Project Team and Advisory Board

The NRFSN Project Team implements activities to disseminate science and cultivate networks of managers and scientists across the Northern Rockies. The Advisory Board advises the Project Team on strategic direction, partnership opportunities, and potential activities; communicates with their respective communities about consortium activities and products; makes suggestions to improve the effectiveness of activities and products; and provides feedback on program effectiveness.

Planning Team and Staff

	Vita Wright, Principal Investigator USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station - Human Performance & Innovation and Organizational Learning RD&A; Fire, Fuels and Smoke Program vita.wright@usda.gov | 406 758-3547
	Signe Leirfallom, Coordinator University of Montana - W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation  signe.leirfallom@umontana.edu | 406 546-4467
	Linda Mutch, Science Information Specialist National Park Service - Sierra Nevada Network linda_mutch@nps.gov | 559 565-3174
	Pam Sikkink, Fire and Fuels Science Information Specialist USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station - Fire, Fuels and Smoke Program pamelagsikkink@usda.gov | 406 829-7343
	Mitch Burgard, Co-I USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station - Wildland Fire Management RD&A
	Thomas Dzomba, Co-I USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station - Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory
	Rick Everett, Co-I Salish Kootenai College - Natural Resources Department
	Kristen Sanders, Co-I USFS Northern Region - Fire and Aviation
	Dave McWethy, Co-I Montana State University - Dept. of Earth Sciences and Montana Institute on Ecosystems
	Charles Goebel, Co-I University of Idaho - College of Natural Resources, Dept of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences
	Andrew Larson, Co-I University of Montana - W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation

Advisory Board

• Diane Abendroth, Fire Ecologist, Grand Teton National Park
• Chris Barth, Fire Mitigation Specialist, BLM Montana State Office
• Randy Brooks, Extension Forestry Specialist, University of Idaho Extension
• Rick Connell, Fire Management Officer, Flathead National Forest
• Chuck Mark, Forest Supervisor, Salmon-Challis National Forest
• Tom Olliff, NPS IMR Chief, Landscape Conservation and Climate Change
• Tim Sexton, Program Manager, Wildland Fire Management RD&A
• Mike DeGrosky, MT DNRC Chief, Fire & Aviation Mgmt
• Kim Kelly, BIA Zone Fire Ecologist, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, and Alaska regions