About Us

The LANDIS-II Foundation

LANDIS-II is operated as a non-profit scientific and educational organization, registered in Oregon with 501(3)(c) status.  Read our Mission Statement and By Laws for further information.  Our values are outlined here.

The Board of Directors are:

President, Melissa Lucash, University of Oregon

Treasurer, Sam Flake, Cary Institute

Secretary,  Jane Foster, USDA Forest Service

Member-at-Large, Yan Boulanger, Natural Resources Canada

Member-at-Large, Matthew Duveneck, Harvard Forest

Member-at-Large, Eric Gustafson, USDA Forest Service

Member-at-Large, Brian Sturtevant, USDA Forest Service

Publications by the LANDIS-II Foundation

The LANDIS-II Foundation, a non-profit scientific and educational organization, periodically publishes papers that thoroughly describe a model extension to help users gain additional insight into how to parameterize, calibrate, and validate the extension. These papers can be found on github: https://github.com/LANDIS-II-Foundation/Foundation-Publications

Website Contact Information

Dr. Melissa Lucash: mlucash [at] uoregon.edu

Funding

The following organizations have provided funding for LANDIS-II Development since 2004:  USDA Forest Service, NASA, USGS, NSF, SNPLMA, USDA AFRI, Province of British Columbia.