USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station
The USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station (NRS) was a founding member of the NIACS partnership in 2003. NRS is one of five Forest Service Research Stations and covers 20 states across the Midwest and Northeast US. NRS manages a diverse science portfolio, including more than 120 research scientists and 22 experimental forests. Climate change research within NRS helps describe climate impacts and offers new climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies to encourage resilient ecosystems, communities, and markets.
NRS Engagement in NIACS
- NRS employees lead the NIACS partnership, with three positions on the NIACS team.
- NRS researchers frequently collaborate with NIACS and help provide the scientific foundation for our work. For example, NIACS has a long history of collaboration with the Forest Ecosystem Atlas team.
- NIACS publishes major products as Forest Service General Technical Reports, through the NRS Communications and Science Delivery staff. A recent example is the 2025 publication, Climate change considerations for forest operations in northern forests.
- NRS and NIACS collaborate on communicating climate change information through a variety of avenues, such as the 2024 Rooted in Research series on Adapting to Extreme Weather Wild Cards and Changing Hydrology.