Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004

Sergiy V. Zibtsev, Asst. Prof. of Silviculture Department, Institute for Forestry and Landscape Architecture, National Agricultural University of Ukraine (NAUU)

"Recent Forest Policy Development and Major Challenges Ahead in the Ukraine"

Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004

John A. Wiens, Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy

"Bridging the gap between science and conservation"

Thursday, Sept. 30, 2004

Mark Buckley, Vice President of Environmental Affairs, Staples, Inc.

'Staples, Inc.: Developing a Case for Sustainable Business"

Mark Buckley is Vice President of Environmental Affairs at Staples, Inc. He is responsible for driving the company's environmental leadership in four major areas: the purchase and promotion of recycled content products; chain-wide recycling initiatives; energy conservation programs and renewable power procurement; and educational initiatives for customers and associates. Mr. Buckley also oversees Staplesenvironmental paper procurement policy, which formalizes the company's commitment to protecting forest resources through environmentally sound paper procurement practices.

A 14-year Staples veteran, Mr. Buckley was previously vice president of facilities management and purchasing at Staples. His responsibilities included directing company-wide recycling and energy conservation programs, starting in 1993. He has also served as a key member of Staples Environmental Action Group. Prior to joining Staples, he held several leadership positions in the field of environmental management for Star Market, Continental Baking, General Environmental Services Inc. and the U.S. Department of Interior/Aquaculture Project. Mr. Buckley holds a B.A. in Biology from St. Anselm's College.

Thursday, Oct. 7, 2004

Henry Whittemore, Director, Governor's Forest Certification Initiative
Department of Conservation - Maine Forest Service

"Discounted Cash Flows, TIMOs and Forest Certification"

Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004

Bruce Larson, Ph.D. FRBC Chair of Silviculture at the University of British Columbia,

"The Transformation of Silviculture: Why British Columbia might be on the forefront"

Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004

Michael Mosman, Vice President of Resources, Port Blakely Tree Farms, L.P.

Noon, Marsh Hall Rotunda:

6 PM, Marsh Hall Rotunda:

Michael Mosman is Vice President, Resources for Port Blakely Tree Farms, a family owned company in Washington State since 1863. The company manages its own timberlands in Western Washington, Oregon and New Zealand.

Mike is from Seattle, Washington and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Management from the University of Washington in 1977. After 10 years with Boise Cascade and a year with The Campbell Group, he joined Port Blakely as Inventory and Appraisal Forester in 1987 and was promoted to Vice President in 2001. His current responsibilities include acquisitions and dispositions, silvicultural investments, environmental education and sustainable harvest planning.

Professional Associations and Affiliations:
Graduate, the Washington Agriculture and Forestry Leadership Program, Class of XXIII
AF&PA Western Research Committee
Executive Committee, Society of American Foresters, Washington State Chapter
Policy Committee, Stand Management Cooperative
Past Chairman, Western Mensurationists Association

Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004

Sally Collins, Associate Chief, USDA/Forest Service

"Celebration of The Forest Service's 100th Anniversary – Where the Forest Service Has Been Over the Past 100 Years and a Look Ahead at the Future of Forestry Worldwide"

Sally Collins was named Associate Chief for the USDA, Forest Service, August 2001.

Prior to her selection as associate chief, Collins had been the Associate Deputy Chief for the National Forest System since April 2000, and prior to that was the Forest Supervisor for the Deschutes National Forest in Oregon for seven years. Over her 25 years in public service and resource management, Collins has worked for both the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management in Oregon and Colorado. In addition to serving as Forest Supervisor she has held positions as Deputy Forest Supervisor, Assistant Planner, Wilderness Specialist, Environmental Coordinator, and Mineral Leasing Coordinator.

Collins was born in Ames, Iowa. She holds a master’s degree in public administration with an emphasis in natural resource management from the University of Wyoming, and a bachelor’s degree in outdoor recreation from the University of Colorado.

Her spouse, John, is an oceanographer with NOAA. Their daughter, Casey, graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a degree in hearing and speech pathology. Interests include many outdoor activities such as running, skiing, hiking, canoeing, and cycling.

Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004

John Olson, Vice President of Resource Management, Potlatch

"The Changing Landscape of Forest Management"

John R. Olson received a Bachelor of Science in forest management in 1974 and a Ph.D. in forest silviculture in 1980 from the University of Washington, and has completed the Executive Management Program at the University of Michigan, College of Business.

