Bob Zybach: Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Bob Zybach, PhD Environmental Sciences

President, NW Maps Co.
Program Manager, Oregon Websites and Watersheds Project, Inc.

Contact:
 ZybachB@NWMapsCo.com
ZybachB@ORWW.org
541-747-8486

Education

2003 PhD. Oregon State University (OSU) Environmental Sciences Program. Focus: Environmental Sciences Education. Thesis: The Great Fires: Indian burning and catastrophic forest fire patterns of the Oregon Coast Range, 1491-1951. (HTML_DRAFT)

1999 MAIS. (Forest Ecology, Cultural Anthropology, Historical Archaeology). OSU Department of Forest Sciences. Thesis: Using oral histories to document changing forest cover patterns: Soap Creek Valley, Oregon, 1500-1999. (Complete Document: PDF)

1991 BS. OSU College of Forestry. Forest Recreation Management. Minor: Cultural Resources Management. Certificate of Northwest Studies. National Forestry Honor Society.

1988. Linn-Benton Community College (LBCC). Historical ecology and computer sciences.

1967-1970. Portland State University (PSU). Major: Elementary Education. Poetry Editor, 1968 PSU "Review".

Relevant Reports, Publications, Presentations, & Interviews

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Select Letters & Editorials, 1978-2003.

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Zybach, Bob 2008. Gordon Meadows Restoration Project. Oregon Websites and Watersheds Project, Inc., Philomath, Oregon: 18 pp. [PDF Files].

Zybach, Bob 2008. The Owl Ridge Trails Project: Location and Documentation of Primary Travel, Trade, and Resource Use Trails of the Santiam Molalla in the South Santiam River and Blue River, Oregon Headwaters, from 1750 to 1850. Oregon Websites and Watersheds Project, Inc., Philomath, Oregon: 85 pp. [PDF Files]

Zybach, Bob 2007. Precontact History and Cultural Legacy of Forest Research Sites in Southwestern Oregon. NW Maps Co.: 28 pp.

Zybach, Bob 2006. “Forests of the Pacific Northwest: Sustainable Use and Resiliency.” The Consultant. Annual publication of the Associated Certified Foresters of America.

Zybach, Bob and Josh Meredith 2005. “Oregon Wildfires,” Oregon Websites and Watersheds Project, Inc. Internet report: http://www.ORWW.org/Wildfires/index.html (December 10, 2005).

Zybach, Bob and Nana Lapham 2004. "B&B Complex," Oregon Websites and Watersheds Project, Inc. Internet report: http://www.ORWW.org/B&B_Complex/index.html (March 13, 2004).

Zybach, Bob 2003. The Great Fires: Indian Burning and Catastrophic Forest Fire Patterns of the Oregon Coast Range, 1491-195. (HTML_DRAFT). PhD Dissertation, OSU, Corvallis, OR: 458 pp.

Zybach, Bob 2002. "The Alseya Valley Prairie Complex, ca. 1850: Native Landscapes in Western GLO Surveys," IN: Changing Landscapes: "Sustaining Traditions," Proceedings of the 5th and 6th Annual Coquille Cultural Preservation Conferences, Coquille Indian Tribe, North Bend, OR: pp.161-188.

Zybach, Bob 1999. Using Oral Histories to Document Changing Forest Cover Patterns: Soap Creek Valley, Oregon, 1500-1999. (PDF). MAIS Thesis, OSU, Corvallis, OR: 321 pp.

Zybach, Bob and George Ice 1997. "Revisiting the Botkin Salmon Study," IN: Proceedings of the 1997 NCASI West Coast Regional Meeting, Special Report No. 97-13, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI), Corvallis, Oregon: pp. 276-321. [HTML/JPG - PDF (24 mb.)].

Zybach, Bob, Mack Barrington and Thomas Downey 1995. "Converting Historical Information to GIS: Political Boundaries of the Douglas-Fir Region, 1788 to 1995," Journal of Forestry. Vol. 93, No. 5: 15-20.

Zybach, Bob 1994. Siletz Gorge Forest History: Methods and Recommendations for Using Northwest Forest History Information with GIS Applications. Center for Environmental Studies, Santa Barbara, CA: 77 pp. w/24 appendices.

Peterson, James 1994. "Voices in the Forest: An Interview with Bob Zybach," Evergreen Magazine. March/April: 7-22.

Zybach, Bob 1993. "Selecting a Model to Estimate the Effects of Climate Change and Management Activities on Carbon Cycling in Temperate Forest Regions," IN: Vinson, Ted S. and Tatyana P. Kolchugina (editors)1993, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Carbon Cycling in Boreal Forest and Sub-Arctic Ecosystems: Biospheric Responses and Feedbacks to Global Climate Change, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC: 193-202.

Zybach, Bob 1992. Alsea River Drainage, Oregon: Sources and Uses of Historical Information for the Drift Creek and Lobster Valley Areas. Coastal Oregon Productivity Enhancement (COPE) Program, USDA Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR: 67 pp.

Zybach, Bob 1983. "Renewed Resources: The Reforestation of the Tillamook Burn, 1948-1983," The A.R.C. Quarterly. Associated Reforestation Contractors, Salem, OR: pp. 13-17.

Zybach, Bob 1982. "Reforestation: A Look Into the Future of Contract Logging," The Log. Associated Oregon Loggers, Inc., Salem, OR (November): 26-28, 37-39.

Relevant Employment History

1972-1992 Phoenix Reforestation, Inc., President.

1981-1984 A.R.C. (Associated Reforestation Contractors) Quarterly, Editor; co-Editor.

1993-Present NW Maps Co., President.

1996-Present Oregon Websites and Watersheds Project, Inc., Program Manager.

2004-2005 OSU Department of Forest Sciences. Historical ecologist and public outreach specialist with USDA PNW Research Station Five Rivers Landscape Management Project.