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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

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)

Anderson, N. and R.H. Germain. 2007. Variation in sawmill procurement
operations in the Northeast. Forest Products Journal (in press).

Germain, R.H., J.F. Munsell and K. Brazill. 2007. The New York City
Watershed Model Forests Revisited Five Years Later: An assessment of
successes, failures, and challenges for the future. Journal of Extension
(in press).

Germain, R.H., K. Brazill and S. Stehman. 2006. Forestland parcelization
in upstate New York despite economic stagnation and a declining
population. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 23(4): 280-287.

Munsell, J.F., R.H. Germain, E. Bevilacqua, and R.M. Schuster. 2006.
Voluntary BMP implementation by NIPF owners in New York City's water
supply system. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 23(2): 133-140.

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. and S. Harris. 2003. Logger training leads to improved
market access but no price premium. Journal of Extension 41(5).

Harris, S., R.H. Germain and L. Zhang. 2003. Assessing wood procurement
management systems in the forest products industry. Forest Products
Journal 53(2) 1-10.

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., J. Shwartz and J. Parrish. 2001. The New York City
Watershed Model Forests: Working laboratories to study and demonstrate
sustainable forestry. Journal of Extension 39(2).

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)