C-PREE Seminar with Robert Bonnie: "Red Flag Warning: Wildfire in the Age of Smokey Bear, Climate Change, and Suburbanization"

Date & Time Feb 18 2019 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Speaker(s)
Robert Bonnie, Rubenstein Fellow, Duke University, and former Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment at the US Department of Agriculture
Audience Open to the Public, Registration Required
At C-PREE's David Bradford Energy and Environmental Seminar Series, scholars from various fields, mostly from outside of the University, present recent work or lead a discussion about a C-PREE-related topic. Attendance by Princeton students, faculty and staff is encouraged.
 
All seminars are open to the public on a limited basis with approved RSVP to ccrosby@princeton.edu
 
Speaker Bio:
Robert Bonnie is a Rubenstein Fellow at Duke University, working on conservation and environmental issues in rural America. Prior to joining Duke, during the second term of the Obama Administration Robert was the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment at the US Department of Agriculture. In this role, he oversaw the US Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service on a variety of natural resource issues, including management of the 193 million-acre National Forest and Grassland System, implementation of Farm Bill conservation programs on America's farms, ranches and forests, and climate change. During President Obama's first term, Robert served as Senior Advisor to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for environment and climate change. Prior to joining USDA, Robert was vice president for land conservation for the Environmental Defense Fund where he focused on developing incentives to reward farmers, ranchers and forest owners for stewardship activities on private lands. Robert has master degrees in forestry and environmental management from Duke University. He grew up on a farm in Kentucky and now lives in Virginia.