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CV, Dr. Peter M. Brown, Director

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Published papers
Selected Grants and Agreements
  • Interaction of Fire, Climate, and Forest Structure in Northern Mexico. 9/2006 - 8/2010. National Science Foundation: $703,000. PI: Peter Fulé, Northern Arizona University; Co-PIs: Don Falk, University of Arizona, José Villanueva-Díaz, INIFAP-Mexico, Eladio Cornejo-Oviedo, Universidad Autónoma Agraria "Antonio Narro".
  • A Professional Development Workshop in Dendrochronology: North American Dendroecological Fieldweek (NADEF). 4/2005 - 3/2010. National Science Foundation: $61,000. PI: James Speer Indiana State University; Co-PI: Henri Grissino-Mayer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
  • Fire and Forest History at Mount Rushmore National Memorial: Application and Demonstration of Fire Science. 9/2005 - 7/2007. Joint Fire Science Program, USDI National Park Service and US Geological Survey: $203,914. Co-PIs: Cody Wienk, NPS, and Amy Symstad, USGS.
  • Reference Conditions for Fire Regime Condition Class: A Comparison of Historical and Model Data. 3/2005 - 5/2007. National Interagency Fuels Technology Transfer Team $81,000.  Co-PI: Tyson Swetnam, University of Arizona.
  • Fire Regimes and Forest Structure of Forests of Utah and Eastern Nevada: A Multi-Scaled History from Tree Rings. 7/2002 - 12/2006. Joint Fire Science Program, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fishlake National Forest, Dixie National Forest, and Great Basin National Park: $731,530. Co-PIs: Emily Heyerdahl and Stan Kitchen, RMRS.
  • Development of Tree-Ring and Fire Chronologies in Pine and Incense Cedar, Calaveras Big Trees State Park, California. 9/2003 - 5/2005.  University of California, Davis: $19,500. Co-PI: Michael Barbour, University of California, Davis.
  • International Multiproxy Paleofire Database. 1/2003 - 5/2005. NOAA Environmental Services Data and Information Management (ESDIM) and Climate Change Data and Detection (CCDD) Programs, and US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station: $195,000. Co-PIs: Andrea Brunell, University of Utah; Eric Grimm, Illinois State Museum; Henri Grissino-Mayer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Emily Heyerdahl, Rocky Mountain Research Station; Thomas Kitzberger, Universidad Nacional del Comahue (Argentina); Merrick Richmond, University of Arizona; Tom Swetnam, University of Arizona; Cathy Whitlock, University of Oregon, Connie Woodhouse, NOAA Paleoclimatology Program. 
  • Fire and Forest Structure Across Vegetation Gradients in San Juan National Forest, Colorado: A Multi-Scaled Historical Analysis. 10/2001 - 6/2006. Joint Fire Science Program and San Juan National Forest: $315,930. Co-PI: Rosalind Wu, SJNF.
  • Fire History and Fire Climatology at Point Reyes National Seashore, California, From Tree Rings and Paleo-charcoal. 8/1997 - 9/2004. USDI National Park Service, Point Reyes National Seashore: $104,600. Co-PI: Scott Anderson, Northern Arizona University.
  • Age Structure of Pinus flexilis and Pinus aristata Stands. 8/2002 - 5/2004. Rocky Mountain Research Station. $12,500. Co-PI: Anna Schoettle, RMRS.
  • Fire History in Ponderosa Pine Forests of the Uncompahgre Plateau, Colorado. 6/2002 -5/2003. Painted Sky Resource Conservation Development Council. $9,000.
  • Structure of Pre-Settlement Ponderosa Pine in the Black Hills. 12/2001 - 5/2004. Black Hills National Forest. $66,643.
  • Multi-Scaled Analysis of Fire History at Jackson Demonstration State Forest, California. 10/2000 - 12/2001. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. $40,205.
  • Fire History in Ponderosa Pine Forests and Woodlands of The Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming. 6/2000 - 5/2002. The Nature Conservancy and Bureau of Land Management. $15,000.
  • Fire History and Stand Structure in Upper Montane Forests at Caribou Ranch Open Space.  1/2000 - 4/2001. Boulder County, Colorado. $10,500.
