Jerry Franklin
Professor emeritus, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
Expertise: Forest ecology, landscape ecology, disturbances, old-growth and forest management
Jerry Franklin is a world-renowned forest ecologist who has been called “the father of new forestry.” He is a leading authority on sustainable forest management and the maintenance of healthy forest ecosystems, and was responsible for integrating ecological and economic values into harvest strategies.
Franklin was among the first scientists on the scene at Mount St. Helens after the 1980 blast. Franklin can talk about ecosystem recovery, and the “biological legacy” of surviving plants and animals that helped the mountain recover much more quickly than expected.
Franklin’s work at Mount St. Helens is described in the recent book “After the Blast: The Ecological Recovery of Mount St. Helens.”
