Dr. Peter Quinby has been studying forest ecology and conservation since 1980. His graduate studies were at Yale University. He has taught at several universities, including Wilfrid Laurier, Toronto, York, and Trent, in addition to consulting with Forestry Canada, Energy, Mines & Resources Canada, the CBC, the Temagami Wilderness fund, and the Wilderness Project. Currently he is Director & Associate Field Professor at the Pymntuning Laboratory of Ecology at the University of Pittsburgh.