Dean

Alan Townsend
Dean, W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation
Associate Deans

Paul M. Lukacs
Senior Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies & Faculty Research Fellow

Elizabeth Covelli Metcalf
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs; Joel Meier Distinguished Professor of Wildland Management
Chairs

Cara Nelson
Professor of Restoration Ecology; Chair, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences

Carl Seielstad
Professor, Fire Science; Chair, Department of Forest Management; Assistant Director, National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis

Laurie Yung
Professor of Natural Resource Social Science; Chair, Department of Society & Conservation
Program Directors

Chad Bishop
Director; Wildlife Biology Program

Beth Dodson
Professor of Forest Operations

Sarah Halvorson
Professor of Geography

Jennifer Thomsen
Program Director, Parks, Tourism and Recreation Management

Laurie Yung
Professor of Natural Resource Social Science; Chair, Department of Society & Conservation