MATTHEW C. KELLY Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Management School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Ave, Houghton MI E: mackelly@mtu.edu P: 906-487-3403 F: 906-487-2915 EDUCATION Ph.D. (2015) Forest Resources Management State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY Dissertation: Logging operations of the Northeast United States: Assessing harvest costs productivities, delays, management strategies, and impacts of best management practices M.S. (2012) Forest Resources Management State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY Thesis: Family forest owner attitudes and preferences for forest conservation programs in the New York City Watershed B.M. (2001) Music Business New York University POSITIONS HELD Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Management (December 2015 to present) Michigan Technological University Research Assistant / NYC Watershed Model Forest Program Coordinator (2010 2012) Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management SUNY ESF Graduate Assistant (2010, 2013) Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management SUNY ESF Manager/Supervisor (2007-2010) EMI North America AFFILIATIONS Society of American Foresters (member since 2011) Council on Forest Engineers (member since 2014) Forest Products Society (member since 2014) International Association for Society and Natural Resources (member since 2015) New York City Watershed Forestry Committee (non-voting member 2010-2015) New York City Watershed Model Forest Working Group (coordinator 2010-2015)
TEACHING FW4150 Forest Resources Management 3 credits FW4810 Integrated Resource Assessment 4 credits FW5510 Advanced Timber Harvesting 3 credits Guest lectures: Lecture: Social Sciences in Recreation and Tourism (2/23/16) Course: FW3150 Introduction to Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Systems, MTU Lecture: The New York City Watershed: Tapping Nature s Capital (2/6/16) Course: SS2600 American Government and Politics, MTU Lecture: United Way: A Case Study of Professional Ethics (9/21/13) Course: FOR360/560 Principles of Management, SUNY-ESF Lecture: Best Management Practices for Protecting Water Quality (9/19/13) Course: FOR573/573 Forest Operations, SUNY-ESF Teaching assistant at SUNY-ESF: FOR373/573: Forest Operations (Fall, 2010) FOR360/560: Principles of Management (Spring, 2013) GRADUATE STUDENT COMMITTEES Reginald Dillingham MS Applied Natural Resource Economics (SBE) William Lytle MS Forestry (SFRES) Darren Semones MF (SFRES) Ashlee Lehner MS Forestry (SFRES) PEER-REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS (5) Kelly, M.C., R.H. Germain and S. Bick. In Press. Impacts of forestry best management practices on logging costs and productivity in the Northeast U.S.A. Journal of Forestry (4) Kelly, M.C. and R.H. Germain. 2016. Is it efficient to single-handedly run a multi-machine harvesting operation? A case study from the Northeast United States. International Journal of Forest Engineering. 27(3): 140-150. (3) Germain, R.H., S. Bick, M.C. Kelly, J. Benjamin, and W. Farrand. 2016. A case study of three high-performing contract loggers with distinct harvest systems : Are they thriving, striving or just surviving? Forest Products Journal. 66(1/2):97 105. (2) Kelly, M.C., R.H. Germain, and S.A. Mack. 2016. Forest conservation programs and the landowners who prefer them: Profiling family forest owners in the New York City watershed. Land Use Policy. 50(1): 17-28. (1) Kelly, M.C., R.H. Germain, and S.V. Stehman. 2015. Family forest owner preferences for forest conservation programs: A New York Case Study. Forest Science. 61(3): 597-603. 2
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Kelly, M.C., R.H. Germain and S. Bick. In preparation. Using the drum-buffer-rope concept to schedule a modified cut-to-length harvest operation: A case study. To be submitted to Small-scale Forestry. Dillingham, R.T., W.S. Breffle, and M.C. Kelly. In preparation. A latent-class discrete-choice model to demonstrate how course attributes and student characteristics influence demand for economics electives: the challenge to increase enrollment. To be submitted to Journal of Economics Education. Aguilar, F.X. and M.C. Kelly. In preparation. Influence of public policy and market dynamics on family-owned forests. To be submitted to Landscape and Urban Planning. PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS (invited (i)) Kelly, M.C., R.H. Germain, and S. Bick. 2016. Impacts of best management practices on logging costs and productivity in the Northeast U.S. Society of American Foresters National Convention, Madison, WI. Kelly, M.C. and R.H. Germain. 2016. Impacts of best management practices on logging productivity in the Northeast U.S. Eastern CANUSA Forest Science Conference, Burlington, VT, September 30, 2016. (abstract in proceedings) Kelly, M.C. 2016. Forest operations: Balancing environmental and social benefits with economic realities. International Symposium of Society and Research Management. Houghton, MI, June. (Organized session and presentation). Kelly, M.C. and R.H. Germain. 