FORT Science

FORT science activities support the research priorities of U.S. Department of the Interior resource management bureaus as well as other federal and state agencies, Native American tribes, academic institutions, and nongovernmental organizations. Currently at FORT, cross-disciplinary teams integrate research projects across the following high-priority science areas or Branches:

Aquatic Systems (ASB)

Providing research, modeling and decision-support systems, and invasive and at-risk species assessments in riverine, riparian, and wetland ecosystems.

Ecosystem Dynamics (ED)

Landscape- and systems-level investigations of natural resource problems related to energy development and land-use change, climate change and atmospheric deposition, herbivore-ecosystem interactions, and fire effects.

Information Science Branch (ISB)

Enhancing discovery and management of our natural world and turning information into knowledge.

Invasive Species Science (ISS)

Researching and modeling nonnative invasive species occurrences to track their distribution and forecast their spread for more effective prevention, management, and interdiction.

Policy Analysis & Science Assistance (PASA)

Integrated analysis of biological, social, economic, and institutional conservation policies and management practices to help land and resource managers resolve resource management conflicts.

Trust Species and Habitats (TSH)

Research and technical assistance on the ecology, habitat requirements, distribution, and abundance of trust species facing threatened or endangered status or of special concern to resource management agencies.