Ellen Geisler, Forestry MS, egeisler@wisc.edu

Research
I study the social impacts of climate change on forest management, logging operations, and forest recreation in Wisconsin. My research objectives are:

• to understand the influence of weather and other seasonal factors on the timing of timber operations
• to analyze logger perceptions of the financial challenges in timber operations

Here’s a link to a May 2014 presentation, “Logger perceptions of the environmental and economic challenges facing logging operations in Wisconsin,” at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Biography
I am originally from Wisconsin, and I earned a BA in Latin American Studies from UW-Madison in 2007.  During college I lived in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, for two years, and after finishing college I moved to rural Paraguay.

As a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay, my activities encompassed working with farmers to improve beekeeping skills and honey marketing strategies; organizing a girls youth group; facilitating hands-on cooking classes to take advantage of abundant produce; and teaching environmental art at the elementary school.  I started my own beekeeping business in Wisconsin after working with beekeepers in Paraguay.

I enjoy paddling in the kayak I built, riding my bicycle around town, and eating honey.