About
Mission: development of advanced technology solutions to improve the quality & reliability of information needed for planning, implementation, monitoring and conservation of ecological resources, to ensure sustainable landscape outcomes on forests, wetlands, meadows and wildlife habitats.
Vision: engagement with technology, environmental, public & non-profit sectors in fulfillment of our mission.
Directed by Dr. L. Monika Moskal (2013-present), the Precision Forestry Cooperative (PFC) was founded by the State of Washington legislature in 1999 to conduct pioneering research as part of the Washington State Advanced Technology Initiative (ATI) at the University of Washington (Seattle, Washington, College of the Environment, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. The University of Washington acknowledges the Coast Salish peoples of this land, the land which touches the shared waters of all tribes and bands within the Duwamish, Puyallup, Suquamish, Tulalip and Muckleshoot nations. The PFC is comprised of three research laboratories & one research group:
- Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory (RSGAL) PI: Dr. L.M. Moskal, co-PIs: Dr. Meghan Halabisky working on wetlands, and Dr. Kathleen Wolf, a research social scientist, some of her work includes Green Cities and Health project
- Fire Landscapes Adaptive Management & Ecology (FLAME) Laboratory PI: Dr. Susan Prichard
- Forest Resilience Laboratory (FRL) PI: Dr. Van Kane
- Spatial Optimization Laboratory (SOL) PI: Dr. Sandor Toth
- Natural Resource Spatial Informatics Group (NRSIG) PI: Luke Rogers
PFC has a staff team that collaborates across all of the PFC labs, the team includes: Jeff Comnick, Andrew Cooke, Maureen Duane, Jonathan Kane, and Dr. Meghan Halabisky. Moreover, the PFC has strong collaborations with the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station through Dr. Hans-Erik Andersen, Bob McGaughey and Dr. Jocob Strunk; their lab is located across the hall from the PFC lab. We also work with the USGA through Dr. Christian Torgersen, who is housed in SEFS Anderson Hall. PFC has an active Advisory Board comprising of private, public and non-profit sectors.