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 four research laboratories and 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, co-PI: Liz van Wagtendonk
- Spatial Optimization Laboratory (SOL) PI: Dr. Sandor Toth
- Natural Resource Spatial Informatics Group (NRSIG) PI: Luke Rogers
PFC organization chart 2022 click to enlarge
PFC has a team of staff – Maureen Duane, Jonathan Kane, Jeff Comnick and Andrew Cooke – who collaborate across all of the PFC labs. The PFC has strong collaborations with the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station through Dr. Hans-Erik Andersen, Bob McGaughey and Dr. Jacob Strunk as well as USGS through Dr. Christian Torgersen. PFC has an active Advisory Board comprising of private, public, tribal and non-profit sectors.
