Tony Cheng

Tony Cheng is an Associate Professor in forest policy and Director of the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute at Colorado State University. Tony’s primary research interests are in forest policy development and implementation, specifically the structures and strategies that attempt to simultaneously sustain resilient forest conditions and forest-reliant communities. In his capacity of director of CFRI, Tony oversees programs that synthesize current scientific and experiential evidence on forest ecology and management, provide assistance and support for multi-party assessment, monitoring, and adaptive management, provide assistance and support for collaborative planning and stewardship, and develop linkages between forest restoration, economic utilization, and local community development and livelihoods. Tony has a PhD in Forestry from Oregon State University, a MS in Forestry from the University of Minnesota, and a BA in Political Science from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.