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Faculty, Instructors & Administrative Staff

Charles Goebel, Ph.D.

Professor of Forest Ecosystem Restoration and Ecology and Department Head of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

CNR 204A

208-885-7311

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Kaella Dinius

Administrative Assistant II

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CNR 204

208-885-7952

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Karen Johnson

Administrative Financial Specialist

Karen L. Johnson

CNR 204

208-885-1696

kalj@uidaho.edu

Jamie Jessup

Academic Advisor

CNR 211A

208-885-7818

jessup@uidaho.edu

Khris Kohlmeier

Academic Advisor

Khris Kohlmeier

CNR 211D

208-885-2033

kkohlmeier@uidaho.edu

Kristina Bartowitz, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Ecology

IRIC 118

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Ryer Becker, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor of Forest Operations

CNR 205E

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Luigi Boschetti, Ph.D.

Professor of Remote Sensing

CNR 203E

208-885-6508

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Randall Brooks, Ph.D.

Extension Professor of Forestry and Extension Forestry Specialist

CNR 102B

208-885-6356

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Stephen Bunting, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita of Rangeland Ecology

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Lili Cai, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Forest & Sustainable Products

CNR 203C

208-885-8638

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Audra Cochran

Extension Educator

Mark Coleman, Ph.D.

Professor of Forestry

CNR 102A

208-885-7604

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Meghan Foard, Ph.D.

Senior Ecology Instructor

PHI B12

208-885-6176

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Jo Ellen Force, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita of Forest Policy

CNR 17E

208-885-7952

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Paul Gessler, Ph.D.

Professor of Remote Sensing and Geospatial Ecology

CNR 17C

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Madeline Goebel

Associate Extension Educator, Senior Instructor of Forestry

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CNR 217A

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Thomas M. Gorman, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Forest & Sustainable Products

208-885-7402

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Heather Heward

Senior Fire Ecology & Management Instructor

PHI B10

208-885-6454

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Tara Hudiburg, Ph.D.

Professor of Ecosystem Ecology

CNR 204D

208-885-7044

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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K. Scott Jensen

Area Range Extension Educator

Suite 242

208-896-4104

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Jason W. Karl, Ph.D.

Director of the U of I Rangeland Center, Associate Professor of Rangeland Ecology and Harold F. and Ruth M. Heady Endowed Chair of Rangeland Ecology

CNR 205D

208-885-0255

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Department of Forestry, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences

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Robert Keefe, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Forest Operations, Director of the University of Idaho Experimental Forest

PHI B17

208-310-0269

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Mark Kimsey, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor of Forest Resources, Director of the Intermountain Forestry Cooperative

Phinney 210

208-885-7520

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Leda Kobziar, Ph.D.

Professor of Wildland Fire Science, Director of Master of Natural Resources Program

208-292-2512

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Karen Launchbaugh, Ph.D.

Professor of Rangeland Ecology

CNR 205B

208-885-4394

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Timothy E. Link, Ph.D.

Professor of Hydrology; Director, Water Resources Graduate Program

CNR 203B

208-885-9465

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Armando McDonald, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor of Forest & Sustainable Products

CNR 102D

208-885-9454

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Jessica Miesel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Fire Ecology

CNR 205C

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Penelope Morgan, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita of Fire Ecology and Forest Ecology and Certified Senior Fire Ecologist

208-885-7507

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Andrew Nelson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Forestry, Director of Franklin H. Pitkin Forest Nursery, Tom A. Alberg and Judith Beck Endowed Chair of Native Plant Regeneration

CNR 102C

208-885-1004

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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George Newcombe, Ph.D.

Professor of Forest Resources

CNR 203D

208-885-5289

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Ronald Robberecht, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Physiological Ecology

208-885-7404

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Chris Schnepf

Area Extension Educator — Forestry

Suite 105

208-292-1288

cschnepf@uidaho.edu

Steven Shook, Ph.D.

