Publications
All Forest Service publications adhere to high standards of scientific integrity. However, science and information can be communicated and distilled in various ways depending upon audience and context. Treesearch and Understory are separate catalogues for sharing a range of content, described below. If you would like to search our entire site collection, please use the site search box on the top right of the page.
All Rocky Mountain Research Station publications are free of charge, although many are now out of print or printed in limited supply. They are also available online as PDFs through Treesearch.
For questions and requests about Rocky Mountain Research Station publications, to check printed publication availability, or to request a publication please email us: sm.fs.rmrspubsreq@usda.gov.
New Publications List
Published four times a year, the Rocky Mountain Research Station New Publications List highlights the latest publications from our scientists. To receive updates about recently published titles and our New Publications list, please join our email list.
Treesearch
Each year, Forest Service scientists collaborate with one another, scientists from partner institutions, and with resource managers to write and publish thousands of peer reviewed publications in hundreds of scientific journals plus books, conference proceedings, and Forest Service reports. Research Stations also produce a variety of science synthesis publications that provide plain-language topic summaries and pathways to in-depth research. Each of these scholarly publications are available for free in the Treesearch collection of publications, now offering nearly 60,000 full text documents.
Search the Treesearch catalog by author, title, publication year or keywords–or for those that are published in the Forest Service research series, by the station, series and number. Each publication comes with an abstract, citation information, and a link to download the full text document.
Understory
Forest Service Research & Development is in the business of producing usable science. As with any organization, the Research branch also produces many reports, guides, agendas, notes, brochures, and related materials that help illuminate and guide our strategic planning and implementation, business and sustainability practices, annual activities and accomplishments, and more. These documents adhere to rigorous quality assurance standards yet are not subject to the traditional scientific peer review process.