The Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS) is one of five regional units that make up the US Forest Service Research and Development organization — the most extensive natural resources research organization in the world. The station headquarters are located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The director is George “Sam” Foster. The research is structured within 8 science program areas. The Station employs over 400 permanent full-time employees, including roughly 100 research scientists.

Research Program Areas

• Air, Water and Aquatic Environments
• Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
• Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science
• Forests and Woodlands Ecosystems Research
• Grassland, Shrubland and Desert Ecosystem
• Inventory, Monitoring and Analysis Science
• Social, Economics and Decision Sciences
• Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecosystems

Laboratories

• Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM
• Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Bozeman, MT
• Fire Sciences Laboratory, Missoula, MT
• Aquatic Sciences Laboratory, Boise, ID
• Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Flagstaff, AZ
• Headquarters, Fort Collins, CO
• Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Logan, UT
• Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Missoula, MT
• Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Missoula, MT
• Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Moscow, ID
• Ogden Service Center, Ogden, UT
• Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Ogden, UT
• Shrub Sciences Laboratory, Provo, UT
• Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Rapid City, SD
• Forestry Sciences Laboratory, University of Nevada, Reno NV

Experimental Forests and Ranges

• Black Hills Experimental Forest
• Boise Basin Experimental Forest
• Coram Experimental Forest
• Deception Creek Experimental Forest
• Desert Experimental Range
• Fort Valley Experimental Forest
• Fraser Experimental Forest
• Glacier Lakes Ecosystem Experiments Site (GLEES)
• Great Basin Experimental Range
• Long Valley Experimental Forest
• Manitou Experimental Forest
• Priest River Experimental Forest
• Sierra Ancha Experimental Forest
• Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest