Forestry expert witnesses analyze forest management practices, timber valuation, and land use impacts in commercial and conservation settings. These experts are often registered foresters, forest ecologists, or logging and land management professionals who evaluate harvesting methods, reforestation plans, wildfire risk, regulatory compliance, and environmental damage.
Prescribed Fire and Wildland Smoke Expert Witness
Prescribed Fire and Wildland Smoke Expert Witness
- Review Fee
- $500/hr
- Deposition Fee
- $500/hr
- Court Fee
- $500/hr
This expert has over years of experience in prescribed fire, controlled burns, wildfire, and smoke impacts to people, vegetation, and infrastructure. He earned his BS in plant science at Cameron University and his MS in range science at Texas Tech University. This expert is active in his field as a member of the Oklahoma Volunteer Fire Department, the Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils, and the Alliance of Prescribed Burn Associations. He is also highly-published in his field, having written one book on prescribed fire, authored or co-authored 36 extension fact sheets, and 42 peer-reviewed research articles. He began his career as a research assistant at Texas Tech University before going on to serve as a research station superintendent and a research associate at Oklahoma State University. Currently, this expert serves as a research extension specialist in prescribed fire at a university in Oklahoma.
Associate Extension Specialist, A University in OK
Master of Science (MS), Texas Tech University
Orlando,
Oklahoma