Biography
Peter Linehan
Degrees
Ph.D. University of Maine, Forest Resources, 1993
M.S. University of Maine, Forest Economics, 1989
B.S. University of Maine, Forest Utilization, 1979
Courses Taught
- FORT 140: Forest Surveying
- FORT 230: Introduction to Remote Sensing
- FORT 250: Forest Management Practices
- FORT 260: GIS for Natural Resources Management
- GEOG 160: Mapping Our Changing World
- GEOG 161: Applied Geographic Information Systems
- HON 297: Special Topics Seminar; Climate Change
- PSU 8T: Honors Freshman Seminar
Faculty Scholarly Activities
- Linehan, Peter E., Michael G. Jacobson, Marc E. McDill Hardwood Stumpage Price Trends and Regional Market Differences in Pennsylvania. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, Volume 20, Issue 3, September 2003, Pages 124–130.
- Linehan, Peter. The Teacher and the Forest: The Pennsylvania Forestry Association, George Perkins Marsh, and the Origins of Conservation Education. Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, Volume 79, Number 4, Autumn 2012, pp. 520-536.
- Linehan, Peter E. Review of Seeking the Greatest Good: The Conservation Legacy of Gifford Pinchot by Char Miller. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 138, No. 3 (July 2014), pp. 349-350
Publications
Using a UAV in Forestry: Experiences with Drones, Pennsylvania Forests - December, 2015
Low, Low Prices Affect Forestry, Journal of Forestry - December, 2012
The Teacher and the Forest: The Pennsylvania Forestry Association, George Perkins Marsh, and the Origins of Conservation Education, Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies - October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2012
Saving Penn's Woods: Deforestation and Reforestation in Pennsylvania, Legacies - May, 2010
Teaching Mapping with Web-Based Technologies in a Forestry Curriculum, Proceedings of the Smith Undergraduate Science Research Symposium - 2008
Longleaf Pine Growth and Yield, The Longleaf Pine Ecosystem: Ecology, Silviculture and Restoration - 2006
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, Journal of Forestry - October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2006
Introducing New Technologies into the Curriculum: a Case Study of Forest Technician Education, Journal of Natural REsources and Life Sciences Education - July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2006
Forecasting Hardwood Stumpage Price Trends in Pennsylvania, Forest Products Journal - December, 2005
The Mira Lloyd Dock Collection, The Allegheny News - October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2005
Strategies for Forestry Success: Examples from the 19th Century Pennsylvania Forestry Association, Journal of Forestry - July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2005
Start Telling the Success Story of Forestry with Children, The Allegheny News - October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2004