Dr. David Lindenmeyer (Doug Little Memorial Lecture 2005) is a world-renowned Australian Professor of Ecology and Conservation Biology at the Australian National University's Fenner School of Environment and Society, known for his long-term research programs on forest ecology, wildlife conservation, and sustainable natural resource management. He is one of the world's most prolific and highly cited scientists, with numerous awards and fellowships, including an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO). His work focuses on topics such as the impacts of logging, forest fragmentation, fire ecology, and the conservation of biodiversity in various forest types and agricultural landscapes.

Dr. Dominick DellaSala is the former Chief Scientist at Wild Heritage, and former President of the Society for Conservation Biology, North America Section. He is an internationally renowned author of >300 peer-reviewed papers and 9 award-winning books including Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World: Ecology and Conservation; Mixed-Severity Fire: Nature’s Phoenix; and Conservation Science & Advocacy for a Planet in Peril: Speaking Truth to Power. Dominick has appeared in National Geographic, Scientific American, Time Magazine, the NY Times and others. He has served on the White House Council task forces on forests and the Oregon’s Global Warming Commission carbon task force. 

Herb Hammond is a forest ecologist and retired Registered Professional Forester with more than 45 years of experience in research, industry, teaching and consulting. He is the author of Seeing the Forest Among the Trees: The Case for Wholistic Forest Use (Polestar Press) and Maintaining Whole Systems on Earth’s Crown: Ecosystem-based Conservation Planning for the Boreal Forest (Silva Forest Foundation).

Tuesday, September 23 @ 7:00 pm