10,000 years institute evaluates the ecological effects of human activities on natural environments, and promotes the maintenance and restoration of ecological integrity through the integration of reliable scientific information, sound resource management strategies, and education.

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Invasive plant species research and control program development and implementation: benefitted communities and tribes in four large watersheds on the west olympic peninsula by developing and managing programs to survey, study, manage, and monitor invasive plants that degrade native forest and riparian ecosystems, harming salmon, wildlife, and water quality. Involved community, hired local crews, and trained citizens to participate. Benefitted timber, fishing, agricultural, recreational industries and users, and added capacity to federal, state, local, and tribal natural resources and transportation agencies and management programs - an estimated 40,000 people. forest and aquatic ecosystems: worked with the non-profit olympic forest coalition, olympic national forest, and the timber industry in a collaborative to improve ecological outcomes during thinning federal forests, and with other non-profit and ecological consulting firms to craft proposals for ecosystem services valuation studies. Participated in scientific advisory groups to address multiple research needs for aquatic habitats and forest health on forestlands and in rural residential development in order to better protect their contribution to water quality, habitat, and water quantity. Benefitted citizens of the region through advocacy and improvements to environmental regulation, resource management, and land use practices. watershed ecological services: worked with the non-profit and ecological consulting firms to craft proposals for ecosystem services valuation studies. Participated and contributed to prioritization of restoration projects on federal land. Supported development of research on sediment transport modeling post-dam removal. Worked with washington state university, county conservation districts, county cooperative extensions, and noxious weed boards to implement local native, forest, and invasive plant management information-dissemination through field trips, workshops, and development of best management practices. Benefitted 10,000 citizens of and visitors to the olympic peninsula.