Conserving Northwest forests at risk from emerging threats

PI: Dr. James Lamping, Co-PI: Dr. Melissa Lucash

Pacific Northwest parks need cutting edge, landscape scale monitoring tools to conserve and manage ancient forests and multi-aged stands from the coast to the Cascades. The Fellow will draw from existing data and resources to develop novel tools to improve forest age maps, identify emerging issues in forest health and model climate vulnerabilities in Mount Rainier National Park, Olympic National Park, North Cascades National Park, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, San Juan Island National Historical Park, North Coast and Cascades Inventory & Monitoring Network.

Funded by the National Parks Foundation 2024-2027