Ben Porter
Organization: Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC)
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Biography
Ben is the Monitoring Coordinator for FEMC. He oversees the forest health monitoring program, maintains FEMC's other environmental monitoring networks, and works with the monitoring data to help our partners assess long-term changes in our forested ecosystems. He comes to the FEMC from the USDA Agricultural Research Service where he served as a Research Ecologist based in Boise, Idaho. He has a background in post-fire restoration, invasive and rare plant ecology, continuous forest inventory and monitoring, remote sensing, and data management. He has worked in a variety of environments ranging from northeastern forests of NY and VT, riparian and montane forests of Colorado, and throughout the Great Basin. Outside of work, he enjoys traditional woodworking, telemark skiing, and natural building.
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| Authors |
Name |
Date |
Type |
| Alison Adams, Matthias Sirch, Elissa Schuett, Soren Donisvitch, Ben Porter, Jacob Vitale, Matthew Rios, Nicholas Afflito | Monitoring Methods Decision Support Guide | 2025-07-01 | Report |
| Jennifer Pontius, Alison Adams, Matthias Sirch, Nancy Voorhis, Alexana Wolf, Elissa Schuett, Soren Donisvitch, Ben Porter, Matthew Rios | Regional Forest Health Monitoring Program: 2024 Report | 2025-04-30 | Annual Report |
| Ben Porter | porterbio | 2024-10-14 | Document |
| Jennifer Pontius, Alison Adams, Matthias Sirch, Nancy Voorhis, Alexana Wolf, Elissa Schuett, Soren Donisvitch, Ben Porter, Jacob Vitale, Jerome Lee | Regional Forest Health Monitoring Program: 2023 Report | 2024-05-09 | Annual Report |
| Jennifer Pontius, Alison Adams, Matthias Sirch, Pia Ruisi-Besares, Elissa Schuett, Soren Donisvitch, Ben Porter, Ralph Green | FEMC Browse Regional Assessment Report | 2023-12-01 | Report |
| Jennifer Pontius, Alison Adams, Matthias Sirch, Nancy Voorhis, Alexana Wolf, Elissa Schuett, Soren Donisvitch, Hanson Menzies, Ben Porter | Regional Forest Health Monitoring Program: 2022 Report | 2023-11-27 | Report |
| Jennifer Pontius, Matthias Sirch, Nancy Voorhis, Elissa Schuett, Naomi Cutler, Ben Porter | Regional Forest Health Monitoring Program: 2021 Report | 2023-03-21 | Report |
| Ben Porter | Regional Forest Health Monitoring Field Guide | 2023-03-21 | Document |
| Ben Porter | Ben Porter bio image | 2022-04-15 | Document |
| Jennifer Pontius, Alison Adams, Nancy Voorhis, Alexana Wolf, Elissa Schuett, Soren Donisvitch, Ben Porter, Matthew Rios | Regional Forest Health Monitoring Program: 2025 Report | | Annual Report |
| Jennifer Pontius, Alison Adams, Nancy Voorhis, Alexana Wolf, Elissa Schuett, Soren Donisvitch, Ben Porter | Regional Forest Health Monitoring Program: 2025 State Supplemental Figure Package | | Annual Report |
| Alison Adams, Nancy Voorhis, Alexana Wolf, Elissa Schuett, Soren Donisvitch, Ben Porter, Matthew Rios | Regional Forest Health Monitoring Program: 2025 FHM Methods | | Annual Report |
