Timeline
PFC significant events
06/01/2021
Dr. Prichard establishes the FLAME lab
The Fire Landscapes Adaptive Management & Ecology (FLAME)
01/01/2020
Dr. S. Prichard
joins the PFC as research scientist in forest ecology with a specialty in wildfire ecology
12/13/2019
‘Megan O’Shea’ Scholarship
to commemorate Megan O’Shea’s retirement a student fellowship in support of students in PFC doing field work is established, the award is presented at the PFC board meetings to a PFC student who shows leadership and perseverance in field work efforts. Donations to this award can be made here.
01/01/2018
+200 publications
PFC scientist cumulatively reach a landmark of producing over 200 peer-reviewed publications
09/01/2017
Dr. M. Halabisky
joins PFC as a research scientist focusing on studying terrestrial wetlands
03/20/2015
LiDAR Course
PFC sponsors a permanent UW lidar class ESRM433/SEFS533 offered for the 1st time in 2015 with 20 students enrolled, the class grows to 50 students in 2021, the course is taught every spring quarter by PFC remote sensing faculty or PhD candidates under PFC faculty mentorship
01/01/2015
Dr. V. Kane
research assistant professor focusing on forest resilience and lidar remote sensing is recruited to join PFC and establishes the Forest Resilience Lab (FRL) at UW
01/01/2014
Dr. Kathleen Wolf
research social scientist, joins the PFC, some of her work includes Green Cities and Health project
01/06/2013
NRSIG
Natural Resource Spatial Informatics Group joins the PFC
01/01/2013
2013
Prof. L. M. Moskal becomes the PFC Director (2013 – present)
06/01/2011
2011
Prof. G. Ettl becomes the PFC Director (2011-2012)
09/06/2007
Prof. S. Toth
joins the PFC as an Assistant Professor of Spatial Optimization and establishes the Spatial Optimization Laboratory (SOL/Toth Lab) at UW
06/01/2006
Prof. L. M. Moskal
joins the PFC as an Assistant Professor of remote sensing and moves the Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory (RSGAL) to UW
06/15/2003
1st PFC PhD Student Graduates
Dr. Hans-Erik Andersen
01/01/2003
2003
Prof. David Briggs (retired 2011) becomes the PFC Director (2003-2011)
01/01/2001
2001
Prof. Gerard Schreuder (retired 2008) becomes the PFC Director (2001-2003)
01/01/2000
2000
Dr. Bruce Larson becomes the PFC Director (2000)
01/01/1999
1999
The Precision Forestry Cooperative (PFC) is Established by the WA legislature Advance Technology Initiative establishes at UW and Prof. James Fridley (who worked on developing this initiative) in named as the 1st Director of the PFC. Prof. P. Schiess (retired 2012), Prof. Gerard Schreduder (retired 2008) and Prof. D. Briggs (retired 2011) begin working closely with the PFC. Megan O’Shea (SEFS MS 1998; retired 2019) joins the PFC @50% FTE as the program’s assistant.
