Donald L. Henshaw

Information Technology Specialist
U. S. Forest Service (USFS), Pacific Northwest Research Station (PNW),
541.750.7335
dhenshaw@fs.fed.us
don.henshaw@oregonstate.edu

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
B.S., University of Michigan in Mathematics, 1974
M.S., Oregon State University in Statistics, 1977

APPOINTMENTS
Information Technology Specialist, Landscape Ecology Team, USFS PNW, 1988-present
Statistician, Watershed Management Project, USFS PNW, 1978-1988
Mathematician, Integrated Pest Management Project, USFS PNW, 1975-1978

PUBLICATIONS
Brunt, James; McCartney, Peter; Gage, Stuart; Henshaw, Don. 2004. LTER Network Data Policy Revision: Report and Recommendations. LTER Network #40869. December 2004. 12 pp.
Henshaw, Donald L.; Spycher, Gody; Remillard, Suzanne M. 2002. Transition from a legacy databank to an integrated ecological information system. In: Callaos, Nagib; Porter, John; Rishe, Naphtali, eds. The 6th world multiconference on systemics, cybernetics and informatics; 2002 July 14-18; Orlando, FL. Orlando, FL: International Institute of Informatics and Systemics: 373-378.
Baker, Karen S.; Benson, Barbara J.; Henshaw, Don L.; Blodgett, Darrell; Porter, John H.; Stafford, Susan G. 2000. Evolution of a multisite network information system: the LTER information management paradigm. BioScience. 50(11): 963-978.
Henshaw, Donald L.; Spycher, Gody. 1999. Evolution of ecological metadata structures at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site. In: Aguirre-Bravo, Celedonio; Franco, Carlos Rodriguez, eds. North American science symposium: toward a unified framework for inventorying and monitoring forest ecosystem resources; 1998 November 2-6; Guadalajara, Mexico. Proceedings RMRS-P-12. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Forest Service: 445-449.
Henshaw, Donald L.; Stubbs, Maryan; Benson, Barbara J.; Baker, Karen; Blodgett, Darrell; Porter, John H. 1998. Climate database project: a strategy for improving information access across research sites. In: Michener, William K.; Porter, John H.; Stafford, Susan G., eds. Data and information management in the ecological sciences: a resource guide; 1997 August 8-9; Albuquerque, NM. Albuquerque, NM: LTER Network Office, University of New Mexico: 123-127. [Online]. http://intranet.lternet.edu/archives/documents/data-informationmanagement/DIMES/html/frame.htm

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

  • Chair of the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network Information System Advisory Committee, 2003-Present
  • Member LTER Executive Committee (2005-Present)
  • Member (ex-officio) of the LTER Information Management (IM) Executive Committee, and current Information Manager for the Andrews Experimental Forest LTER site
  • Development leader for the NSF- and USFS-funded cross-site climate and small watershed databases and data harvesting system (ClimDB/HydroDB)
  • Director of the Forest Science Data Bank (FSDB), a data repository and information system featuring over 250 ecological databases in partnership with the Oregon State University College of Forestry
  • Information Director for the Cooperative Chemical Analytic Laboratory (CCAL), a cooperative laboratory established in partnership with OSU Forest Science Dept and USFS PNW