  • Fire History and Stand Structure in Pine Forests of The Catamount Institute, Woodland Park, Colorado. 6/1999 - 12/2001. The Catamount Institute, Colorado Springs, CO. $12,500.
  • Recruitment and Mortality in Woodlands at the Great Plains Ecotone in Southeastern Colorado. 6/1999 -12/2001. Colorado Natural History Small Grants Program and USDA Forest Service, Comanche and Kiowa-Rita Blanca National Grasslands. $11,110.
  • Landscape-Scale Age Structure of Ponderosa Pine Stands on the Limestone Plateau, Black Hills National Forest. 5/1999 - 12/2000. USDA Forest Service, Black Hills National Forest; $52,000.
  • Historical Range of Variability Assessments for the Colorado Portion of the Southern Rocky Mountain Province. 1/1999 - 12/2001. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region; $83,800. Co-PI: Tom Veblen, University of Colorado, Boulder.
  • Temperature Variability since AD 1000 in the Western US from Tree Rings. 9/1998 - 8/2001. National Science Foundation: $278,187. Co-PIs: Malcolm Hughes, University of Arizona, Connie Woodhouse, NOAA Paleoclimatology Program.
  • Expanded and Lengthened Dendroclimatic Reconstructions of Great Plains Drought. 4/1998 - 3/2001. National Science Foundation: $261,096. Co-PI: Connie Woodhouse, NOAA Paleoclimatology Program.
  • Forest Management Plan for City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks. 11/1997 - 10/1998. City of Boulder, Colorado; $41,233.
  • Tree-Ring Evidence of Past Climate and Maximum Tree Age Structure at the Glacier Lakes Ecosystems Experimental Site, Wyoming. 9/1997 - 12/2000. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station; $10,000.
  • Fire History and Tree Recruitment at Cheesman Reservoir and Manitou Experimental Forest. 9/1996 - 12/1997. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station; $27,000. CO-PI: Merrill Kaufmann, RMRS.
  • Fire History in Ponderosa Pine Communities of Research Natural Areas in Central and Western Colorado and Wyoming. 7/1996 - 7/1997. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station; $15,500. Co-PI: Mike Ryan, RMRS.
  • Patterns of Cohort Distribution and Gap Dynamics in Old-Growth Ponderosa Pine Stands of the Southern Front Range. 8/1995 - 7/1996. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station; $10,000. Co-PI: Wayne Shepperd, RMRS.
  • Fire History in Lower and Mid-Elevation Forests of the Front Range of Colorado. 7/1995 - 12/1996. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station; $10,000. Co-PI: Wayne Shepperd, RMRS.
  • Tree-Ring Evidence of Past Climate at Fraser Experimental Forest, Central Colorado. 10/1994 - 9/1995. USDA Forest Service, Interior West Global Change Program; $25,000. Co-PI: Wayne Shepperd, RMRS.
  • Fire History of the Black Hills, South Dakota. 10/1993 - 12/1997.  USDI National Park Service, Jewel Cave National Monument and Wind Cave National Park, and USDA Forest Service, Black Hills National Forest and Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Rapid City, SD; $70,300. Co-PI: Carolyn Hull Sieg, RMRS.
Education    Professional Positions  
  • 1997 - present: President and Director, Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research, Fort Collins
  • 1993 - 1997: Affiliate Scientist, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins
  • 1990 - 1993: Research Specialist, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson
  • 1988 - 1990: Graduate Research Assistant, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona
  • 1979 - 1988: Seasonal and temporary positions, including: Scuba Diver, Sea Life Supply, California (1987 & 1988); Natural Resources Technician, Pinnacles National Monument, California (1987); Wildland Firefighter, Kaibab National Forest, Arizona (1985 - 1986); Archaeologist, Bureau of Land Management Safford District, Arizona (1984); Archaeologist, Fishlake National Forest, Utah (1983); Archaeologist, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado (1979, 1982, & 1983); Archaeologist, Arizona State Museum (1982 & 1985); Archaeologist, Navajo Nation Cultural Resources Management Program (1979 & 1981); Archaeologist, Bureau of Land Management Salmon District, Idaho (1980)

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