Science Findings
USDA Forest Service scientists and practitioners discuss river ecology and restoration goals on the Tongass National Forest, Alaska.
PNW Science Findings communicates science to people who make and influence decisions about managing land in the Pacific Northwest. This signature product from the Pacific Northwest Research Station was initiated in 1998 and is published 9 to 12 times per year.
2025
- Sylvia Kantor, Jeff Kline, Mindy Crandall. 2025. Beyond burn probability: The human side of wildfire risk
- Andrea Watts, J. Ryan Bellmore, Jason Dunham, James Pearson. 2025. The carp conundrum: Science-based insights to control an invasive fish
- John Kirkland, Brooke Penaluna. 2025. Where the fish end: Predicting the upper reaches of fish habitat
- Sylvia Kantor, Mary M. Rowland, Sandy DeBano. 2025. Beyond the bloom: Creating opportunities for healthy ecosystems and native bees
- Andrea Watts, Connie Harrington, Richard Cronn. 2025. Timing is everything! Insights from Douglas-fir response to the 2021 heat dome
2024
- John Kirkland, Rebecca Flitcroft, Brooke Penaluna. 2024. Living water: Mapping aquatic biodiversity
- Andrea Watts, Sonja Kolstoe. 2024. Who’s in the crowd? Addressing bias in crowdsourced data
- Sylvia Kantor, Mary M. Rowland, Michael Wisdom, Darren Clark. 2024. Decoding hunter and prey movements: Insights to improve wildlife management and hunting success
- Andrea Watts, Steve Wondzell, Karla Jarecke, Kevin Bladon. 2024. Hot air or dry dirt: Investigating the greater drought risk to forests in the Pacific Northwest
- Sylvia Kantor, Lee K. Cerveny, Monika Derrien. 2024. Beyond the battlefield: Public lands as healing spaces for military veterans
- John Kirkland, Deanna H. Olson. 2024. Time tells the story: Concerns for long-term species resilience with habitat changes
- John Kirkland, Jeffrey D. Kline, Ian Munanura. 2024. From timber to tourism: Perceptions in rural communities about changing forest-based economies
- Natasha Vizcarra, Rebecca Flitcroft. 2024. Resetting Oregon’s floodplains to rehabilitate native fish habitats
- Andrea Watts, Geoffrey Donovan, Demetrios Gatziolis. 2024. Plant a tree and save a life? The value of planting more trees in urban areas
2023
- Rachel White, Carlos M. Polivka. 2023. The very prickly caterpillar: Navigating Douglas-fir tussock moth outbreaks
- John Kirkland, Becky K. Kerns. 2023. Not just another cheatgrass: The ventenata invasion in the interior Northwest
- John Kirkland, Gordon Grant, Susan Charnley. 2023. Are you a beaver believer? Reasonable expectations for beaver-related restoration
- Andrea Watts, Jeffrey D. Kline, Andrew Gray. 2023. Does housing development influence how private forest landowners manage forest land?
- Andrea Watts, Frances Biles, David V. D'Amore, Richard T. Edwards. 2023. The dispersed deluge: Freshwater flow from glaciers and coastal rainforests to the Gulf of Alaska
- Andrea Watts, Susan Charnley, Gregory E. Frey. 2023. What can we learn from community forestry in Tanzania?
- John Kirkland, Sarah Jovan, Monika Derrien. 2023. The more the mossier: Using community science to map air quality in environmental justice investigations
2022
- John Kirkland, Rebecca Flitcroft. 2022. Goldilocks and coho salmon: What conditions are “Just Right” for migration and spawning?
- Andrea Watts, David M. Bell, Matthew Gregory. 2022. 21st century computing for 21st century forest management
- Natasha Vizcarra, Adelaide C. Johnson, Lee K. Cerveny. 2022. Old-growth wood for cultural uses: Sustaining native lifeways in southeast Alaska
- John Kirkland, Steve Wondzell, Gordon Reeves, Luca Adelfio. 2022. A glimpse of the future: Coho salmon response to Alaska’s recent snow-free winters
- Andrea Watts, Richard Cronn, Laura Hauck. 2022. Decoding the fingerprints of trees through their DNA
- Sylvia Kantor, Geoffrey Donovan, Demetrios Gatziolis, Jeroen Douwes. 2022. 50 shades of green: Exposure to plant diversity protects against human immune system diseases
- John Kirkland, Brooke Penaluna, Richard Cronn. 2022. The promise of environmental DNA: Life in Northwest streams revealed through a bottle of water
- John Kirkland, Morris C. Johnson. 2022. Passive or active management? Understanding consequences and changes after large stand-replacing wildfires
- Andrea Watts, Rick G. Kelsey, Doug Westlind. 2022. The scent of stress: Understanding links between fire-injured pine and red turpentine beetles can aid postfire management
- Sylvia Kantor, Damon B. Lesmeister, Ray Davis. 2022. Bioacoustics and artificial intelligence: A new chapter for northern spotted owl monitoring and research
2021
- John Kirkland, Sherri Johnson, Christina A. Murphy. 2021. Pulling the plug: Annually draining a reservoir to help salmon
- Josh McDaniel, Mark Adams, Susan Charnley. 2021. Reducing fuels and advancing equity: Incorporating environmental justice into hazardous fuels management
- Andrea Watts, Lee K. Cerveny. 2021. Making a home in the forest: Nonrecreational camping on national forests and grasslands
- John Kirkland, Carlos M. Polivka, Shannon Claeson. 2021. If you built it, did they come? Evaluating the effects of stream restoration on fish populations
- John Kirkland, Rebecca Flitcroft, Gordon Grant. 2021. Let the fish do the talking: How fish behavior is linked to patterns of temperature and stream discharge
- Andrea Watts, Mee-Sook Kim, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Jane Stewart. 2021. Disease detectives: Mapping the risk of invasive forest pathogens under a changing climate
- Josh McDaniel, Eric M. White, Monika Derrien, Dale Blahna. 2021. Using social media as data to better understand recreation on public lands
- John Kirkland, Susan Charnley. 2021. Taking an “all-lands” approach to managing wildfire across diverse forest ownerships
- Andrea Watts, Jeffrey D. Kline, Robert G. Haight. 2021. Planting trees to mitigate climate change: Policy incentives could lead to increased carbon sequestration
- John Kirkland, Brad St. Clair. 2021. The 1912 Douglas-fir Heredity Study: Lessons from a century of experience
Last updated January 5, 2026