Team Members

Who is Involved? 

The LiDAR Monitoring Project is an interdisciplinary effort consisting of partners from federal agencies and the New Mexico Consortium. 

Research Group:  

Dr. E. Louise Loudermilk, USDA Forest Service, Center for Forest Disturbance Science, Southern Research Station  

Dr. Aaron Maxwell, West Virginia University, Department of Geology and Geography  

Dr. Nicholas Skowronski, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station - Climate, Fire, and Carbon Cycle Sciences  

Dr. Michael R. Gallagher, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station - Climate, Fire, and Carbon Cycle Sciences  

Operations Group:  

Jon Wallace, Deputy Chief (Management), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Branch of Fire Management 

J. Mark Jackson, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Director, Fuels Management  

Laila Lienesch, US Fish and Wildlife Service (retired)  

Scott Pokswinski, New Mexico Consortium, Center for Applied Fire and Ecosystem Science  

Chad Anderson, Redwood National Park  

Dr. Grant Snitker, New Mexico Consortium, Center for Applied Fire and Ecosystem Science  

Emily Link, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Fire Ecologist, Southeast Region  

Leta Douglas, US Fish and Wildlife Service , Div. of Fire Mgmt., Southeast Region

Mary Carlton (M.C.) Murphy, USDA Forest Service, Center for Forest Disturbance Science, Southern Research Station  

Brett Williams, USDA Forest Service, Center for Forest Disturbance Science, Southern Research Station  

Dr. Seth M. Munson, U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center  

Dr. Andrew J. Sánchez Meador, Northern Arizona University, Ecological Restoration Institute  

Training: 

Tim Yurkiewicz, USDA Forest Service, National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center