Dr. Bonnicksen has a B.S. in forestry, an M.S. in forest ecology, and a Ph.D. in natural resource and environmental policy. He is Professor Emeritus of Forest Science and a former Department Head at Texas A&M University, Research Scholar in Resident at California Polytechnic State University, and served for seven years as Visiting Scholar and Board Member of the California-based Forest Foundation. And those are only the start of his credentials. He loves forests and has a vision for what healthy forests should look like that is in stark contrast to current government practices.

