Spring 2012 Denman Forestry
Issues Series:
Role of Forests and Forest
Products in Carbon Mitigation and
Energy Independence
Tom Hinckley, Professor & Interim Director
There is Controversy
Anthropogenic Convergence
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Forest condition
Renewable energy
Social-economic
Altered climate
Altered disturbance
Invasives
Multiple stakeholders
Emerging realization: doing nothing has consequences
North Fork of the Teanaway
Snowshoe Mountain
Robert Edmonds
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Research Forester, Australia
Ph.D., CFR, 1971
1976: Assistant Professor, CFR
Vice Chair, Chair, Associate Dean (15 yr)
Consistently one of top teachers, researchers in
the College/School
• Has run the Denman Forestry Issues Series.
• Coordinated and orchestrated 21 regional and
national critical translational discussions with the
public.