Dr. Anthony D’Amato

Dr. D’Amato’s presentation will explore silvicultural options for managing for mature and old-growth forest conditions across a range of forest and ownership types in the US. The consistency of these strategies with other objectives and programs tied to biodiversity conservation, climate mitigation, and forest adaptation will be discussed.

Speaker Biography

Tony D’Amato is a Professor of Silviculture and Applied Forest Ecology and Director of the Forestry Program at the University of Vermont.  He received his B.S. in Forest Ecosystem Science from the University of Maine, M.S. in Forest Science from Oregon State University, and PhD in Forest Resources from University of Massachusetts.  He was a faculty member for seven years at the University of Minnesota and Bullard Fellow at Harvard University’s Harvard Forest prior to joining the University of Vermont in January 2015.