He is presently Vice President of the Resource Management Division with Potlatch Corporation, located in Spokane, WA. He is responsible for the management and disposition of 1.5+ MM acres of fee forestlands in Idaho, Arkansas, Minnesota and agricultural lands on Oregon. His tenure with Potlatch Corporation began in 1978 and he has since held various technical and management positions, including the Director of the hybrid poplar operations in Boardman, Oregon, where he managed the acquisition and development of a 17,000 acre, drip irrigated, fiber-farming operation. He also served as the western regional silviculturist and research manager for the western region, where he directed the company’s forest research program and seedling production facility.

John’s affiliation with natural resource organizations has included the Society of American Foresters, American Forest and Paper Association, Western Forestry and Conservation Association, the Northern Rocky Mountain Stand Management Committee and the Western Forest Genetics Association.

John is a member of the University of Idaho CNR affiliate faculty and received the University of Idaho College of Natural Resources Honor Associate Alumni Award in 2002 and serves as a member of the Forest Resource Association Board of Directors.

Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004

Nadine Bailey, California Senate Field Staff, Redding, California

"Forest Dependant Communities and Poverty, Can the Cycle Be Broken?"

Two decades ago, Ms. Bailey thought she had her life figured out. "I was housewife married to a logger," she explained, "and thought I would do that forever--until a little northern spotted owl flew into my life and changed everything." Ms. Bailey has since seen her hometown of Hayfork, California wither away in the absence of logging. She became an activist dedicated to bringing her community's story to the national spotlight, with the hopes that she would raise public awareness of the social and economic impacts of
the Endangered Species Act.

Speaking at last year's Yale Forest Froum on Rural Communities and Forests, Ms. Bailey described a disconnect between urban politics and rural reality in which people no longer have to live with the consequences of their political actions. "I wish everyone who had a hand in the Northwest Forest Plan could live in Hayfork for a year and experience the results," Ms. Bailey said. She identified a lack of respect for local knowledge as one factor contributing to the disconnect between urban politics and rural reality: "People in urban areas seem to think that if some rural person in Hayfork can log, then any dummy can do that for a job." Ms. Bailey was hopeful that rural people would someday be respected for their role as "the producers for urban consumption."

Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004

Steve Broderick
Extension Forester
Brooklyn Extension Office, Brooklyn CT

"Infiltrating Town Hall: Forest Resource Conservation at the Local Level."

Steve Broderick is a Senior Extension Educator, Forestry and Land Use, in the UConn Cooperative Extension System. He holds a B.S. in Forestry from UMass and a M.S. in Forest Management and Economics from Virginia Tech. After a brief consulting forestry career in Massachusetts he joined Extension in 1978 and has been there since. His job is to assess needs, design and implement forest resource-related educational programs for those who have the greatest potential impact on those resources: primarily
private landowners, municipal land use officials, foresters and loggers, realtors and developers.

Thursday, Jan. 13, 2005

Larry Wiseman
American Forest Foundation

"Myths, Tall Tales and Misunderstanding: The Future Climate for Forest Policy"

Larry Wiseman is president and chief executive officer of the American Forest Foundation (AFF). He joined a predecessor organization [the American Forest Institute, later the American Forest Council] in 1981, and until 1993 served as president of American Forest Council.

The American Forest Foundation is a “new breed” nonprofit that operates national and international education and conservation programs. With a budget of approximately $4 million, AFF serves as a working platform for partnerships among industry, the environmental and education communities. The Foundation's three core programs -- the American Tree Farm System®, Forests for Watersheds and Wildlife ™ and Project Learning Tree® -- are directed at two groups which share extraordinary influence over the quality of our environment: young people and the more than 9 million landowners who own the bulk of our nation's productive forestland. The growth and success of the Foundation's programs rests with thousands of volunteers in all 50 states who dedicate their time and expertise, giving more than 33,000 days of service each year. AFF is an independent, 501(c)(3) organization supported by individual contributions, and by grants from foundations, government agencies and corporations.

