Craig Hedman

Craig joined F4 Tech in August 2015 and has over 34 years of experience in natural resources conservation and management emphasizing forest, wetland, wildlife, and water resources. Craig helps manage large-scale and long-term client projects that involve long-term planning, habitat scoring and modeling, and sustainable forest resource management. He also works closely with F4 Tech Forest Analysts regarding vegetation data analysis, habitat and forest predictive modeling, and reporting. Over his career, he has served as a practitioner, manager, and researcher; proposed, developed, and implemented short-term and multi-year projects regarding sustainable forestry, ecological and habitat assessments (large-scale and stand-based), and protected species surveys/management; conducted forest ecological research; authored and co-authored numerous natural resource-based technical documents and refereed-journal articles; secured environmental permits; and helped develop and manage mitigation/conservation banks. His work experience includes 13 years as manager of forest ecology and water resources for International Paper, over 10 years as an ecological/environmental consultant (southeast U.S.), and three plus years as a forester and watershed manager for the Providence (RI) Water Supply Board. He is a Certified Forester (Society of American Foresters), a Certified Senior Ecologist (Ecological Society of America), and a Courtesy Assistant Professor at the University of Florida - School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatic Sciences. Craig has a B.S. in Natural Resources Management from the University of Rhode Island, a Masters in Forest Productivity from Duke University, and a Ph.D. in Forest Resources from Clemson University.