Dave is a research scientist working for the USDA Forest Service at the Wenatchee Forestry Sciences laboratory in Wenatchee, WA. He conducts field-based research in the areas of fire ecology, forest ecology, restoration ecology, and climate change, with emphasis on forest ecosystems of eastern Washington and Oregon. Dave is interested in understanding how forest and grassland ecosystems respond to wildfire and post-fire management practices and how restoration-based forest management practices can be used to increase forest ecosystem resilience to fire and climate change. He is currently conducting two research projects related to post-fire vegetation recovery on the Carlton and Wolverine wildfires that burned large areas of forest near Lake Chelan in 2014 and 2015, including some field work in Railroad Creek valley near Holden. He is married to Marcia Fall, a former volunteer staff coordinator at Holden.