We have been deluged by responses to Barry Wynsma's thoughtful essay on Forest Service leadership - or the lack thereof. Provided here is some feedback on the essay.
W.V. "Mac" McConnell writes from Florida. He is a U.S. Forest Service retiree whose Power Point presentations have appeared on our website many times. His latest efforts are nearby: an updated version of his earlier "Timber Resource Management" Power Point and a fascinating photograph, "One Landscape: Four Views," that shows what is happening on adjacent public and private forests at Deep Creek, near Townsend, Montana.
Editor's comment concerning Mike Petersen's (Executive Director - Lands Council) Response To Dr. Tom Bonnicksen's Essay, "Death Of A Forest: Why We Should Care"
Editor's Note
Dr. Charles Kay is an Adjunct Associate Professor in Political Science and Senior Research Scientists with the Institute of Political Economy at Utah State University. His holds degrees in wildlife ecology, environmental studies and wildlife biology.
Although our main focus has always been on forestry, and not wildlife biology, we have long admired Dr. Kay's work, particularly his insights concerning natural and human impacts on wildlife habitat.
Biography:
Charles E. Kay is an Adjunct Associate Professor in Political Science and a Senior Research Scientist with the Institute of Political Economy at Utah State University. He received his Ph.D. in wildlife ecology from Utah State University, his M.S. in environmental studies from the University of Montana, and his B.S. in wildlife biology also from the University of Montana. Dr. Kay has conducted ecological research for Parks Canada, the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Agricultural Research Service, and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, among others.
Charles E. Kay
Dr. Kay has co-edited a book titled Wilderness and Political Ecology: Aboriginal Influences and the Original State of Nature published by the University of Utah Press and is the author of a forthcoming book on natural resource policy issues in the Yellowstone Ecosystem titled Yellowstone: Ecological Malpractice. Dr. Kay's Aboriginal Overkill book is under contract to Oxford University Press. Dr. Kay's research has appeared in Human Nature, the Journal of Range Management, Conservation Biology, the Canadian Field-Naturalist, the Western Journal of Applied Forestry, the Wildlife Society Bulletin, and the Journal of Forestry, among others. Dr. Kay has contributed to the books The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Humans as Components of Ecosystems; Plants and Their Environment; and Ecology and Conservation of Wolves in a Changing World. Dr. Kay has also published a series of papers in various scientific symposia and proceedings. Dr. Kay's work on Long-term Ecosystem States and Processes in the Central Canadian Rockies was recently published as an Occasional Paper by Parks Canada.
Click below to read Dr. Kay's reports.
Wolves in the Yellowstone Ecosystem
Were Indians Keystone Predators
Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
Are Predators Killing Your Hunting Opportunities
Predation: Lies, Myths and Scientific Fraud
Wolf Recovery: Is De-listing Rigged?
human need to use natural resources is fundamental to our continued presence on earth."