Professor of Forest & Sustainable Products

CNR 202A

208-885-6802

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Aaron Sparks, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor of Fire Ecology & Geospatial Data Analysis

IRIC 243

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Eva Strand, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, Professor of Rangeland Ecology and Management

CNR 202A

208-885-5779

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

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Eric Winford

Research Assistant Professor of Rangeland Ecology & Management, Associate Director of the Rangeland Center

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208-364-3176

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Post Docs

Ann Abbott, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ann Abbott

PHI 217

208-885-6767

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Kelsey Bryant, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kelsey Bryant

IRIC 136

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Department Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Alexey Egorov, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Edward Flathers, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ed Flathers

PHI 214

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Darcy Hammond, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Abdulbaset Alayat

CNR 20B

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Arthur Hsu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Pitkin Nursery

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Mikhail Kondratev, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Vladyslav Oles, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

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PHI B16

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Jaslam Poolakkal, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Justin Mathias

PHI 212

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Benjamin Spei, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

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CNR 20B

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Research Staff

Ebru Bilici, Ph.D.

Senior Research Associate, Forest Utilization

Ebru Bilici

Phinney B-19

ebilici@uidaho.edu

Wayne Buck

FRAMES Content Specialist

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206-784-0964

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Lana Cohen

Research Associate I

Charles Goebel

CNR 120

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Adam Hackbarth

Nursery Production Associate

Greg Alward

Franklin H Pitkin Forest Nursery

208-885-1261

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Franklin H. Pitkin Forest Nursery

Matthan Hale

Nursery Management Specialist

Matthan Hale

Franklin H Pitkin Forest Nursery

208-885-3512

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Franklin H. Pitkin Forest Nursery

Joshua Hyde

FRAMES Fuels and Smoke Project Manager

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206-468-2581

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Lauren King

Financial & Outreach Specialist

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Franklin H. Pitkin Forest Nursery

208-885-3888

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Franklin H. Pitkin Forest Nursery

Lori Mackey

Research Specialist

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Franklin H. Pitkin Forest Nursery

208-885-8720

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Franklin H. Pitkin Forest Nursery

Blake Manley

Workforce Development Program Manager

Blake Manley

Phinney Hall B-13

bmanley@uidaho.edu

George Naughton

Forested Watershed Project Scientist

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CNR 119A

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Diana Olson

FRAMES Project Manager

Diana Olson

206-732-7844

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Bruce Ripley

Chief Innovation Officer

Bruce Ripley

Paul Robinson

Watershed Research Project Manager

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CNR 119A

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Marc Rust

Director of Inland Empire Tree Improvement Cooperative

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PHI 307

208-885-7109

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Department Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Terry Shaw

Research Scientist III

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CEB 201A

509-595-8755

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Emily Sprague

Research Associate I

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Mike Tjoelker

FRAMES Content Specialist

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206-452-9339

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Lynn Wells

FRAMES Program Manager

Lynn Wells

PHI 413

208-885-9756

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Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Adjunct & Affiliate Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

Mark Corrao

mcorrao@uidaho.edu
Director of Technology
Northwest Management, INC.

Karl Englund

englund@wsu.edu
Assist. Res. Professor & Ext. Specialist
Washington State University

Thor Hanson

thor@rockisland.com
Professor
Western Washington University

Andrew Hudak

ahudak@fs.fed.us
Research Forester
US Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research Station

Theresa Jain

tjain@fs.fed.us
Research Forester
US Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research Station

Deborah Page-Dumroese

kdumroese@fs.fed.us
Research Soil Scientist
US Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research Station

Russell A. Parsons

rparsons@fs.fed.us
Research Ecologist
US Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research Station

Jeremiah R. Pinto

jpinto@alumni.uidaho.edu
Research Plant Physiologist
US Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research Station

Peter R. Robichaud

probi@uidaho.edu
Research Engineer
US Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research Station

Eduardo J. Somarriba Chavez

esomarri@catie.ac.cr
Senior Agroforester Professor
CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research & Higher Education Center)

Alan Talhelm

atalhelm@uidaho.edu
Staff Air Pollution Specialist
California Air Resources Board

Eric Walsh

ewalsh@uidaho.edu
Program Director
Climate Smart Land Network

Michael P. Wolcott

wolcott@uidaho.edu
Regent Professor & Associate Vice President for Research
Washington State University

Affiliate Faculty

Claudiney Cordeiro

ccordeiro@uidaho.edu
Professor
Federal University of Parana, Brazil

April Hulet

aprilh@uidaho.edu
Associate Professor
Brigham Young University

Vincent Jansen

vjansen@uidaho.edu
Remote Sensing & GIS Analyst
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife

Garrett Jones

jones@northwestmanagement.com
Client Accounts Coordinator
Northwest Management, INC.

