Hal Salwasser is professor of forest resources and forest science, dean of the College of Forestry, and director of Oregon's Forest Research Laboratory at Oregon State University.
Prior to joining the OSU faculty in July 2000, Hal was director of the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station in California (1997-2000), regional forester for the northern region of the Forest Service in Montana (1995-1997), Boone and Crockett Professor of Wildlife Conservation at the University of Montana (1992-1995), director of New Perspectives/Ecosystem Management for the U.S. Forest Service in Washington D.C. (1990-1992).
He holds a Ph.D. in wildland resource science, majoring in wildlife ecology and rangeland management, from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.A. degree in biology from Fresno State University.
Hal has published more than 70 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 chairs the National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry and the education committee of the Boone and Crockett Club. He is on the board of directors of the World Forestry Center and the Oregon Forest Resources Institute, and is a member of the national advisory board of the National Forest Foundation and the conservation education committee of the Oregon Garden.
College of Forestry
The OSU College of Forestry has been educating professionals for a century. The college has earned a reputation as a world-class center of teaching and learning about forests and related resources, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in four departments, forest engineering, forest resources, forest science, and wood science and engineering.
The college also jointly offers an interdisciplinary undergraduate degree in natural resources and several interdisciplinary graduate programs and operates about 14,000 acres of college forests, most within minutes of campus.
The College of Forestry combines the warmth of a small school with the rich resources of a comprehensive university. Students experience a rigorous, demanding, hands-on, professional education.
College of Forestry students are a friendly, close-knit group. Professors teach their own classes and interact with students daily. The undergraduate experience is enriched by senior capstone courses, field courses, on-site visits, and professional meetings. Student-led clubs and activities help students develop leadership skills and gain valuable contacts with working professionals.
