PORTLAND, Ore. March 6, 2008. In October 2004, nearly 450 USDA Forest Service earth scientists with expertise in hydrology, soil science, geology, and air met in San Diego to attend the “Forest Service National Earth Sciences Conference.” The week-long event included keynote talks, panel discussions, and technical presentations and is now captured in a new two-volume proceedings published by the Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station.
Titled Advancing the Fundamental Sciences: Proceedings of the Forest Service National Earth Sciences Conference, the publication includes 60 peer-reviewed papers organized around numerous topical sections.
These sections include:
- Watershed management
- Fire and smoke
- Surface and groundwater
- Roads
Bundled along with the publication are two multimedia CDs of the conference’s presentations.
"This proceedings demonstrates the remarkable wealth of expertise and experience that the Forest Service has in the earth sciences,” said Michael Furniss, hydrologist and lead technical editor of the publication.
An electronic copy of the publication currently is available online at http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/publications/gtr689/. Printed copies also are available.
To learn more about the Station’s publications and to request printed copies, visit http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/publications.
The PNW Research Station is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. It has 11 laboratories and centers located in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington and about 500 employees.
Publication citation: Furniss, M.; Clifton, C.; Ronnenberg, K., eds. 2007. Advancing the fundamental sciences: proceedings of the Forest Service national earth sciences conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-689. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 577 p.