Our Mission
The Watershed Research and Training Center is a nonprofit public benefit corporation established to promote the sustainability of the biosphere into the future through inquiry, observation, education, completion of restoration projects, and promoting the conservation and preservation of natural resources.
“One of our guiding questions is how do we manage the forest to get the fire we want? What is the scale of fire we prefer? What are the fire patterns in the landscape we find acceptable? What is the frequency we can live with?…We have to deal with wildfire as a fact of life, to treat fire with respect.”
— Nick Goulette, Watershed Center Executive Director