Dr Gordon Bradley Professor, Forest Land Use Planning Gordon Bradley's teaching and research interests include environmental policy, planning, and urban forest landscapes. Specific courses concern forest land use planning, environmental impact assessment, urban forest issues, and conservation area planning and management. His research and consulting clients include the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, King County and numerous private natural resource management companies. The focus of his research is on human response to land use change and the interrelationship of forests in the built environment. Extensive research and consulting also revolves around forest practices in visually sensitive areas. An ongoing study of the Capital State Forest (Olympia) involves the visual preferences of various interest groups to different harvest patterns. Dr. Bradley edited Land Use and Forest Resources in a Changing Environment: The Urban Forest Interface (1984, University of Washington Press) and Urban Forest Landscapes (1995, University of Washington Press). He currently serves on the Board of Editors for Urban Ecosystems, and on several state and local advisory panels. He has served two terms on the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council, a 15-member panel appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture. |