John Hagan Forest Conservation Program Director

"Manomet is pioneering a new world, where scientists and policy makers work together, learn from each other, and solve problems that neither could by working alone."

John Hagan joined Manomet in 1986 as a senior scientist in the Landbird Program. In 1989, he organized Manomet's international conference on ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrant landbirds and later served as the senior editor of the proceedings volume published by Smithsonian Institution Press.

In the early 1990s, John’s research interests shifted to understanding the effects of timber harvesting on biodiversity and to developing new forestry practices that protect and maintain biodiversity. He has conducted research in both tropical (Belize) and temperate (Maine) forests. In 1996 he created the Shifting Mosaic Project in northern New England, a landscape-scaled approach to managing forests for both biodiversity and timber. The Shifting Mosaic was launched on lands owned by major timberland owners in northern New England. In 1997, He became Director of Manomet's new Forest Conservation Program, and opened its first extension office in Brunswick, Maine.

John served as editor of Ornithological Monographs for the American Ornithologist's Union (AOU) from 1993-1998. He is an Elected Member of the AOU, and has served on the AOU Council. He also received the Ernest P. Edwards Award for the best paper in the Wilson Bulletin in 1992. In 1995 he received the "Best Publication" Award in the Editorship category from The Wildlife Society for the Neotropical migrant symposium proceedings volume.

John received a B.S. in Environmental Science from Texas Christian University, an M.S. in Wildlife Management from N.C. State University, and a Ph.D. in Zoology, also from N.C. State. He is a Cooperating Scientist with Cooperative Forestry Research Unit at the University of Maine, and an Honorary Research Associate with the University of New Brunswick.