Jerry Franklin

Dr. Jerry Franklin is a world-renowned forest ecologist who has been called “the father of new forestry.” He is a professor of ecosystem analysis in the College of Forest Resources at the University of Washington. A leading authority on sustainable forest management and the maintenance of healthy forest ecosystems, Dr. Franklin was responsible for integrating ecological and economic values into harvest strategies. The only forest ecologist in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Franklin has published hundreds of articles and received numerous awards including the Pinchot Medallion from the Pinchot Institute for Conservation. His most recent book is Ecological Forest Management (Waveland Press).