forest Insect & Disease Service Center
USDA Forest Service
Sandy, OR
elizabeth.willhite@usda.gov
phone: 503-668-1477

Steven A. Acker – Retired
Ecologist
DecAID Center of Excellence
Northwest Oregon Ecology Program
Mt. Hood National Forest
USDA Forest Service

Susan A. Livingston – Retired
Wildlife Biologist
Oregon State Office
USDI Fish and Wildlife Service

Bruce B. Hostetler - Retired
Entomologist
Formerly:
Westside Forest Insect & Disease Service Center
Mt. Hood National Forest
USDA Forest Service

Barbara S. Webb
Wildlife Biologist
DecAID Center of Excellence
Deschutes National Forest
USDA Forest Service
Bend, OR
barbara.webb@usda.gov
phone: 541-383-4788

Upekala C. Wijayratne
Area Ecologist
Northwest Oregon Area
USDA Forest Service
Sandy, OR
upekala.wijayratne@usda.gov
phone: 541-519-6439

Ian-Huei Yau
GeoTools GIS Analyst
Region 6, Data Resources Management
USDA Forest Service
Corvallis, OR
ian-huei.yau@usda.gov
phone: 541-750-7054

Andrea L. Lyons
Regional Wildlife Ecologist
Pacific Northwest Region
USDA Forest Service
Portland, OR
andrea.lyons@usda.gov
phone: 509-433-4473

Barbara Garcia
Deputy Director Renewable Resource Management
Northern Region
USDA Forest Service
Missoula, MT
barbara.garcia@usda.gov
phone: 406-329-3164

Kim Mellen-McLean, Bruce Marcot, Susan Livingston, and Barbara Webb contributed to the wildlife habitat use sections of the web site. Janet Ohmann and Karen Waddell analyzed, summarized, and interpreted the inventory data. Steve Acker updated the general trends of stand dynamics and fire sections of the narratives, and assisted with assessment and interpretation of the inventory data. Beth Willhite and Bruce Hostetler provided information on how insects and pathogens affect and provide dead wood habitat. Bruce Marcot, Janet Ohmann and Kim Mellen-McLean developed statistical analysis procedures.


Past Science Team Members for earlier versions

Catherine Ogden - Retired
Formerly:
Regional Wildlife Ecologist
Pacific Northwest Region
USDA Forest Service

Tina Dreisbach
Formerly:
Interagency Regional Mycologist
Pacific Northwest Research Station
USDA Forest Service

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