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William E. Schlosser, Ph.D.
233 Palouse River Dr
PO Box 9748
Moscow, Idaho 83843
Tel: +1-208-883-4488; 
Fax: +1-208-883-1098
schlosser@consulting-foresters.com
William E. Schlosser
Economist & Financial Analyst
Director: NMI Geographic Information Systems Labatory
Professional Forester

Dr. William E. Schlosser has been a professional forester since 1989 and has worked in the forestry industry of the Pacific and Interior Northwest since 1982. He has extensive experience working with non-industrial private forestland owners, industrial forestland owners, tribal forestlands, and government agencies in the administration of forestry projects. Although his advanced degrees are in natural resource economics and finance, he also possesses advanced skills in geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS), land use planning, and forest management.

Dr. Schlosser has extensive international forestry experience including over six years working and living in the Russian Far East and Siberia. While there he served as Chief Forester and then as Project Director for various USAID projects (Environmental Policy and Technology Project and the Russian Environmental Partnership Project). He was the Chief Operations Officer and General Director for the US–Russian joint venture JSC Forest Starma which managed a long-term lease of forestlands harvesting 360,000 cubic meters of timber annually from the Russian Far East which was marketed into Japan, Korea and other Asian ports. As President and CEO of Pacific Rim Taiga, Inc., he operated in the USA and Russia from 1996-2001 administering and serving as forestry specialist on various projects for the US Forest Service, the Russian Federal Forest Service, private companies (Russian, American and others), and international organizations. He has also advised on various projects in Canada and Europe.

Dr. Schlosser is a recognized and respected educator with 8 years of experience working with Universities (University of Idaho, Michigan State University, Washington State University). He has delivered over 300 seminars and short courses on a variety of forestry topics in the US and Russia. Attendees to his classes have been estimated at well over 7,500 individuals. He has also taught undergraduate and graduate classes in natural resources, and specifically in forestry.

Dr. Schlosser has extensive experience implementing GIS analysis projects; in addition to being the Director of the NMI GIS Lab in Moscow, Idaho, he provides leadership for all of the company’s Wildland-Urban Interface Wildfire Mitigation Plan projects and All Hazards Mitigation Plans. He has been the Project Director for over 35 county and tribal level hazard mitigation plans, which all used GIS and on-site evaluations to assess fire risk and mitigation measures.He has been the lead author of many Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements.

Dr. William Schlosser joined Northwest Management, Inc., in 2002 as a forest economist and financial analyst, geographic information systems analyst, and professional forester.


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Formal Education:
Doctor of Philosophy; 2002, Natural Resource Sciences Department and the Program in Environmental Science and Regional Planning; Washington State University, Pullman, WA. Summa Cum Laude

Master of Science; 1990, Natural Resource Economics; Washington State University, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Pullman, WA. Magna Cum Laude

Bachelor of Science; 1989, Forest and Range Management, minor in Business and Economics; Washington State University, Department of Forestry and Range Management, Pullman, WA. Cum Laude

Associate of Science; 1987, Olympic College, Bremerton, WA.

Professional Memberships and Awards:
Employment History:

Pacific Rim Taiga, Inc.Pacific Rim Taiga, Inc., Pullman, WA, USA. President (1997-2000) and Chief Executive Officer (1997-2002). Oversaw the company’s business activities in North America and Russia. Serve as project leader on various tasks and as scientific specialist in forestry, economics, non timber forest products, international forest products markets, wood processing, fire control and management, and business management. Serve on the company’s Board-of-Directors. Project Director for REP Project in Siberia and Russian Far East.

Russian Environmental Partnership InstituteRussian Environmental Partnership Institute, Khabarovsk, Russia. The Non-Profit, Non-Governmental organization (NGO) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Rim Taiga, Inc. As CEO of Pacific Rim Taiga, Inc., Dr. Schlosser provided overall guidance to the Institute, which is directed by Igor Snitsky, General Director, and Lydia Volkova, Deputy General Director.

PioGlobal, Inc., Komsomolsk-na-Amur, Russia: 1998. General Director of Russian Forest Management entity - JSC Forest-Starma. Lead efforts in forest management, fire fighting, reforestation, and marketing at main office and field site at Siziman Bay, Russia. Served: JSC Forest-Starma Board-of-Directors, Pioneer Forest, Inc. Board-of-Directors, and as Vice-President of Pioneer Forest, Inc.

Environmental Policy and Technology Project, Khabarovsk, Russia: 1996-1998. Chief Forester on the EPT Project, in Primorskii and Khabarovskii Kraii.

Michigan State University, L’Anse, Michigan. 1995-1996. Extension Forestry Specialist for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

University of Idaho, Cooperative Extension System; 1992-1995. Assistant Extension Professor, Extension Agricultural and Forestry Agent.

Inland Forest Management, Inc.;  Sandpoint, ID: 1989-1991. Forester, Forest Economist, Computer Specialist.

Professional Publications

In Press 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 1995-2000 1990-1994 Pre-1990


Presentations:

Dr. Schlosser has developed and delivered over 150 presentations in forestry and natural resources as well as developed 29 educational slide series. He wrote and produced two forestry videos on the topic of forestland taxes. Sample presentations follow:



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