This book was developed from a workshop on the “Effective Use of
Ecological Modeling in Management,” held in Oak Ridge, Tennessee,
on October 23–26, 2000. The workshop was sponsored by the Department
of Defense’s (DoD’s) Strategic Environmental Research and Development
Program (SERDP), the Army Research Office, and the Engineering
Research and Development Center of the Corps of Engineers as well as by
the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service. It was hosted
by the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL). The organizing committee for the workshop included senior scientists
from ORNL, the USDA Forest Service, and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (ACE). The members of the steering committee were John
Barko, Paul Bradford, Bill Goran, Jeff Holland, Russell Harmon, and Mike
Vasievich.They helped guide the workshop to a useful product by suggesting
topics, speakers, and participants.Workshop attendees included senior
ecological modelers within the Forest Service, DoD, other federal and state
agencies, universities, and the private sector together with ecologicalresource
managers in the Forest Service, DoD, and other government and
nongovernment agencies and organizations.
The book never could have come to fruition without the dedicated efforts
of Fred O’Hara in editing each of the chapters and making sure that the
text was complete and accurate and that standard methods of expression
and design were used in the text, references, tables, and figures. His careful
attention to the details and to effective communication is appreciated.
Many people helped in bringing the book to completion. Chapter authors
not only contributed the bulk of the work but also assisted by reviewing
manuscripts of their colleagues. In addition, chapters were reviewed by John
Barko, Mark Bevelhimer, Chuck Coutant, Robert Gardner, Russell
Harmon, Robert Holst, Tony King, and Robert Melton. I appreciate the
support of the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National
Laboratory and, especially, of my husband and children.
