Donald W. Floyd is Professor Emeritus at the College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York. He was Dean of the Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management at the University of New Brunswick, Canada, and Chair of the Atlantic Region board of Nature Conservancy Canada. He is a Fellow of the Society of American Foresters and a retired Registered Professional Forester in New Brunswick. He currently serves as a board member of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests.