Brian Morris, PhD
@morrisforest.bsky.social
Forester, Scientist, 🌲nerd.
Reforestation is my thing.
20+ years in the woods as a forester, firefighter, researcher, laborer, nursery manager and leader
VP Resilient Reforestation @AmericanForests, leading national reforestation operations.
Opinions mine
Reforestation is my thing.
20+ years in the woods as a forester, firefighter, researcher, laborer, nursery manager and leader
VP Resilient Reforestation @AmericanForests, leading national reforestation operations.
Opinions mine
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RPP presents 'The Understory'
Online registration for RPP presents 'The Understory' starts on October 9th 2025. Online registration ends November 21st 2025.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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I’m HIRING!!!!
Nine Reforestation/Restoration positions spread across the US. Mostly focused on post hurricane/wildfire restoration on USFS lands.
www.americanforests.org/job-opportun...
Nine Reforestation/Restoration positions spread across the US. Mostly focused on post hurricane/wildfire restoration on USFS lands.
www.americanforests.org/job-opportun...
Job Opportunities - American Forests
The movement to create healthy forests is growing daily as more people recognize the role of trees in slowing climate change and advancing social equity. Be a part of it.
www.americanforests.org
September 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I’m HIRING!!!!
Nine Reforestation/Restoration positions spread across the US. Mostly focused on post hurricane/wildfire restoration on USFS lands.
www.americanforests.org/job-opportun...
Nine Reforestation/Restoration positions spread across the US. Mostly focused on post hurricane/wildfire restoration on USFS lands.
www.americanforests.org/job-opportun...
@jpgannon.bsky.social is documenting his experience teaching about teaching. While I left the academic world some time ago, I see many parallels to my role as a program manager/leader. Definitely worth the quick weekly read for anyone in a teaching, coaching, leadership, or management role.
This semester, I'm going to write about what we discuss in my college teaching class. The first 2 weeks have been a doozy, but I managed to get some stuff down!
On beginner teaching philosophies and Ch 1 of McGlynn's College Science Teaching
thinkingthroughteaching.substack.com/p/graduate-t...
On beginner teaching philosophies and Ch 1 of McGlynn's College Science Teaching
thinkingthroughteaching.substack.com/p/graduate-t...
Graduate Teaching Class: Week 1 & 2
Writing my way through teaching a class on teaching
thinkingthroughteaching.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
@jpgannon.bsky.social is documenting his experience teaching about teaching. While I left the academic world some time ago, I see many parallels to my role as a program manager/leader. Definitely worth the quick weekly read for anyone in a teaching, coaching, leadership, or management role.
Want to learn about post fire forest restoration?
Join @epansing.bsky.social and our @americanforests.bsky.social colleagues on August 14th to learn about how we are scaling reforestation across the west through partnerships.
Aug 14 10:00-11:30AM MST
Registration link below
Join @epansing.bsky.social and our @americanforests.bsky.social colleagues on August 14th to learn about how we are scaling reforestation across the west through partnerships.
Aug 14 10:00-11:30AM MST
Registration link below
Scaling Resilient Reforestation Through Partnerships with American Forests – After The Flames
aftertheflames.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Want to learn about post fire forest restoration?
Join @epansing.bsky.social and our @americanforests.bsky.social colleagues on August 14th to learn about how we are scaling reforestation across the west through partnerships.
Aug 14 10:00-11:30AM MST
Registration link below
Join @epansing.bsky.social and our @americanforests.bsky.social colleagues on August 14th to learn about how we are scaling reforestation across the west through partnerships.
Aug 14 10:00-11:30AM MST
Registration link below
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Come work with me! We’re hiring an ecologist who will be working with Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks to support whitebark pine conservation and restoration. Please share!
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Recruitment
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July 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Come work with me! We’re hiring an ecologist who will be working with Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks to support whitebark pine conservation and restoration. Please share!
workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
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That’s my team on CBS! Our work on cone collection in South Central Oregon was highlighted on CBS over the weekend
youtu.be/zImNobBVqfg
youtu.be/zImNobBVqfg
How forests are being restored after wildfires
YouTube video by CBS Mornings
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July 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
That’s my team on CBS! Our work on cone collection in South Central Oregon was highlighted on CBS over the weekend
youtu.be/zImNobBVqfg
youtu.be/zImNobBVqfg
Headed to the 9th American Forest Congress and while I’m excited to discuss the future of forest management in the US I am also looking to ground myself with the words of a man who worked 40 years in the organization that was developed ‘almost immediately after’ the 1905 Forest Congress
July 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Headed to the 9th American Forest Congress and while I’m excited to discuss the future of forest management in the US I am also looking to ground myself with the words of a man who worked 40 years in the organization that was developed ‘almost immediately after’ the 1905 Forest Congress
8 years ago - Sunrise over the Columbia
on the fire I had been working night shift on since it was ignited by fireworks on July 4th. Things are a bit dry and federal resources are limited. Be careful with celebrations, would be great if we could avoid burning down the nations forests.
on the fire I had been working night shift on since it was ignited by fireworks on July 4th. Things are a bit dry and federal resources are limited. Be careful with celebrations, would be great if we could avoid burning down the nations forests.
July 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
8 years ago - Sunrise over the Columbia
on the fire I had been working night shift on since it was ignited by fireworks on July 4th. Things are a bit dry and federal resources are limited. Be careful with celebrations, would be great if we could avoid burning down the nations forests.
on the fire I had been working night shift on since it was ignited by fireworks on July 4th. Things are a bit dry and federal resources are limited. Be careful with celebrations, would be great if we could avoid burning down the nations forests.
