John Bailey

Education:

• PhD, 1996, Forest Science, Oregon State University
• MF, 1985, Forest Biology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
• BS, 1983, Forestry and Wildlife, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg

Research Areas:

Silviculture, Fire and Forest Health Forest, Wildlife and Landscape Ecology

Research Interests:

• Fire Ecology
• Forest Health
• Silviculture

Silviculture Is The Tool for Achieving Many Management Objectives: My research focuses on using traditional and experimental silviculture practices to achieve a spectrum of objectives in a landscape, including commodity production, habitat creation, fire risk reduction, and ecosystem restoration. The art and science of forest management has not fundamentally changed in the last decade, but the objectives have broadened and become more controversial. This forces our forest management actions to be more creative, complex, adaptive and defensible. We have initiated research projects to evaluate the role of stand structure and dynamics on fire hazard, mature forest development, sustainable forest management, and post-fire recovery. Our silviculture research considers the broad economic, ecological, and sociopolitical implications on forest.

Bio:

Maybelle Clarke MacDonald Professor of Teaching Excellence in Silviculture and Fire Management in the FERM department. Adjunct in FES department.