John Coleman

Originally from West Virginia and Maryland, Coleman obtained his bachelor's degree in Forestry and Wildlife at University of Maine–Orono, his master's in Wildlife Sciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University–Blacksburg, and his PhD in Wildlife Ecology at University of Wisconsin–Madison. He now lives in Madison, WI and in his role with GLIFWC, he studies and reviews environmental issues, particularly those related to nibi (water) and large-scale land disturbing projects such as metal mines. His interests include forest ecosystems, the management of elder forests on public lands, and rare beings (species) detection. His training in modeling of complex systems has led to projects on groundwater modeling, marten habitat suitability, landscape impacts on water quality, and use of remote sensing to detect older forest ecosystem characteristics.