U.S. Forest Service Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center (WWETAC)

The Western Wildland Environmental Threat Assessment Center (WWETAC) is a unit of the Pacific Northwest Research Station. The Center was created to predict, detect, and assess existing and potential environmental threats to western wildlands. Information will be developed and shared about forest impacts such as invasive plants, potential insect outbreaks, the appearance of invasive insect threats, the appearance of new pathogens (such as sudden oak death), and other threats. There are many WWETAC climate change related research projects, impact assessments, modeling tools, short courses, as well as affiliated workshops available on their website.

Phone: (541) 416-6583

Sectors:

• Biodiversity and ecosystems
• Forestry
• Land management and conservation

Related Organizations:

• USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station
• U.S. Forest Service (USFS)

Related Resources:

• U.S. Forest Service (USFS): Climate Change Resource Center