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Trained as a geologist, Fred Swanson brought a physical processes perspective to work in forest and stream ecosystems and his work at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest led to his engagement in the Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment (FEMAT) on…

Tom Spies took a post-doc position with Jerry Franklin in 1983 to lead a study of old and young forests in the Pacific Northwest, which led to a career of it as a forest ecologist in the Pacific Northwest Research Station of the Forest Service,…

As a fisheries biologist for the Pacific Northwest Research Station of the US Forest Service, Gordon (”Gordie”) Reeves played important roles in several of the major processes for delivery of science information to policy makers, including the…

Martin (“Marty”) Raphael had a career as a wildlife biologist mainly with the Pacific Northwest Research Station of the US Forest Service, but his role as deputy to Jack Ward Thomas in management of the Ecosystem Management Assessment Team…

Norm Johnson, a pivotal, though sometimes behind-the-scenes, player in Pacific Northwest forestry policy and planning for many decades, begins this extensive, candid interview recounting his upbringing in Berkeley, California, and education…

Jerry Franklin has described John Gordon as a statesman for US forestry, based on his communication and social skills, and deep knowledge of forests rooted in the Midwest, Pacific Northwest, and Northeast. John Gordon begins this oral history…

Jerry Franklin, a long-time champion of native forests, especially old growth, begins this interview describing his education at Oregon State University and PhD from Washington State University, and how he worked for the Pacific Northwest Research…

In this lengthy interview, Eric Forsman describes his career-long trajectory studying owls and other wildlife that strongly influenced federal forest policy and management. He outlines his growing up years with brothers exploring forests and…

Kelly Burnett spent the bulk of her career as a research fish ecologist based in the Corvallis Forestry Sciences Laboratory of the Pacific Northwest Research Station. During the Forest Ecosystem Management Team (FEMAT) she served on the aquatics team…

Richard Haynes was a Forest Economist with the Pacific Northwest Research Station of the Forest Service who specialized in assessing forest resources and markets and played a central role in important events leading up to and through formulation of…