DecAID Science Team

Kim Mellen-McLean1 – Retired Bruce G. Marcot
Formerly:Regional Wildlife Ecologist Research Wildlife Ecologist
Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Research Station
USDA Forest Service USDA Forest Service
Janet L. Ohmann Karen Waddell – Retired
Emeritus Scientist Formerly:Research Forester
Pacific Northwest Research Station Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program
USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station
  USDA Forest Service
Elizabeth A. Willhite Steven A. Acker – Retired
Entomologist Ecologist
Westside Forest Insect & Disease Service Center DecAID Center of Excellence
elizabeth.willhite@usda.gov Northwest Oregon Ecology Program
Sandy, OR Mt. Hood National Forest
phone: 503-668-1477 USDA Forest Service
USDA Forest Service  
Susan A. Livingston – Retired Bruce B. Hostetler – Retired
Wildlife Biologist Entomologist
Oregon State Office Mt. Hood National Forest
USDI Fish and Wildlife Service USDA Forest Service
Barbara S. Webb – Retired Upekala C. Wijayratne
Wildlife Biologist Area Ecologist
DecAID Center of Excellence Northwest Oregon Area
Deschutes National Forest Sandy, OR
Bend, OR upekala.wijayratne@usda.gov
barbara.webb@usda.gov phone: 541-519-6439
phone: 541-383-4788 USDA Forest Service
USDA Forest Service  
Ian-Huei Yau Craig M. Thompson
GeoTools GIS Analyst Regional Wildlife Ecologist
Region 6, Data Resources Management Pacific Region
Corvallis, OR Darby, MT
ian-huei.yau@usda.gov craig.thompson@usda.gov
phone: 541-750-7054 phone: 406-552-7937
USDA Forest Service USDA Forest Service
Andrea L. Lyons Barbara Garcia
Regional Wildlife Ecologist Deputy Director Renewable Resource Management
Pacific Northwest Region Northern Region
Portland, OR Missoula, MT
andrea.lyons@usda.gov barbara.garcia@usda.gov
phone: 509-433-4473 phone: 406-329-3164
USDA Forest Service USDA Forest Service

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



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