People
Director
David G. Briggs is a Professor in Forest Products and Operations Research at the College of Forest Resources, as well as the Director of the Stand Management Cooperative. His research has focused on: 1) operations research and management science in the forest products industry, emphasizing modeling and optimization of converting trees into logs and recovery of lumber and other products from logs; and 2) quality control and quality management systems in the forest products industry.
Administrative Specialist
Megan O'Shea manages the daily operations of the PFC, coordinates its field training, public information, web site, and outreach programs. She also supports the Stand Management Cooperative, based at the College of Forest Resources.
Executive Board
Recognizing the importance of the cooperative aspect of this program, an Executive Advisory Board has been established to provide review and guidance. Advice from the board helps to ensure our success in creating sustainable economic and environmental benefits for the State.
Faculty
L. Monika Moskal, is an Assistant Professor of Remote Sensing and Biospatial Analysis. Her research focuses on remote sensing and GIS applications for deriving forest structure and their applications to forest inventory, watershed management, wildlife habitat, biodiversity, carbon sequestration, biomass mapping and conversion, advanced forest inventory techniques using high spatial resolution optical remote sensing imagery, LiDAR (light detection and ranging) and radar, remote sensing data fusion with automated multiscale object delineation and feature extraction, Computer geovisualization (stereo visualization), forest cover visualization, hypertemporal remote sensing for sustainable forestry indicators, policy, and management, post fire regeneration, Detection of damaging agents in forests (hyperspectral).
Sándor Tóth, Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Informatics, is one of the three faculty members at the Precision Forest Cooperative leading the Natural Resource Decision Systems program. Toth pursues research in spatial optimization to aid forest management, open space retention, and the development of markets for forest ecosystem services. Apart from spatial optimization, what's common in these activities is the attempt to incorporate multiple, often conflicting management objectives in the decision models. Toth's work complements Moskal's efforts of developing efficient natural resource measurement techniques in that it ensures that the high-precision data found through remote sensing is put into the best possible use in deriving optimal on-the-ground management strategies.
Partners
Working with the PFC are professors from the School of Forest Resources:
Collaborators
Steve Reutebuch and Bob McGaughey
Silviculture and Forest Models Team
USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station
Hans-Erik Andersen
PNW Forest Inventory and Analysis Team
USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station
Luke Rogers
Geographic Information System Scientist
Land Parcel Database Project
School of Forest Resources
Kevin Ceder
Forest Technology Specialist
Habitat Models
School of Forest Resources
James McCarter
Software Devlopment Coordinator
Landscape Management System
School of Forest Resources
Students
See a list of current and former Precision Forestry students