Managing Multiple Uses on National Forests, 1905-1995 A 90-year Learning Experience and It Isn't Finished Yet

Dr. John Fedkiw retired in 1993 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Secretary, where he served as a policy advisor and analyst for natural resources and environment and other program areas for almost 28 years. Before that, he was a researcher in forestry economics with the Forest Service in Portland, Oregon, and Washington D.C., from 1959 to 1965.

From 1946 to 1959, Dr. Fedkiw served with the teaching faculty of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, where he taught in forest economics, statistics, and forest management. He also served as a consultant with several major forest industry firms and has published more than 75 technical articles, papers and booklets.

Dr. Fedkiw is a recipient of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Distinguished Service Award and the President's Meritorious Executive Award. He earned his Ph.D. in agricultural economics at Cornell University in 1953. He has a masters degree (1948) from the Maxwell School of Public Administration at Syracuse University and a bachelor of science (1941) in forest management from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse. He is presently serving as a volunteer with the USDA Forest Service in Washington, D.C.