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Al Sample

  • Adjunct Faculty
  • Climate Change Mitigation, Natural Resource Policy, Ecosystem Management

    Contact Info

    V. Al Sample
    Name
    Dr. Al Sample
    Job Title
    Adjunct Faculty
    Climate Change Mitigation, Natural Resource Policy, Ecosystem Management
    Phone Number
    202-744-6139
    Office Number
    David King Hall, Room 3005, MSN 5F2

    Affiliations

    Research Areas

    • Natural Resource
    • Climate
    • Ecosystem
    • Biodiversity
    • Applied Science

    Education

    PhD in Forestry and Natural Resource Policy, Yale University (1989)

    MBA, Yale School of Management (1987)

    MS in Forestry, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (1980)

    BS in Forestry, University of Montana (1976)

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    About

    Al Sample is Adjunct Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, and President Emeritus of the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, a Washington-based environmental policy think tank. His primary focus is the integration of environmental science into public policy, with a particular concentration on climate change adaptation and mitigation.

    Current Research

    Current research is focused on adaptations to climate change to maintain the sustainability and resilience of ecological systems, and the ecosystem services they provide to human societies.

    Teaching Focus

    Teaching focuses on the rapid evolution of ecological science in the "no analog future" of the Anthropocene, and the integration of new science into the institutional, legal, and policy framework of ecosystem management. Courses taught include: Fundamentals of Ecology (EVPP 607); Applied Ecology & Ecosystem Management (EVPP 677); Natural Resource Policy & Law (EVPP 505).

    Selected Publications

    Sample, V.A, Bixler, P., and Miller, C., (eds.), 2016. Forest Conservation in the Anthropocene: Science, Policy, and Practice. Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado. ISBN-978-1-60732-458-4.

    Sample, V.A., Halofsky, J.E., and Peterson, D.L. 2013. US Strategy for Forest Management Adaptation to Climate Change: Building a Framework for Decision Making. Annals of Forest Science. DOI: 10.1007/s13595-013-0288-6.

    Sample, V.A., Anderson, S., Schmithüsen, F., LeMaster, Danguy des Deserts, D., and Harou, P. (eds.), 2008. Common Goals in Sustainable Forest Management: the Divergence and Reconvergence of American and European Forestry. Durham, NC: Forest History Society. [Published in French by École Nationale du Génie Rural des Eaux et des Forêts, Nancy, France.] ISBN 978-0890300701

    Sample, V. A. and Cheng, A., 2003. Forest Conservation Policy. Oxford: ABC-CLIO. ISBN-1-57607-991-0

    Sample, V. A. (ed.), 1994. Ecosystem Management at the Landscape Scale: The Role of Remote-sensing and GIS in Resource Management, Planning, and Decision Making. Washington, DC: Island Press. ISBN-1-55963-284-4

    Awards

    Fellow, Society of American Foresters
    Wilson Fellow, Yale University
    National Wildlife Federation Environmental Conservation Fellowship for Excellence in Graduate Research
    Distinguished Service Award, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
    Xi Sigma Pi

    Contact Info

    V. Al Sample
    Name
    Dr. Al Sample
    Job Title
    Adjunct Faculty
    Climate Change Mitigation, Natural Resource Policy, Ecosystem Management
    Phone Number
    202-744-6139
    Office Number
    David King Hall, Room 3005, MSN 5F2