2. Dean Lisa Graumlich
A scientist known internationally for
research on climate and ecosystems –
and who has a track record of getting
wide-ranging groups of experts to
focus on environmental issues – was
welcomed as the inaugural dean of the
University of Washington’s College of
the Environment on July 1, 2010.
Dean Graumlich supports Pack Forest
and visited with staff in October.

3.  New Name.
 New director search underway. Tom
Hinckley continues as interim director.
 Enrollment stands at 355 undergraduates
and 167 graduate students, a total of 522.
 Highest total enrollment for the school in
several decades.

4. Impact of funding cuts:
 Administrative and support staff cuts
 Increased tuition for students
 Larger class sizes
 Increased time to accomplish activities as
everyone is doing more
 Deferred maintenance

5.  Retirements at Olympic National Research
Center, Stand Management Cooperative,
Precision Forestry Cooperative lead to holes in
staffing. Can’t be filled due to budget cuts.
 GregEttl begins as Director of SMC and PFC in
January. Continues as Director of CSF-Pack
Forest. Oversees research at ONRC.

6.  We are NOT closing.
 Reduced permanent staff in forest and
conference center operations by three
positions. Other positions no longer full-
time.
 Forest ecologist position shared with State
Parks.
 Deferring maintenance on structures and
forest road system.

7.  Holding pattern while waiting for timber
markets to improve and for the completion
of the ECOSEL auction before scheduling
a large timber sale.
 Continuing with pre-commercial thins.
 Forest ecologist position shared with State
Parks.

8.  Activity-based
budgeting and staff cuts are
bringing students back to Pack Forest.
 Students are more involved
with planting trees, measuring
forest inventory plots, and
collecting and analyzing
data for several research
projects.

9.  Summer internships,
spring break activities and
research assistants.
 Foreign
interns return to
Pack Forest.
 New weather station.

10.  Pack Forest attached to almost $3 million
in grants.
 Future funding uncertain as federal and
state funds continue to contract.
 Increasednumber of students doing grad
research projects at Pack Forest.

11.  Vulnerability and adaptation to climate
change in Western mountain ecosystems
Research Sponsored By: USDI US
Geological Survey
 Multi-objective optimization to evaluate
and sell forest ecosystem services
Research Sponsored By: USDA
 Nitrogen fixation in poplar: Increased
efficiency of bioenergy crop production.
Research Sponsored By: National Science
Foundation
 Endophytes for ecological restoration,
climate change mitigation, and improved
forest productivity. McIntire-Stennis
Funding. S.L. Doty, S-H. Kim, G. J. Ettl, and
S. Brown. (Drew Zwart)

12.  Multi-objective Optimization to
Evaluate and Sell Forest Ecosystem
Services. (Nora Konnyu, Svetlana Kushch,
Paul Fischer, Jeff Comnick, and Rachel
St. John)
 Integrating Carbon and Other Ecosystem
Services into a Framework for Forest
Management. Deschutes National Forest,
USFS. S. F. Toth and G.J. Ettl. (Svetlana Kushch)
 Endophytes for ecological restoration, climate change mitigation,
and improved forest productivity. McIntire-Stennis Funding. S.L.
Doty, S-H. Kim, G. J. Ettl, and S. Brown. (Drew Zwart)
 Assessing the role of harvest intensity in improving forest health
and providing biodiversity as an ecosystem service. G.J. Ettl,
Turnblom, E., Wirsing, A., and S. F. Tóth. McIntire-Stennis Funding.
(Kevin Ceder)

13.  Providing forest ecosystem services
with ECOSEL auction mechanism in
experimental settings. S.F. Toth,
S.S. Rabotyagov and G.J. Ettl.
(Gabrielle Roesch).
 Influence of soil moisture on
Alnusrubraectomycorrhizal fungal
community distribution throughout a
growing season. G.J. Ettl (Kate Galligan).
 Physiological responses, survival, and growth of Douglas-fir and
western redcedar seedlings in a variable overstory retention
silviculture system. G.J. Ettl (Cockle, A., Walter, T., Hough-Snee, N.)
 Nitrogen Fixation in Poplar: Increased Efficiency of Bioenergy
Crop Production. Doty, S.L., Kim, S-H, Ettl, G.J., and R.
Bura. National Science Foundation. (Jenny Knoth)

14.  Is self-sustaining although
some maintenance has
been deferred.
 New clients have
discovered the center as a
cost-effective venue for
retreats and workshops.
 State agencies have
increased use.
 More weddings and private
stays.

15.  Summer interns maintain trails.
 Eagle Scout project restores
Hugo Peak puncheons.
 Increased usage related to
fees at State Parks.
Surveys completed
over the summer to
determine level and
type of use.

16.  Upper Level Education
UW Seattle-Tacoma,
Evergreen State College,
Green River CC, PLU,
and others use Pack as
for classes/field trips.
 Delegations from S. Korea, China, Chile,
Brazil, Japan and France visit last year as
well as US groups.

17.  K-12 Schools Over 750students/teachers
have toured Pack
Forest in past two
years.
 FFA – Pack Forest
prepares and hosts
FFA Forestry
and Natural
Resources competitions.

18.  Conference Center offers forest tours for
groups such as Seattle Young Peoples
Project, Ritsumekian-Humans and the Forest,
Women Evolving-Biological Sciences, Sierra
Club, ESA-SEEDS, Russell Family
Foundation.
 Scouting Groups – Use the forest for outings
and badge work.
 Pierce County Search and Rescue – Uses
the forest for training, 8 weekends per year.

19.  EOSEL forest management modeling
complete. Website created. Need final UW
approvals.
 Mount Rainer Institute concept moves
forward. Business plan and curriculum
development.
 Increase student participation
 Student interns from other forestry schools

20. ―Legacy and change, tradition and transition—
all have been part of our daily experience this
year at SFR. Budget shortfalls require
transformative thinking. We must be attentive
to new and innovative directions as we
implement goals to keep us in the top rank of
schools offering forestry research and
education. Our legacy and traditions of
strategic planning, interdisciplinary
collaboration, strong donor support, and public
engagement help us in this task. ‖
--Tom
Hinckley