2015. Impacts of best management practices on logging productivity in the Northeast U.S. New York Chapter of the Society of American Foresters Annual Meeting, Syracuse, NY, January 22, 2015. (poster) Kelly, M.C. and R.H. Germain. 2014. The price of freedom: Single-operator timber harvests in the Northeast United States. In proceedings: Council of Forest Engineers Annual Meeting, Moline, IL, June 22, 2014. (proceedings paper and presentation) Germain, R.H., S., Bick, J.G. Benjamin, W. Ferrand, and M.C. Kelly. 2014. Silviculture matters! But not without loggers. In proceedings: Council of Forest Engineers Annual Meeting, Moline, IL, June 22, 2014. (proceedings paper and presentation) Kelly, M.C., R.H. Germain and S.V. Stehman. 2013. Family forest owner preferences for conservation programs in the New York City Watershed: A conjoint analysis. Society of American Foresters National Convention, Charleston, SC, October 26, 2013. (poster) Kelly, M.C., R.H. Germain and S.V. Stehman. 2012. Keeping forests as forests in the New York City Watershed: Landowner preferences for conservation tools. New York Chapter of the Society of American Foresters Annual Meeting, Syracuse, NY, January 26, 2012. (poster) 3
PROFESSIONAL REPORTS AND LITERATURE REVIEWS Kelly, M.C. and R.H. Germain. 2010 2015. New York City Watershed Model Forest Program Annual Report. Submitted to Watershed Agricultural Council Forestry Program. Kelly, M.C. and R.H. Germain, Opportunities for sugarbush management at Clearpool Model Forest: An analysis of site and stand characteristics. Submitted to Clearpool Model Forest Committee. 16 p. Kelly, M.C. and R.H. Germain. 2014. Efficacy of herbicide treatment for culling trees during thinning operations. Submitted to Watershed Agricultural Council Forestry Program. 14 p. Kelly, M.C. and R.H. Germain. 2013. Timber stand improvement: A review. Submitted to Watershed Agricultural Council Forestry Program. 17 p. Kelly, M.C. and R.H. Germain. 2012. Measuring costs of forestry best management practices: A literature review. Submitted to Watershed Agricultural Council Forestry Program. 22 p. Kelly, M.C. and R.H. Germain. 2011. Measuring effectiveness of forestry best management practices. Submitted to Watershed Agricultural Council Forestry Program. 16 p. Kelly, M.C. and R.H. Germain. 2011. The effects of timber harvesting on water quality: A literature review. Submitted to Watershed Agricultural Council Forestry Program. 10 p. Kelly, M.C. and R.H. Germain. 2010. An overview of tree girdling for use in forest management. Submitted to Watershed Agricultural Council Forestry Program. 8 p. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & OUTREACH 2016 Peer Reviewer: Reviewed abstract submissions for ISSRM 2016, Conference in Houghton, MI. 2015 2016 Executive Committee Member for ISSRM 2016, Conference in Houghton, MI 2016 Presenter: Emerging Technology in Logging. Author: Matthew C. Kelly. SFI Logger Training, Wakefield, MI, April 8. 2016 Peer Reviewer: Reviewed original manuscript submitted to Society and Natural Resources, September. 2016 Peer Reviewer: Reviewed original manuscript submitted to International Journal of Forest Engineering. 2015 Peer Reviewer: Reviewed original manuscript submitted to Journal of Forest Policy and Economics, December. 2015 Instructor: Forest Ecology and Silviculture. New York Logger Training. Tully, NY, May 1. 2015 Presenter: Strengthening What s Already There (SWAT). Logger training workshop series. Introduction to theory of business and competitive advantage. Examples of profitability in the context of variable harvest site and timber sale characteristics. Lincoln, ME, February 1; Auburn, ME, February 5. 4
2013 Program Facilitator: Traveled with a delegation of senior Indian Forest Service employees during a 3-day tour from Syracuse, NY to Washington DC. Program sponsored by Maxwell School of Public Administration, Syracuse University. July 10 13. 2012 Presenter / Facilitator of Landowner Workshop: Protecting Forest Ecosystem Services in the Catskills: Conservation Easements and Other Incentive-based Forest Conservation Programs. 3 workshops throughout Catskills region, June. 2009-2010 Chair: Tremper Mountain Fire Tower Committee, Catskills Fire Tower Program, Tremper, NY. 2009 Volunteer: NY/NJ Trails Conference / Rutgers University Invasive Plant Monitoring Project, Harriman Park, NY, June. SCHOOL AND UNVERSITY SERVICE SFRES Curriculum Committee (spring 2016) MTU Task Force on Child Care (May September, 2016) SFRES Ford Forest Advisory Committee (fall 2016 to current) SFRES Ad Hoc Committee on Strategic Planning (Fall, 2016 to current) AWARDS 2015 C. Eugene Farnsworth Fellow, FNRM Department, SUNY-ESF ($9,000) 2013 Dean s Student Travel Grant, SUNY-ESF ($400) 2012 C. Eugene Farnsworth Fellow, FNRM department, SUNY-ESF ($2,500) 2011 Sustainable Forestry Initiative Student Award ($500) 5