David W. Peterson, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Kathryn Ireland, David W. Peterson, Todd M. Ellis, James D. Dickinson, Richy J. Harrod. 2026. A model-based evaluation of post-fire fuels management approaches to mitigating future wildfire severity in dry coniferous forests
• David W. Peterson, Richy J. Harrod, Erich Dodson, Peter L. Ohlson, Natalie C. Pawlikowski, Kathryn Ireland, Roger D. Ottmar. 2025. Mechanical mastication and prescribed burning reduce forest fuels and alter stand structure in dry coniferous forests
• David W. Peterson, Erich Dodson, Richy J. Harrod. 2023. Snag decomposition following stand‐replacing wildfires alters wildlife habitat use and surface woody fuels through time
• Paul F. Hessburg, Susan Charnley, Andrew Gray, Thomas Spies, David W. Peterson, Rebecca Flitcroft, Kendra Wendel, Jessica Halofsky, Eric M. White, John Marshall. 2021. Climate and wildfire adaptation of inland Northwest US forests
• Allison K. Rossman, Jonathan D. Bakker, David W. Peterson, Charles B. Halpern. 2020. Long-term effects of fuels treatments, overstory structure, and wildfire on tree regeneration in dry forests of central Washington
• Paul F. Hessburg, Susan Charnley, Kendra Wendel, Eric M. White, Peter Singleton, David W. Peterson, Jessica Halofsky, Andrew Gray, Thomas Spies, Rebecca Flitcroft, Rachel White. 2020. The 1994 Eastside Screens large-tree harvest limit: review of science relevant to forest planning 25 years later
• C. Alina Cansler, Sharon M. Hood, J. Morgan Varner, Phillip J. van Mantgem, Michelle C. Agne, Robert A. Andrus, Matthew P. Ayres, Bruce D. Ayres, Jonathan D. Bakker, Michael A. Battaglia, Barbara J. Bentz, Carolyn R. Breece, James Brown, Daniel R. Cluck, Tom Coleman, R. Gregory Corace, W. Wallace Covington, Douglas S. Cram, James Cronan, Joseph E. Crouse, Adrian J. Das, Ryan S. Davis, Darci M. Dickinson, Stephen A. Fitzgerald, Peter Z. Fulé, Lisa M. Ganio, Lindsay M. Grayson, Charles B. Halpern, Jim L. Hanula, Brian J. Harvey, J. Kevin Hiers, David W. Huffman, MaryBeth Keifer, Tara L. Keyser, Leda N. Kobziar, Thomas E. Kolb, Crystal A. Kolden, Karen E. Kopper, Jason R. Kreitler, Jesse K. Kreye, Andrew M. Latimer, Andrew Lerch, Maria J. Lombardero, Virginia McDaniel, Charles W. McHugh, Joel D. McMillin, Jason J. Moghaddas, Joseph J. O’Brien, Daniel D. B. Perrakis, David W. Peterson, Susan J. Prichard, Robert Progar, Kenneth F. Raffa, Elizabeth Reinhardt, Joseph Restaino, John P. Roccaforte, Brendan M. Rogers, Kevin C. Ryan, Hugh D. Safford, Alyson E. Santoro, Timothy M. Shearman, Alice M. Shumate, Carolyn H. Sieg, Sheri L. Smith, Rebecca J. Smith, Nathan L. Stephenson, Mary Stuever, Jens Stevens, Michael T. Stoddard, Walter G. Thies, Nicole M. Vaillant, Shelby A. Weiss, Douglas J. Westlind, Travis J. Woolley, Micah C. Wright. 2020. The Fire and Tree Mortality Database, for empirical modeling of individual tree mortality after fire
• Susan J. Prichard, Nicholas Povak, Maureen C. Kennedy, David W. Peterson. 2020. Fuel treatment effectiveness in the context of landform, vegetation, and large, wind‐driven wildfires
• Allison K. Rossman, Charles B. Halpern, Richy J. Harrod, Lauren S. Urgenson, David W. Peterson, Jonathan D. Bakker. 2018. Benefits of thinning and burning for understory diversity vary with spatial scale and time since treatment
• Natasha Vizcarra, David W. Peterson. 2018. Reburn in the rain shadow
• Lee E. Frelich, Peter B. Reich, David W. Peterson. 2017. The changing role of fire in mediating the relationships among oaks, grasslands, mesic temperate forests, and boreal forests in the Lake States
• David W. Peterson, Erich Kyle Dodson. 2016. Post-fire logging produces minimal persistent impacts on understory vegetation in northeastern Oregon, USA
• David W. Peterson, Erich Kyle Dodson, Richy J. Harrod. 2015. Post-fire logging reduces surface woody fuels up to four decades following wildfire
• Lee E. Frelich, Peter B. Reich, David W. Peterson. 2015. Fire in upper Midwestern oak forest ecosystems: an oak forest restoration and management handbook
• John F. Lehmkuhl, William Gaines, David W. Peterson, John Bailey, Andrew Youngblood. 2015. Silviculture and monitoring guidelines for integrating restoration of dry mixed-conifer forest and spotted owl habitat management in the eastern Cascade Range