Abigail Lute

alute@uidaho.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Princeton University & NOAA/GFDL

Dikshya Pokhrel

pokh4521@vandals.uidaho.edu
Graduate Research Assistant
Auburn University

Ana Catarina Sequeria

anacatte@ucm.es
Landscape Architect & GIS Landscape Analyst
University of Lisbon - Institute of Agronomy

Sanjay Sisodiya

sisodiya@uidaho.edu
Associate Professor
University of Idaho - College of Business & Economics

Laura Wommack

lwommack@uidaho.edu
Science Teacher
Mansfield High School

Maria Zubkova

mzubkova@uidaho.edu
GIS & Remote Sensing Postdoctoral Associate
University of Maryland

Graduate Students

David Akowuah

Ph.D. Natural Resources | Andrew Nelson

Steevensen Alcius 

Ph.D. Natural Resources | Mark Kimsey

Courage Alorbu

Ph.D. Natural Resources | Lili Cai

Haley Anderson

 Ph.D. Natural Resources | Mark Kimsey

Harrison Appiah

Ph.D. Environmental Science | Armando McDonald

Noel Daugherty

M.S. Natural Resources | Mark Kimsey

Jennifer Dodd

 Ph.D. Natural Resources | Luigi Boschetti

Leah Dreesmann

Ph.D. Natural Resources | Jason Karl

Vovener de Verlands Edmond

Ph.D. Natural Resources | Andrew Nelson

Ryan Engwall

M.S. Environmental Science | Timothy Link

Nnaemeka Ewurum

 M.S. Environmental Science | Armando McDonald

Aynun Farhabi

 Ph.D. Natural Resources | Lili Cai

Abby Ferson-Mitchell

Ph.D. Natural Resources | George Newcombe

Dalyna Hannah

Ph.D. Natural Resources | Robert Keefe

Anna Heider

M.S. Natural Resources | Mark Coleman

Alexander Hoffman

Ph.D. Natural Resources | Andrew Nelson

Garret Homer

Ph.D. Natural Resources | Charles Goebel

Zachary Huling

M.S. Natural Resources | Karen Launchbaugh

Jessica Hull-Jones

Ph.D. Natural Resources | Karen Launchbaugh

Frank Kramarik-Luth

Ph.D. Natural Resources | Charles Goebel

Japneet Kukal

Ph.D. Natural Resources | Armando McDonald

Phinehas Lampman

Ph.D. Environmental Science | Leda Kobziar

Taya Lantz

M.S. Natural Resources | Mark Kimsey

Dan Lauritzen

Ph.D. Natural Resources | Karen Launchbaugh

 

Liang Liang

Ph.D. Natural Resources | Lili Cai

Brandon Light

Ph.D. Natural Resources | Charles Goebel

Emmanuel Osei-Bonsu

M.S. Natural Resources | Lili Cai

JB Playfair

Ph.D. Natural Resources | Karen Launchbaugh 

Michael Salerno

 Ph.D. Natural Resources | Robert Keefe

Krystal Snyder

Ph.D. Environmental Science | Armando McDonald

Kimberly Stewart

 Ph.D. Natural Resources | Eva Strand

Jovale Tongco

Ph.D. Natural Resources | Lili Cai

Sally Vlas

M.S. Environmental Science | Tara Hudiburg

Dylan Willard 

Ph.D. Natural Resources | Lili Cai

Sodiq Yusuf

 Ph.D. Natural Resources | Armando McDonald

Contact Us

Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences

Physical Address:
975 W. 6th Street
Moscow, Idaho

Mailing Address:
875 Perimeter Drive MS 1133
Moscow, ID 83844-1133

Phone: 208-885-7952

Email: frfs@uidaho.edu

Web: College of Natural Resources

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