Assistant Director for Adaptive Management
USDA Forest Service Washington Office
Portland, Oregon, United States
Jamie Barbour has a BS in Botany from Washington State University and MSc and PhD in Wood and Fiber Science from the University of Washington. While at the UW, he periodically lived and worked on the Makah reservation in Washington State. He spent his early career at the Weyerhaeuser Technology Center and FORINTEK Canada Corp doing wood products research. Since 1993 he has worked for the USDA Forest Service. The first 20 years were with the Pacific Northwest Research Station where he managed the Social Science, Economics, Ecosystem Services, and Science Delivery Research Programs and acted as the Assistant Director for Research from November 2012 to November 2013. His personal research focused on the interaction between resource extraction and ecosystem dynamics at the landscape scale. In 2013, he moved to the Forest Service’s Headquarters (Washington Office) where he served as Senior Policy advisor to the Deputy Chief for National Forest Systems advising on the Agency’s Inventory, Monitoring, and Assessment Strategy. In August 2017 he became the Assistant Director for Adaptive Management, Monitoring, and Analysis in the Ecosystem Management and Coordination Staff. Since April of 2022, he has led the analysis team for the Forest Service’s response to the Mature and Old Growth sections of Executive Order 14072 Strengthening the Nation’s Forests, Communities, and Local Economies. When not working he enjoys vegetable gardening and wood working.
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM MST
