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

 

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. ( PDF_60_MB)

1999 MAIS. OSU Department of Forest Sciences. Fields: Forest Ecology; Cultural Anthropology; Historical Archaeology. Thesis: Using oral histories to document changing forest cover patterns: Soap Creek Valley, Oregon, 1500-1999. (PDF_12_MB)

1991 BS. OSU College of Forestry. Forest Recreation Management. Minor: Cultural Resources Management. Certificate in Northwest Studies. Xi Sigma Pi National Forestry Honor Society, Zeta Chapter.

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."

 

Select Articles: 1982 - 2012

Public Letters & Editorials: 1978 - 2008; 2009 - 2013

Interviews (Radio, Magazine & Newspaper): 1980 - 2006; 2007 - 2013

Oral Histories: 1976 - 1988; 1989 - 1999; 2000 - 2013

Presentations: 1983 - 2003; 2004 - 2009; 2010 - 2013

Reports: 1990 - 2013

 

Select Bibliography

Zybach, Bob and Don Ivy 2013. Coquelle Trails: Early Historical Roads and Trails of Ancestral Coquille Indian Lands, 1826 - 1875 (2 vol.). Coquille Indian Tribe, Inc., North Bend, Oregon and Oregon Websites and Watersheds Project, Inc., Philomath, Oregon: 202 pp. [Vol. I: PDF_9.7_MB; Vol. II: PDF_8.2_MB].

Zybach, Bob 2012. The 1855 - 1856 Oregon Indian War in Coos County, Oregon: Eyewitnesses and Storytellers, March 27, 1855 – August 21, 1856. Oregon Websites & Watersheds Project, Inc., Philomath, Oregon; Coquelle Indian Tribe, North Bend, Oregon; and NW Maps Co., Cottage Grove, Oregon: 259 pp.

Zybach, Bob and George Wasson, Jr. 2009. Forest and Fire History of the Coos Bay Wagon Road Lands in Coos County, Oregon, 1750 to 1950. Unpublished report on file with the Coquille Indian Tribe, North Bend, Oregon, and with Oregon Websites & Watersheds Project, Inc., Philomath, Oregon: 118 pp.

Zybach, Bob, Michael Dubrasich, Gregory Brenner, and John Marker 2009a. U.S. Wildfire Cost-Plus-Loss Economics Project: The “One-Pager” Checklist (online version). Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center: 9 pp. [PDF_280_kb.]

Zybach, Bob, Michael Dubrasich, Gregory Brenner, and John Marker 2009b. U.S. Wildfire Cost-Plus-Loss Economics Project: The “One-Pager” Checklist (full text). Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center: 20 pp. [PDF_198_kb.]

Zybach, Bob 2009. A Cultural Renaissance: Report on the 2009 Native American Ecological Education Symposium. Western Institute for the Study of the Environment, http://westinstenv.org/sosf/2009/06/04/a-cultural-renaissance/ (June 4, 2009).

Zybach, Bob 2008. Gordon Meadows Restoration Project. Oregon Websites and Watersheds Project, Inc., Philomath, Oregon: 18 pp. [PDF_14_MB].

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.

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 2006: pp. 14-18.

Zybach, Bob and Josh Meredith 2005. “Oregon Wildfires,” Oregon Websites and Watersheds Project, Inc. Internet report: 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: www.ORWW.org/B&B_Complex/index.html (March 13, 2004).

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 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/JGP - PDF_28_MB].

Zybach, Bob 1996. Historical Overview of Columbia Gorge Forestlands: Dynamics and Fragmentation, 1792-1996. NW Maps Co., Corvallis, OR: 67 pp.[PDF_7.1_MBF (B&W only)].

Zybach, Bob 1996. Charles and Norman Hindes.  Family History and Story of the Soap Creek Sawmilling and Logging Camp, Benton County, Oregon: 1928-1931.  Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #14.  Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 76 pp. [PDF_3.8_MB].

Zybach, Bob and Kevin Sherer 1995.  Wanda Marcks Cook.  The Story of the Sulphur Springs Stock Ranch, Benton County, Oregon: 1904-1939.  Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #12.  Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 100 pp. [PDF_3.8_MB].

Zybach, Bob and George B. Wisner 1995.  Neil Vanderburg.  Family Farming and Saw Milling on Berry Creek, Benton County, Oregon: 1935-1941.  Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #08, 2nd printing.  Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 169 pp. [PDF_7.4_MB].

Zybach, Bob and Neil Vanderburg 1995.  Donald Dickey.  Family History and Life on Berry Creek, Benton County, Oregon: 1928-1941.  Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #03, 2nd printing.  Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 69 pp. [PDF_1.7_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: pp. 15-20.

Zybach, Bob 1994.  Velma Carter Rawie.  A History of the Carter Family and the Town of Wells, Benton County, Oregon: 1845-1941.  Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #10.  Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 130 pp. [PDF_23.8_MB].

Zybach, Bob and Janet Meranda 1994.  Eugene Glender.  Growing Up on a Tampico Family Farm, Benton County, Oregon: 1910-1941.  Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #09.  Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 155 pp. [PDF_4.2_MB].

Zybach, Bob and Angela C. Sondenaa  1994.  Charlie Olson.  Biographical Sketch and Early History of Sulphur Springs, Benton County, Oregon: 1900-1920.  Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #07.  Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 185 pp. [PDF_4.2_MB]

Zybach, Bob and Kevin Sherer 1994.  James Hanish.  Biographical Sketch and a Tour of Berry Creek, Benton and Polk Counties, Oregon: 1930-1938.  Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #06.  Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 85 pp. [PDF_2.6_MB].

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: pp. 7-22.

Zybach, Bob  1993.  John Jacob and Wilma Rohner.  Family Farming on Coffin Butte Between World Wars, Benton County, Oregon: 1919-1941.  Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #05.  Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 132 pp. [PDF_22.7_MB].

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: pp. 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, Kevin Sherer (Schrier) and Angela C. Sondenaa  1990.  1990 Oregon State University Research Forests “Human Use” Cultural Resources Inventory. Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, OR: 202 pp.

Zybach, Bob 1990.  Lorna Grabe.  Family History and Story of the Soap Creek Schoolhouse Foundation, Benton County, Oregon.  Soap Creek Valley History Project, Monograph #01, 2nd Printing.  Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 67 pp. w/appendix and index. [PDF_836_KB].

Zybach, Bob 1989.  Historic Soap Creek Valley Auto Tour.  Oregon State University Research Forests and College of Forestry, Corvallis, Oregon: 32 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): pp. 26-28, 37-39.

 

Relevant Employment History

1972-1992 Phoenix Reforestation, Inc., President.

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

1994-Present NW Maps Co., President.

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

2010-Present Environmental Sciences Independent Peer Review Institute, Inc., Board Member.

 

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