Forest Management
Scientific publications authored or edited by Geos Institute staff.
Author: eric Gotfrid
Climate Change
Scientific publications regarding Climate Change either authored or edited by Geos Institute staff.
National forests: More than the sum of their precious parts
Published: July 23, 2010 in the Oregonian
By Randi Spivak and Tom Power
It’s time for a 21st century dialogue about Oregon’s federal forests that recognizes they are greater than the sum of their parts. Debates over logging vs. spotted owls are narrow, polarizing and obsolete. Read more…
Front Range forest areas divided, conquered by beetle
By R. Scott Rappold
Colorado Springs Gazette
June 12, 2010
When the bark beetles arrived in Breckenridge, the locals thought they could contain the outbreak. Read more…
What Now? Debate Over Beetle-Kill Pine Burns as Bugs Move to Front Range
By Jefferson Dodge
Boulder Weekly
April 29, 2010
They`re tiny, but they leave a lot of damage and debate in their wake. And their next stop appears to be the northern Front Range. Read more…
Obama Hosts Public Lands Summit; Scientists Want CO Roadless Plan Rejected
By Eric Mack
Public News Service
April 16, 2010
DENVER – The White House says President Obama’s Conference for the Great Outdoors, which takes place today in Washington, is all about protecting our treasured public lands, but a number of scientists and conservationists say recent actions run counter to the vision. Those actions have to do with the last third of undisturbed forests in the country, known as roadless areas. Read more…
Roadless rule continues to fall short
By Joel Webster
denverpost.com
April 15, 2010
On April 6, Governor Bill Ritter released new recommendations for the proposed Colorado roadless rule, the state-promoted document that could govern management of more than 4 million acres of national forest roadless lands in Colorado. Read more…
Ruling on roadless areas
By Missy Votel
The Durango Telegraph
April 15, 2010
After nearly 10 years of twists and turns, Colorado’s Roadless Rule appears to be coming into the homestretch. While the effort is being lauded by state officials, including Gov. Bill Ritter, some conservationists say the rule doesn’t go far enough in protecting the state’s 4.2 million acres of roadless lands. Read more…
Groups want Obama to reject Ritter plan
By Joel Hanel
The Durango Herald
April 15, 2010
DENVER – National environmental groups are pushing President Barack Obama to turn down Colorado’s plan for backcountry forests. Read more…
Scientists ask Obama to back national roadless rule
By Bob Berwyn
Summit County Citizens Voice
April 15, 2010
SUMMIT COUNTY — A panel of conservation scientists and a former deputy forest service chief said Wednesday morning that Colorado’s version of a roadless rule puts valuable ecosystem services at risk by creating a “virtual grab-bag of potential development projects” on roadless national forest lands in the state. Read more…
Robert Macnee, Ph.D. is Deputy Director of Resilience Services at Climate Resilience Consulting, where he helps governments, institutions, and communities reduce climate risk in equitable and practical ways. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Management focused on climate change impacts on health and communities, and brings over a decade of experience spanning economic development, resilience planning, and implementation.
Samantha Medlock is President of Climate Risk Advisors, helping communities and organizations advance equity, sustainability, and resilience. Her career began chasing floods as a local official in Texas Flash Flood Alley—a hands-on experience that still shapes her approach to climate and disaster risk management.
Jim is a multilingual world traveler. Based in Bavaria during the 1970s, Jim spent most of this period in India, Afghanistan and Nepal, where he founded and operated a charitable medical clinic serving Tibetan Refugees. He settled in Oregon in 1983 on a forested ranch in the Umpqua National Forest.
Dr. Micah Hahn is an Associate Professor of Environmental Health in the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies at the University of Alaska-Anchorage. She received her joint PhD in Epidemiology / Environment and Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her MPH in Global Environmental Health from Emory University. Subsequently, she was a postdoctoral fellow for the CDC Climate and Health Program, and in this position worked collaboratively with the CDC Division of Vector-borne Diseases and the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Her research focuses on understanding the health impacts of climate change and working with communities to develop locally-relevant adaptation and resilience-building strategies. Dr. Hahn is also on the Management Team of the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center.
Michael is a former Founding Principal of Resilient Cities Catalyst, a global non-profit helping cities and their partners tackle their toughest challenges. He is currently the Executive Director of Climate Resilience Academy at the University of Miami.
Dr. Quintus Jett is a consultant, educator, and strategist for public causes. He has a doctorate in Organizations & Management from Stanford University, and a two-decade faculty career which spans schools, departments, and programs of business, engineering, liberal studies, divinity, and public and nonprofit management. Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Dr. Jett launched a volunteer project in New Orleans, which enlisted residents, students from over a dozen colleges and universities, and hundreds of others to field map the city’s Gentilly district, Lower Ninth Ward, and New Orleans East. Dr. Jett is an innovator in higher education, bridging the divide between academic research and the other priorities of the modern university, including student access and diversity, community engagement, and providing foundations for life-long learning in today’s rapidly changing world.
Scott is Monfort Professor of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. He has written about 100 publications in the peer-reviewed climate literature, is a former editor of the Journal of Climate, and served for five years as founding Science Chair of the North American Carbon Program.
Linda has many years of experience in disaster preparedness and resilience. She has been an elected official on the Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors, Chair of the Metropolitan Planning Organization, the East Central Iowa Council of Governments, the statewide Mental Health Developmental Disability and the Linn County Board of Health. Langston is a former president of the National Association of Counties (2013-2014).
Ken works with families and organizations as a mediator, organizational consultant, trainer and facilitator. Along with his passion for helping people prepare for and reduce climate change, Ken also volunteers as a mediator through Mediation Works and is passionate about supporting youth through mentoring with Boys to Men of Southern Oregon.
Matthew is a retired high school teacher who was once honored as Oregon High School Social Studies Teacher of the Year. Before his teaching career he was in the restaurant business in Portland. He is also a lawyer who has been a member of the Oregon State Bar Association since 1980.
Andrea is the Resilience Policy Advisor for the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency. She works across state agencies and with local governments to increase the state’s resilience to the impacts of climate change.