Economic and Cultural Impacts of Forest Health

• Our goal is to better understand the value of eastern U.S. forests and the potential impacts of various abiotic and biotic tree threats
• Our team will integrate the interests of industry stakeholders, landowners, and the general public to develop strategies to conserve and improve forest species and better meet the current environmental challenges
• In addition, we will provide a forum for public discussion of issues related to available technologies to improve the sustainability of forest tree species

Meet the Social Sciences Team

Thomas Ochuodho
thomas.ochuodho@uky.edu

Assistant Professor of Forest Economics and Policy
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of Kentucky

Billy Thomas
billy.thomas@uky.edu

Extension Forester
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of Kentucky

Tom Holmes
tholmes@fs.fed.us

Research Forest Economist
USFS Forestry Sciences Laboratory
North Carolina

Yang Bai
Yang.Bai@uky.edu

Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of Kentucky

Omkar Joshi
omkar.joshi@okstate.edu

Assistant Professor of Forest Economics and Management
Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater

Neelam Poudyal
npoudyal@tennessee.edu

Associate Professor Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries
University of Tennessee

MoZhou
mozheou@purdue.edu

Assistant Professor of Forest Economics and Management
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources 
Purdue University

Jeff Prestemon
jprestemon@fs.fed.us

Project Leader
USFS Forestry Sciences Laboratory
North Carolina