Deb Page-Dumroese is a Research Soil Scientist with the Intermountain Research Station's Forestry Sciences Laboratory in Moscow, ID. She received a B.S. degree in natural resource management (1982), an M.S. degree in forest soils (1985), and a Ph.D. degree in forest soils (1988). Her main research focus is on maintaining soil long-term productivity.

Al Harvey is Principal Plant Pathologist with the Intermountain Research Station's Forestry Sciences Laboratory in Moscow, ID. He received a B.S. degree in biology (1960), an M.S. degree in plant pathology (1962), a Ph.D. degree in plant pathology (1968), and spent an academic year of postgraduate work in plant pathology (1972). His current research focus is maintaining forest health and soil/ectomycorrhizae relationships.

Marty Jurgensen is a Professor of forest soils in the School of Forestry and Wood Products at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI. He received a B.S. degree in forestry (1961), an M.S. degree in silviculture (1965), and a Ph.D. degree in soil science (1967). He conducts research in forest soils and microbiology.