Biographical note

David R. Foster is Director of the Harvard Forest in Petersham, Massachusetts, and teaches ecology at Harvard University. Kathy Fallon Lambert is Sustainability Manager at Dartmouth College David B. Kittredge is Professor, Department of Natural Resources Conservation at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Brian M. Donahue is Professor of Environmental Studies at Brandeis University Clarisse M. Hart is Outreach and Development Manager at the Harvard Forest, Harvard University. Jonathan R. Thompson is a Research Ecologist at the Smithsonian Institution Conservation Ecology Center. James Levitt is Director of The Program on Conservation innovation at the Harvard Forest, and Research Fellow, Rappaport Institute, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Brian R. Hall is GIS Research Specialist at the Harvard Forest, Harvard University Anthony W. D'Amato is Professor of Forest Resources at the University of Minnesota. Lloyd C. Irland is a forestry consultant in Maine and has written extensively on forests and natural resources issues. David A. Orwig is Forest Ecologist at the Harvard Forest, Harvard University John D. Aber is Provost, Vice president for Academic Affairs and University Professor at the University of New Hampshire William S. Keeton is Professor of Forest Ecology, Rubenstein School of Environmental and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont Rob J. Lilieholm is E. L. Giddings Professor of Forest Policy at the University of Maine, Orono Aaron M. Ellison is Senior Ecologist and Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Forest, Harvard University Malcolm L. Hunter is Libra professor of Conservation Biology, Department of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Maine, Orono Timothy Fahey is the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University Charles T. Driscoll is University Professor of Environmental Systems Engineering at Syracuse University