The Olympic Natural Resources Center (ONRC) in Forks, Washington—part of the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington—is extremely pleased to welcome Dr. Bernard Bormann as its new director.

Dr. Bormann joins ONRC after a 34-year career as a scientist with the U.S. Forest Service. Since 1989, he has led the Long-Term Ecosystem Productivity Program for the Pacific Northwest Research Station, and he brings a strong interest in adaptive management. Dr. Bormann is looking forward to upholding the original intent of ONRC to serve as a hub of collaborative research—a neutral forum that unites researchers, students, professionals and the public to solve critical issues in forestry and marine management throughout the Olympic Peninsula.

He is excited to develop and study multiple creative, win-win solutions that can reverse declines in both ecological resilience and rural community well-being across the region.

Dr. Bormann has a long history in the Puget Sound region. He received his B.S. in plant ecology from Evergreen State College in 1976, his M.S. in plant ecology from the University of Washington in 1978, and then his Ph.D. in forest physiology from Oregon State University in 1981.

He is replacing Professor Emeritus David Ford, who retired from the University of Washington earlier this fall, and he will officially take over as director of ONRC, and as a professor of forest ecology and physiology for the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, on April 1, 2015. You can reach him at his ONRC office at 206-685-9477 and by email at Bormann@uw.edu.