The American Tree Farm System (ATFS) is a network of more than 50,000 private landowners who have committed themselves to sound sustainable forestry -- protecting air, water, soil and wildlife values at the same as they produce wood for vital products. Tree Farmers practice excellent management, and then preach it before Congress, the public and the press. Forest for Watersheds and Wildlife generates and coordinates wildlife and watershed conservation efforts on family forestlands and leverages the impact of work with individuals through demonstration field days. Project Learning Tree (PLT) is the nation's most widely used comprehensive environmental education program, with over 30,000 teachers a year joining the ranks of formal and non-formal educators who use PLT curricula in their classrooms.

Wiseman also created and co-founded in 1995 the Institutes for Journalism & Natural Resources. IJNR provides expedition-style learning experiences for mid-career environmental journalists, mentoring programs for early-career journalists, assessment of newsroom practices – and a supportive community of more than 300 alumni/ae. AFF spun off the Institutes in 2001 as a separate non-profit organization, where Wiseman currently serves on the Board of Trustees.

Wiseman was educated at Dartmouth College, where he received a B.A. in Government with Highest Distinction (1969). He received an M.A. in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University (1971).

Before joining AFI, Wiseman was vice president of Yankelovich, Skelly and White, a national public opinion and public affairs consulting firm. He began his career as a television producer, reporter and writer in 1971, with network credits including "The Peoples' Business" [starring Bing Crosby] and documentaries airing nationally on PBS and overseas in Great Britain and Japan. He later founded a small consulting firm which provided public relations and communications services to federal and state agencies and other public sector clients.

A native of Washington, D.C., Wiseman is married to Robin Jeweler, an attorney for the U.S. Congress. They have twin sons, both attending universities.

Thursday, Jan. 20

John Perlin
Author of A Forest Journey: the Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization, From Space to Earth: The Story of Solar Electricity and Golden Thread: Twenty five Hundred Years of Solar Architecture and Technology

His first book, A Golden Thread: 2500 Years of Solar Architecture and Technology (co-authored with Ken Butti), describes the major advances in solar architecture and technology since the Greeks began designing their homes to capture winter sunlight 2500 years ago.

His second book, A Forest Journey: The Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization, expanded the time frame even further, demonstrating the influence of forests in shaping human history, from the Bronze Age to the present.

Inspired by his research for A Golden Thread, which indicated that reliance on solar energy came about in response to shortages of wood for fuel A Forest Journey is nothing less than a history of humankind's use of one of it's most important resources. As the principal fuel and building material for millennia, wood played a role in the culture, demographics, economy, internal and external politics, and technology of societies. Without vast supplies of wood felled from forests, the great civilizations of Sumer, Assyria, Egypt, China, Knossos, Mycenae, Classical Greece and Rome, Western Europe, and North America would never have emerged.

A Forest Journey so impressed natural history photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum that he asked the author to write the essay to his retrospect, The Legacy of Wildness: The Photographs of Robert Glenn Ketchum. Perlin's latest work, From Space to Earth: The Story of Solar Electricity, covers the step-by-step development of solar cells and their applications and has just come out in paperback from Harvard University Press.

Perlin was recently was the principal investigator for National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the National Center for Photovoltaic's gathering of exhibit and historical material for the 50th anniversary of the crystalline silicon solar cell by Bell Laboratories, which debuted at the 3rd World Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Conference, May 11-16, 2003, Osaka, Japan. He was also a Plenary Speaker at Osaka, where, he used a Power Point Presentation to show the actual lab notes in the inventors' hand of the critical developments that led to the discovery of the first material capable of converting enough sunlight directly into electricity to power electronic devices, the sire of today's booming photovoltaic industry.

Currently, Mr. Perlin, along with Nobel Laureates Drs. Walter Kohn and Alan Heeger, is producing a film called Power from the Sun: A Century since Einstein's Photon/Fifty Years of Modern Photovoltaics.

Thursday, March 24

Udaya Sharma
Chairman of Nepal's Resource Development Initiative Center, a grassroots not-for-profit organization dedicated to community forestry in Nepal

"The Case of Community Forestry in Nepal: Social, Economic, and Ecological Challenges"

12-1pm, Marsh Rotunda, 360 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut
Free and Open to the public
Lunch will be served

Over the past several decades, community forestry has been a powerful vehicle for social and ecological change in communities across the globe. Udaya Sharma, Chairman of Nepal's Resource Development Initiative Center, a grassroots not-for-profit organization dedicated to community forestry in Nepal, will focus on social and political dimensions of community forestry in his country.

Tuesday, April 12