Dr. Bob Zybach Ph.D. And The Saga of The Elliot Forest

3 PM Monday, March 11, 2024,

Bob Zybach

Bio:
Writer, researcher, photographer. Born 1948 in Woodland, Washington. Raised family and operated successful reforestation business from Eddyville, Oregon for 20 years. Earned Environmental Sciences PhD from Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, in 2003. Bachelors degree in Forest Recreation; Masters in oral histories; and Phd as historical ecologist.

Published poetry in several venues during 1960s; first articles, photographs, and editorials beginning in early 1980s. Hundreds of published articles, photographs, interviews, monographs, reports, and editorials from then until present. One book published, about 10 more in various stages of completion, including co-authorship of first fiction book of fine art photographs.

Most of my research and writing has focused on the human and landscape history of Oregon over the past 15,000 years, and particularly the past 500. Principal topics are forest and fire history; the Oregon Trail; Indian and Black
communities and individuals; endangered species habitat; and reforestation planning.

More information on Dr. Bob Zybach:
Bob Zybach: Curriculum Vitae (nwmapsco.com)
Oregon Websites & Watersheds Project, Inc. (orww.org)

Books written by Dr. Bob Zybach:
The Elliott: An Anthology: Zybach, Dr. Bob: 9781732127678: Amazon.com: Books

Amazon.com: Western Oregon Wildfires: An Anthology: 9781732127685: Zybach, Dr. Bob: Books

The Great Fires: Indian Burning and Catastrophic Forest Fire Patterns of the Oregon Coast Range, 1491-1951: Zybach, Bob: 9781732127609: Amazon.com: Books

Amazon.com: Persephone in Oregon: A Photographic Journey Through Time: 9781732127647: Zybach, Bob, Peters, McKenzie: Books