On this Forester Friday I’m getting ready for the 9th American Forest Congress where 400+ of the brightest minds in forestry will provide solutions for the future of US forests. Registration is still open, if you want to be ‘in the room where it happened’ click the link below.
forestcongress.org
forestcongress.org
9th American Forest Congress – Healthy Forests, Thriving Communities
forestcongress.org
June 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
On this Forester Friday I’m getting ready for the 9th American Forest Congress where 400+ of the brightest minds in forestry will provide solutions for the future of US forests. Registration is still open, if you want to be ‘in the room where it happened’ click the link below.
forestcongress.org
forestcongress.org
Foresters ride bikes too. Really, we do. The past few months have been bumpy, but last weekend while out mountain biking with my son I remembered why continuing our work to ensure healthy forests for tomorrow is so important, it is for the generations to come, not ours.
June 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Foresters ride bikes too. Really, we do. The past few months have been bumpy, but last weekend while out mountain biking with my son I remembered why continuing our work to ensure healthy forests for tomorrow is so important, it is for the generations to come, not ours.
Forester Friday! Brief overview of my standard woods attire and gear when doing inventory work. A bit different from what you will see at a trail head or campground, trading light weight for protection and durability.
June 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Forester Friday! Brief overview of my standard woods attire and gear when doing inventory work. A bit different from what you will see at a trail head or campground, trading light weight for protection and durability.
Making progress on the reforestation backlog in the PNW requires an “all hands, all lands” approach. Today we are kicking off the PNW Reforestation Network with the goal of identifying and alleviating bottlenecks in the reforestation pipeline.
June 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Making progress on the reforestation backlog in the PNW requires an “all hands, all lands” approach. Today we are kicking off the PNW Reforestation Network with the goal of identifying and alleviating bottlenecks in the reforestation pipeline.
Forester Friday: This week on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula looking at slash and reforestation. This was salvage logged after a wildfire, machine piled, then cedar salvaged. The slash loading is high, but proximity to the ocean result in low fire hazard, but hard planting. (No Audio)
May 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Forester Friday: This week on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula looking at slash and reforestation. This was salvage logged after a wildfire, machine piled, then cedar salvaged. The slash loading is high, but proximity to the ocean result in low fire hazard, but hard planting. (No Audio)
Forester Friday! A follow up on last weeks PSA about controlling listed noxious/invasive Himalayan blackberry. This work is being done to support the landowner’s objectives of creating and maintaining habitats for native flora and fauna.
May 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Forester Friday! A follow up on last weeks PSA about controlling listed noxious/invasive Himalayan blackberry. This work is being done to support the landowner’s objectives of creating and maintaining habitats for native flora and fauna.
Forester Friday! A little public service announcement about controlling invasive species.
May 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Forester Friday! A little public service announcement about controlling invasive species.
This week’s Forester Friday is a clip from January. Curious if anyone can identify the little critters at the end.
@momalusk.bsky.social you are my go to critter identifier
@momalusk.bsky.social you are my go to critter identifier
May 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This week’s Forester Friday is a clip from January. Curious if anyone can identify the little critters at the end.
@momalusk.bsky.social you are my go to critter identifier
@momalusk.bsky.social you are my go to critter identifier
It’s Forester Friday, looking at root disease impacts and treatment in western WA Douglas-fir stands.
May 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It’s Forester Friday, looking at root disease impacts and treatment in western WA Douglas-fir stands.
Trying a new thing, calling it ‘Forester Friday’. Images and videos from my time in the brush.
It’s spring in the PNW, suns out and these Doug-fir buds are getting ready to go. Looking for 4+ feet of height growth this season out of these trees I planted 3 and 4 years ago.
It’s spring in the PNW, suns out and these Doug-fir buds are getting ready to go. Looking for 4+ feet of height growth this season out of these trees I planted 3 and 4 years ago.
April 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Trying a new thing, calling it ‘Forester Friday’. Images and videos from my time in the brush.
It’s spring in the PNW, suns out and these Doug-fir buds are getting ready to go. Looking for 4+ feet of height growth this season out of these trees I planted 3 and 4 years ago.
It’s spring in the PNW, suns out and these Doug-fir buds are getting ready to go. Looking for 4+ feet of height growth this season out of these trees I planted 3 and 4 years ago.
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Colorado State Forest Service is hiring a nursery manager. Please share widely!
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/159...
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/159...
Nursery Manager
Under the direct supervision of the Associate Director of Forest Planning and Implementation, this position is responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating all activities related to a forest ...
jobs.colostate.edu
April 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Colorado State Forest Service is hiring a nursery manager. Please share widely!
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/159...
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/159...
Spent Friday morning talking to 60+ fourth graders about careers in Natural Resources, primarily Reforestation. So many hard questions, their curiosity and care for the natural world gave me hope for the future.
January 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Spent Friday morning talking to 60+ fourth graders about careers in Natural Resources, primarily Reforestation. So many hard questions, their curiosity and care for the natural world gave me hope for the future.
Trying to figure out what to do here. So posting a pic from field work preparing a local forest management plan. Nothing special, just an old growth stump I found during a day in the woods
November 27, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Trying to figure out what to do here. So posting a pic from field work preparing a local forest management plan. Nothing special, just an old growth stump I found during a day in the woods