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René H. Germain
Associate Professor, Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management
316 Bray Hall
One Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210-2788
(315) 470-6698
rhgermai@esf.edu

• Vita
• Courses
• Publications
• Graduate Students
• New York City Watershed Model Forest Program
• Forest & Natural Resources Policy Group
• Predicting Future Water Quality from Land Use Change Projections in the Catskill-Delaware Watersheds (PDF)

Highest Education:

Ph.D., SUNY-ESF (Forest Policy), 1997.

Areas of Study:

Sustained yield management on non-industrial private forestlands; Impact of forestland parcelization on working forests and water quality; Impact of land use changes on the forest products industry; Diffusion of innovation to foresters, loggers and landowners; Adoption of BMPs; Sustainable Forestry Systems

Courses Taught:

(Full Course Descriptions)

Principles of Management (FOR 360/560)
Forestry Consulting and Wood Procurement (FOR 415/615)
Integrated Resources Management (FOR 490/690)
Forest Operations (FOR 373)
Bridging The Gap: Research to Real Application (FOR 796)
Economic and Ecological Impacts of Non-native Forest Pests and Pathogens (FOR 797)
Contemporary Issues in Forestry (FOR 496/796)

Selected Publications:

(Complete Publications List)

Munsell, J.F., R.H, Germain, V.A. Luzadis, and E. Bevilacqua. 2009. Owner intentions, previous harvests, and future timber yield on 50 working NIPF in New York State. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry (in press).

Anderson, N., R.H. Germain and E. Bevilacqua. 2009. Characteristics of transborder wood flow to sawmills in eastern Canada. Forestry Chronicle 85(1): 1-10.

Vickory, B., R.H. Germain, E. Bevilacqua. 2009. Urbanization's Impact on Sustained Yield Management as Perceived by Forestry Professionals in Central New York. Forest Policy and Economics 11: 42-49.

Munsell, J.F., R.H. Germain and E. Bevilacqua. 2008. A Tale of Two Forests: Case Study Comparisons of Sustained Yield Management on Mississippi and New York NIPF. Journal of Forestry 106(8): 431-439.

Germain, R.H., N. Anderson and E. Bevilacqua. 2007. The Effects of Forestland Parcelization and Ownership Transfers on Non-industrial Private Forestland Forest Stocking in New York. Journal of Forestry 105(8): 403-408.

Munsell, J.F. and R.H. Germain. 2007. Woody biomass energy: An opportunity for silviculture on non-industrial private forestlands in New York. Journal of Forestry 105(8): 398-402.

Anderson, N. and R.H. Germain. 2007. Variation in sawmill procurement operations in the Northeast. Forest Products Journal 57(10):36-44.

Germain, R.H. and J. Munsell. 2005. How much land is needed for the harvest access system on NIPF dominated by northern hardwoods? Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 22(4): 243-247.

Lapierre, S. and R.H. Germain 2005. Forestland parcelization in the New York City Watershed. Journal of Forestry 104(3) 139-145.

Germain, R.H., S. Harris and V. Luzadis. 2002. Assessing environmental management systems for implementing sustainable forestry on industrial forestlands. Journal of Forestry 100 (2) 12-18.

Germain, R.H., Floyd D. and S. Stehman. 2001. Participant perceptions of the Forest Service's public participation process. Journal of Forest Policy and Economics (3) 113-124.

Germain, R.H. and D.W. Floyd. 1999. Models for examining forest resource conflicts. Forest Science, 45(3) 394-406.

Continuing Education Workshops by Topic Areas:

(1998-present)

• Silviculture and Forest Protection, 12 workshops, 567 participants
• Timber Harvest Planning (BMPs), 11 workshops, 431 participants
• Logging Training and Safety, 6 workshops, 205 participants
• Watershed Management, 3 workshops, 185 participants
• Forest Measurements & GIS, 4 workshops, 165 participants
• Financial Analysis and Forest Policy, 4 workshops, 165 participants