Applegate River Watershed Forest Simulation Project
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James K. Agee
Professor of Forest Ecology
College of Forest Resources
University of Washington Box 352100
Seattle, Washington 98195-2100
Tel. (206) 543-2688
Fax: 543-3254
Email: jagee@u.washington.edu
My involvement with the Applegate project will be in the area of fire behavior and effects.
I have substantial interest in the area, both professionally and personally.
I've done fire history and effects work in the Klamaths and Siskiyous and in the southern Cascades,
and look forward to working with the team from Oregon State University to refine forest management
models that incorporate disturbances such as forest fires into the planning framework.
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH
July 7, 1945, Alameda, California
EDUCATION
B.S. 1967 University of California, Berkeley (Forest Mgt.)
M.S. 1968 University of California, Berkeley (Range Mgt.)
(no degree) 1969 University of Hawaii, Honolulu (Geography)
Ph.D. 1973 University of California, Berkeley (Wildland Resource Science)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1973 Lecturer, School of Forestry and Conservation, University of California, Berkeley.
1974-1976 Survey Ecologist, Western Region, National Park Service.
1976-1978 Regional Forest Ecologist, Western Region, National Park Service.
1978-1988 Research Biologist/Assistant Professor to Professor, NPS Cooperative Park Studies Unit, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington.
1988-1993 Professor and Chairman, Division of Forest Resources Management, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington.
1993- Professor, Division of Ecosystem Science and Conservation, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
1985-1992 Trustee, The Nature Conservancy, Washington Chapter
1986-1995 Member, Washington Natural Heritage Council; and Chair, 1991-1993 and 1993-1995.
1988-1995 Board of Directors and Secretary, Keep Washington Green
1986- Associate Editor, Forestry, Northwest Science
1995-present Governor of Oregon Science Team on Eastside Forest Restoration
1996-present Member, National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Sustainability and Future of Non-federal Forests.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS IN THE 1990'S
Agee, J. K. 1991. Fire history along an elevational gradient in the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon. Northwest Science 65:188-199.
Swezy, D. M., and J. K. Agee. 1991. Prescribed fire effects on fine root and tree mortality in old growth ponderosa pine.
Can. J. For. Res. 21:626-634 .
Agee, J. K., and R. L. Edmonds. 1992. Forest protection guidelines for the northern spotted owl.
Appendix F, in: Recovery plan for the northern spotted owl. USDI Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington DC: 419-480.
Agee, J. K. 1993. Fire ecology of Pacific Northwest forests. Island Press, Washington DC. 493 pp.
Agee, J.K. 1994. Fire and weather disturbances in terrestrial ecosystems of the eastern Cascades.
USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-320. 52pp.
Agee, J.K., and K. Maruoka 1994. Historical fire regimes of the Blue Mountains.
Blue Mountains Natural Resources Institute Technical Notes BMNRI-TN-1. La Grande, OR. 4 pp.
Agee, J.K. 1996. The influence of forest structure on fire behavior.
17th Annual forest Vegetation Management Conference, Redding, CA.
Chappell, C., and J.K. Agee 1996. Fire severity and tree seedling establishment in Abies magnifica forests,
southern Cascades, Oregon. Ecological Applications 6(2): 628-640.
Agee, J.K. 1996. Achieving conservation biology objectives with fire in the Pacific Northwest. Weed Science 10: 417-421.
Agee, J.K. 1997. The severe weather wildfire: Too hot to handle? Northwest Science 71: 153-157.
Agee, J.K. 1997. Fire management for the 21st century. pp. 191-201 In Franklin, J.F., and K. Kohm (eds).
Creating a forestry for the 21st century. Island Press.