Leon H. Liegel

Research Associate
Coordinator, Sustainable Forestry Partnership at OSU (http://sfp.cas.psu.edu/)

[Former USDA Forest Service Research Forester/Research Soil Scientist, 1973-1985, Rio Piedras, PR; 1985-2001, Corvallis, OR]

039B Peavy Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331

• Office: 039B Peavy Hall
• Phone: 541-737-4991
• Fax: 541-737-2668

• B.S., 1970, Forestry, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
• M.S., 1973, World Forestry, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse
• Ph.D., 1981, Forestry/Soil Science Co-Majors, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

Global sustainable resource management; interdisciplinary methods that integrate biological, sociocultural, and managerial sciences; nontimber ecosystem products; management and soil site relations of fast-growing exotics and native forest species in tropical areas; and the creation of poster displays for scientific and other audiences: www.ncsu.edu/project/posters.

1. Member of a 3-university effort to summarize "lessons learned" about forest biodiversity management in the United States (http://www.ncseonline.org/NCSSF/page.cfm?FID=4036)
2. Faculty instructor for the Alternative [Nontimber] Forest Products course module in a 14-week Oregon State University Graduate Certificate Program in Sustainable Natural Resources (http://www.cof.orst.edu/SNRcertificate/)
3. Editorial Board member for Environmental Management since 2002.

1. From the National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry (NCSSF), an 18-month, $250,000 competitive grant to summarize forest biodiversity management in the United States
2. Via the OSU Sustainable Forestry Partnership: 2001, member of an interdisciplinary team receiving a $10,000 grant from the OSU Critical Issues Program to create the curriculum and a case study for a 14-week natural resources institute using integrated teaching methods
3. 1996, A (Teaching) Case Study Integrating the Biological, Socio-Economic, and Managerial Concerns of Sustaining Chanterelle Mushroom Harvests on the Olympic Peninsula, $8,000 (with two others).

1. Kerns, B.K., Liegel, L., Pilz, D., Alexander, S.J. 2002. Biological inventory and monitoring. Pgs. 237-269. In: Nontimber Forest Products in the United States. Eric T. Jones, Rebecca J. McLain, James Weigand (Eds.). University Press of Kansas, Lawrence. 424 p.
2. Liegel, L.H. 1999. Deforestation. Pgs. 113-115. In: Alexander, D.E. and R.W. Fairgbridge (eds.). Encyclopedia of Environmental Science. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. 741 p.
3. Liegel, L.H., D. Pilz, T. Love, and E. Jones. 1998. Integrating biological, socioeconomic and managerial methods and results in the MAB Mushroom Study. AMBIO Special Report No. 9:26-33.
4. Bailey, J.D. and L.H. Liegel. 1998. Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia Nutt.) growth and site factors in Western Oregon. Northwest Science 72(4):283-292.
5. Liegel, L.H., R. Busing and J. Rios. 1996. Forest health detection monitoring results, 1992-95. Pgs. 37-46 and Appendix B In: California forest health in 1994 and 1995. U.S. Dept. Agric. For. Serv. Report R5-FPM-PR-002. San Francisco: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region. 63 p.
6. Liegel, L.H. and D. Thompson. 1989. Poster presentations for scientific meetings. J. Agron. Educ. 18:69-75.
7. Liegel, L.H., W.E. Balmer and G.W. Ryan. 1985. Honduras pine spacing trial results in Puerto Rico after 18 to 20 years. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. 9(2):69-75.
8. Liegel, L.H. 1984. Assessment of hurricane rain/wind damage in Pinus caribaea and Pinus oocarpa provenance trials in Puerto Rico. Commonw. For. Rev. 63:47-53.