• David W. Peterson, Becky K. Kerns, Erich Kyle Dodson. 2014. Climate change effects on vegetation in the Pacific Northwest: a review and synthesis of the scientific literature and simulation model projections
• Gunnar C. Carnwath, David W. Peterson, Cara R. Nelson. 2012. Effect of crown class and habitat type on climate-growth relationships of ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir
• William L. Gaines, David W. Peterson, Cameron A. Thomas, Richy J. Harrod. 2012. Adaptations to climate change: Colville and Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests
• Erich Kyle Dodson, David W. Peterson. 2010. Mulching effects on vegetation recovery following high severity wildfire in north-central Washington State, USA
• Erich Kyle Dodson, David W. Peterson. 2010. Dry coniferous forest restoration and understory plant diversity: The importance of community heterogeneity and the scale of observation
• Erich Kyle Dodson, David W. Peterson, Richy J. Harrod. 2010. Impacts of erosion control treatments on native vegetation recovery after severe wildfire in the Eastern Cascades, USA
• Richy J. Harrod, Erich Kyle Dodson, Nicholas Povak, David W. Peterson. 2009. Pretreatment variation in overstory and understory vegetation [Chapter 2]
• David W. Peterson, Erich Kyle Dodson, Richy J. Harrod. 2009. Fertilization and seeding effects on vegetative cover after wildfire in north-central Washington state
• Richy J. Harrod, David W. Peterson, Nicholas Povak, Erich Kyle Dodson. 2009. Thinning and prescribed fire effects on overstory tree and snag structure in dry coniferous forests of the interior Pacific Northwest
• Erich Kyle Dodson, David W. Peterson. 2009. Seeding and fertilization effects on plant cover and community recovery following wildfire in the Eastern Cascade Mountains, USA
• Erich Kyle Dodson, David W. Peterson, Richy J. Harrod. 2008. Understory vegetation response to thinning and burning restoration treatments in dry conifer forests of the eastern Cascades, USA
• David W. Peterson, Peter B. Reich. 2008. Fire frequency and tree canopy structure influence plant species diversity in a forest-grassland ecotone
• David W. Peterson, Erich Kyle Dodson, Richy J. Harrod. 2007. Assessing the effectiveness of seeding and fertilization treatments for reducing erosion potential following severe wildfires
• Richy J. Harrod, Nicholas Povak, David W. Peterson. 2007. Comparing the effectiveness of thinning and prescribed fire for modifying structure in dry coniferous forests
• David W. Peterson, Paul F. Hessburg, Brion Salter, Kevin M. James, Matthew C. Dahlgreen, John A. Barnes. 2007. Reintroducing fire in regenerated dry forests following stand-replacing wildfire.

• Program
  

  Fire, Fuels, and Smoke

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/programs/ffs
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Center or Group
  

  West-Side Fire and Climate Adaptation Research Initiative

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/centers/wsfcari
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Project
  

  Researchers Bolster Wildfire Crisis Strategy with Forest-Restoration and Fuel-Treatment Study

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/projects/bil-researchers-bolster-wildfire-crisis-strategy
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Project
  

  Short-term postfire dynamics following stand-replacing fire in the western Cascades

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/projects/postfiredynamics
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Project
  

  Wildfire effects and postfire trajectories from an augmented, spatially balanced forest monitoring system

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/projects/wildfireeffects
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Experimental Forest or Range
  

  Entiat Experimental Forest

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/forestsandranges/locations/entiat
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station

Multimedia

• Webinars

  SCIENCE x Fire Disturbance

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/products/multimedia/webinars/science-x-fire-disturbance

• University of Minnesota, Ph.D., Forestry (Forest Ecology), 1998
• University of Washington, M.S., Forestry (Forest Ecology), 1993
• Pacific Lutheran University, B.A., Mathematics and Computer Science, 1983