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Dr. Hal SalwasserDean of the College of Forestry
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Hal Salwasser is Dean of the College of Forestry, Director of the Oregon Forest Research Laboratory, and Professor of Forest Resources and Forest Science at Oregon State University.
Prior to joining the College of Forestry in July 2000, Hal held numerous
positions with the US Forest Service starting as Regional Wildlife Ecologist
in California in 1979 and culminating as Regional Forester in the Northern
Rockies and Research Station Director in California in the 1990s.
He holds a PhD in Wildland Resource Science from the University of California, majoring in wildlife and rangeland ecology, and a BA degree in biology from Fresno State University.
Hal has published more than 80 professional papers and book chapters and co-edited two books on natural resource issues. He was President of The Wildlife Society in 1993-94 and is a Fellow of the Society of American Foresters.
Hal currently serves on the National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry which he chaired in 2003-2005, and chairs the Conservation Research, Education, and Outreach Committee of the Boone and Crockett Club and the Conservation and Stewardship Committee of the Pacific Forest Trust Board of Directors. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the World Forestry Center where he co-chaired the committee that oversaw design of the new Forest Discovery Museum in 2004-2005, the Board of Directors of the Oregon Forest Resources Institute, the National Leadership Council of the National Forest Foundation, the Board of Directors for the Institute of Forest Biotechnology, and the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources of The National Academies.
B.A., 1971, California State University, Fresno
Ph.D., 1979, University of California, Berkeley
Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1988
Federal Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program, 1987-88
Dean Salwasser joined the College of Forestry July 1, 2000, via a distinguished career with the U.S. Forest Service. His most recent position was Director of the Pacific Southwest Research Station, in Berkeley, California, where he guided research and development by scientists in California, Hawaii and the Pacific Islands.
Dr. Salwasser began his career with the Forest Service in 1978 with the Pacific Southwest Region as a Regional Wildlife Ecologist, followed by a National Wildlife Ecologist position. In the mid-1980's, he served for six years in Washington, DC, as Senior Analyst for Natural Resources for the President's Commission on American Outdoors, Deputy Director of Wildlife and Fisheries, and as Director of New Perspectives.
He then spent six years in the Northern Rockies, first on an Intergovernmental Personnel Act assignment with The University of Montana as Boone and Crockett Professor of Wildlife Conservation. He taught graduate and undergraduate courses in wildlife and natural resources conservation, policy and ecosystem management. Then, when called back to duty with the Forest Service, he served as Regional Forester of the Northern Region, in Missoula, Montana.
Dean Salwasser earned a B.A. degree in Biology from California State University, Fresno, and a Ph.D. in Wildland Resource Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He has been active in the Society of American Foresters, the Ecological Society of America, the Society for Conservation Biology (founding member), and the Wildlife Society, which he led as national president in 1994-95. He has been recognized for his professional achievements on several occasions by the USDA, including the Senior Executive Service Award for Superior Service in 1992, 1996 and 1999.
Research interests: Wildlife and natural resources conservation, policy and ecosystem management
Selected publications:
Arha, K, Hal Salwasser, and Gail Achtermann. The Oregon Plan for Salmon and
Watersheds: A Perspective. INR Policy Paper 2003-03. 2003 Institute For
Natural Resources January 2003
Salwasser, H. 1999. Ecosystem management: a new perspective for national forests and grasslands. pp 85-96 in 1. Aley, W.R. Burch, B. Conover, and D. Field (eds.) Ecosystem management: adaptive strategies natural resource organizations in the 21st century. Taylor and Francis, Inc. Philadelphia, PA
Salwasser, H., S.. Morton, and R. Rasker. 1998. The role of wildlands in sustaining communities and economies and vice versa. pp 90-95 in A-E. Watson, G.H. Aplet and J.C. Hendee (compilers) Personal, societal, and Ecological Values of Wilderness: Sixth World Wilderness Congress Proceedings on Research, Management, and Allocation, Volume 1, Bangalore, India. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Proceedings RMRS-P-4, Fort Collins, CO.
Salwasser, H. 1997. Conserving biodiversity: sustaining the parts and processes of healthy ecosystem. pp 1-13 in N. Baker (ed.) Biodiversity: toward operational definitions, The 1995 Plum Creek Lectures, School of Forestry, The University of Montana-Missoula
Salwasser, H., J.A- Caplan, C.W. Cartwright, A.T. Doyle, W.B. Kessler, B.G. Marcot, and L. Stritch. 1996. Conserving biodiversity through ecosystem management. in R.C. Szaro and D.W. Johnston (eds.) Biodiversity in managed landscapes. Oxford Univ. Press, NY, pp 548-573.
Salwasser, H. 1995. Ecosystem management: broadening perspectives on relationships
among people, land, and resources. in B. Shelby and S. Arbogast (comp.) 1995
Starker Lectures, Oregon State University, College of Forestry, Corvallis,
OR pp 45-68.
