Laboratory Information:
FS - Rocky Mountain Research Station
Natural Resources Research Center
2150 Centre Avenue, Building A
Fort Collins, CO 80526-8121
Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/
Technology Transfer Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/main/rmrs_partnerships.html
Agency/Department: Dept. of Agriculture
Region: Mid-Continent
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Nick Reyna
Phone: 970-498-1376
Fax: (970) 498-1010
Email: nreyna@fs.fed.us
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS)
is a multicultural and diverse organization that employs over
400 permanent full-time employees, of which more than 100 are research scientists. The work it does,
in
cooperation with other Forest Service units, universities and other agencies and institutions, helps
inform
decisions on a wide variety of natural resources issues and problems throughout the western United States.
It
is recognized nationally and internationally as a leader in caring for the land and serving people.
The Rocky
Mountain Research Station enjoys a proud heritage and is home to some of the earliest natural resources
research dating back to the early 1900's. Today, its research program is based on a mission to develop
and
deliver scientific knowledge and technology that will help people sustain our forests, rangelends and
grasslands. Quality science is the foundation of the Station's credibility, integrity and reputation.
It focuses its
research and development activities on questions and issues that are relevant and of concern to its
stakeholders. Its stakeholders include natural resource scientists, managers and policymakers and a
wide
variety of federal and local government agencies, environmental and commodity non-governmental
organization, professional societies, private landowners, industry, and the general public.
Mission of the Laboratory:
The phrase "Caring for the Land and Serving People,"
captures the Forest Service Mission.
As set forth in law, the mission is to achieve quality
land management under the sustainable multiple- use
management concept to meet the diverse needs of people. It includes advocating a conservation ethic
in
promoting the health, productivity, diversity, and beauty of forests and associated lands; listening
to people and
responding to their diverse needs in making decisions; protecting and managing the National Forests
and
Grasslands so they best demonstrate the sustainable multiple-use management concept; providing technical
and financial assistance to State and private forest landowners, encouraging them to practice good
stewardship and quality land management in meeting their specific objectives; providing technical and
financial
assistance to cities and communities to improve their natural environment by planting trees and caring
for their
forests; providing international technical and scientific exchanges to sustain and enhance global resources
and to encourage quality land management; helping States and communities to wisely use the forests to
promote rural economic development and a quality rural environment; developing and providing scientific
and
technical knowledge aimed at improving our capability to protect, manage, and use forests and rangelands;
and providing work, training, and education to the unemployed, underemployed, elderly, youth, and
disadvantaged in pursuit of our mission.
Technology Transfer Mechanisms:
- Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
- Grants
- Patents and Licensing
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Human and Social
- Air Quality
- Restoration of Disturbed Lands
- Vegetation Ecology and Management
- Water, Riparian, and Aquatic Ecosystems
- Wilderness
- Wildlife and Fish
- Experimental Forests and Ranges
- Fire Research
