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, Fire Science Application Specialist, Principal Investigator USDA FS Rocky Mountain Research Station - Innovation and Organizational Learning RD&A; Fire, Fuels and Smoke Program vita.wright@usda.gov | 406 396-5374
	Signe Leirfallom, Coordinator University of Montana - W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation  signe.leirfallom@umontana.edu | 406 546-4467
	Cory Davis, Science Communication Specialist University of Montana - W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation  cory.davis@umontana.edu | 406 257-3166
	Monique Wynecoop, Fire Ecologist and Tribal Liaison USDA FS NE WA Area Fire Ecologist, Region 6 monique.wynecoop@usda.gov | 509 684-7091
	Pam Sikkink, Fire and Fuels Science Information Specialist USDA FS Rocky Mountain Research Station - Fire, Fuels and Smoke Program pamelagsikkink@usda.gov | 406 829-7343
	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
• Kim Kelly, BIA Zone Fire Ecologist, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, and Alaska regions