Tony Cheng

• Professor of Forest and Natural Resource Policy, Colorado State University

Tony Cheng is a professor at Colorado State University in the Forest & Rangeland Stewardship department and Director Emeritus of the Colorado Forest Restoration Institute (CFRI), a congressionally-designated program to bridge scientific research and on-the-ground practitioners to address forest and wildland fire resilience challenges. His research focuses on conditions and strategies influencing collaborative stewardship of forests. During his 16 years as CFRI Director, Tony oversaw programs of work to translate science into locally-relevant and actionable knowledge to address forest resilience and wildfire risk management goals. Born and raised in Pullman, Washington in the heart of the Palouse region, Tony received his undergraduate degree in Political Science at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, a MS in Forestry at the University of Minnesota, and a PhD in Forestry at Oregon State University. In addition to his academic training, Tony served as a in the Forest Policy Research Fellow at American Forests in Washington, DC. Tony has been at Colorado State University since 2000.

• 2000–present Professor, Forest & Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University

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