His investigations have taken him from beaver ponds in upstate New York to rain forests in New Zealand and Japan, covering topics such as transport of pollutants, landslide generation, and public water supplies. Dr. McDonnell received a doctorate in forest hydrology in 1989 from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. He is a registered professional hydrologist and was recently a Leverhume Fellow at Bristol University in England and a Hayward Fellow at Landcare, New Zealand. He has published more than 75 articles on watershed hydrology and streamflow processes and has edited several collected volumes including the recent textbook Isotope Tracers in Catchment Hydrology . Understanding these processes will help us work toward more environmentally sound forestry practices and at the same time meet the increasing demand for forest products.
Solid science is the key to responsible forest practice.