Silviculture Professor
Research Interests
Silviculture of the Great Lakes and Intermountain West, Alternative Silviculture, Adaptive Management for Climate Change, and Applied Forest Ecology
Current Projects
- MN Soybean - relationship between soybean aphid and buckthorn
- MITPPC - Detection methods for lodgepole dwarf mistletoe
- LCCMR - Peatland forests: Hydrology, Wildlife, and Forestry
- National Advanced Silviculture Program (NASP) - Module 1 & Local Lakes States Module
- NIFA - Great Lakes Silviculture Library - Forest Health Threats
- CESU Army Corp of Engineers - Understanding Floodplain Forests
- IonE & MN Forest Resource Council - Biochar and jack pine survival and growth
- UMN Rapid Resource - Black ash and EAB
When I'm not in the woods, I'm...
Gardening, hiking, hanging out with my family, cooking, traveling, and exploring
Education
PhD Ecology - Utah State University
MS Forestry - Michigan Technological University
BS Forestry - Michigan Technological University
Favorite Tree: Limber pine (Pinus flexilis)
