John Wagner

John Wagner is a Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Sustainable Resources Management at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF). He holds a Ph.D. in Forestry and Wood Science from Colorado State University (1990). His research focuses on mathematical and economic models for sustainable forest resource management, including decision-making frameworks for family forest landowners, economic valuation of timber resources, and policy analysis.

Teaching responsibilities include courses such as Introduction to Economics, Natural Resource Managerial Economics, and Forest Management Decision Making and Planning. His interdisciplinary research spans forestry economics, remote sensing applications, and energy policy. Recent work includes optimizing sampling strategies for rare environmental classes and evaluating biomass energy systems in rural regions.

Wagner has advised graduate students like Basanta Lamsal (PhD candidate in FRM Natural Resources Mgt) and Cody Wilkes (MPS in Forest Resources Management). He authored multiple editions of Forestry Economics: A Managerial Approach and contributed to textbooks on social accounting matrices and sustainable development.

His research collaborations address topics such as timber market trends, spatial econometrics, and environmental policy. While no awards are explicitly listed, his extensive publications and book chapters reflect significant contributions to forestry economics and resource management.