In today’s program we continue our forest management investigative series with our focus for this episode on ecosystem-based conservation planning.  Our guest for the program is Mr. Herb Hammond. Mr. Hammond is a Registered Professional Forester and forest ecologist with a BSc in Forest Management from Oregon State University, and a Masters of Forestry from the University of Washington and has over 30 years of experience in research, industry, teaching and consulting.
Together with his wife Susan, he founded the Silva Forest Foundation, a charitable society dedicated to research and education in ecosystem-based conservation planning. Herb has worked cooperatively with First Nations and rural communities to develop more than 20 ecosystem-based plans across Canada, in Russia, the United States, and in Indonesia.
Winner of the 1992 Roderick Haig-Brown BC Book Prize for the book which best contributes to the understanding and appreciation of British Columbia, Seeing the Forest Among the Trees discusses a land ethic that also applies to the rest of Canada and, indeed, the world. Herb’s award-winning books continue to be used by a wide audience in planning forest protection and use. In 2003, Herb received the Gold Award for Sustainable Living at the Canadian Environmental Awards. 
Herb likes to remind us that the forest sustains us; we do not sustain the forest.
To learn more about Mr. Hammond, his books, and his work please visit:
Silva Forest Foundation
Email Mr. Hammond Direct