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Charles R. Goldman

Charles R. Goldman is professor of limnology in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of California, Davis. He has served as chair of the Division of Environmental Studies and as founding director of the Institute of Ecology at U.C., Davis, and he is currently director of the Tahoe Research Group. His four decades of research on Lake Tahoe, California, have included lake dynamics, eutrophication, the development of artificial wetlands, de-icing agents for highways, and comparative analyses of Lake Baikal, Russia, and hydroelectric impoundments worldwide. Dr. Goldman received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in limnology-fisheries from the University of Michigan. His many awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship in Italy, an NSF Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship in Lapland, the Congressional Antarctic Service Medal, a Fulbright Professorship in Yugoslavia, and the Albert Einstein World Award of Science. He served as vice president of the Ecological Society of America and as president of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. He has published four books and over 400 research articles and has frequently translated his research findings to state, national, and international policy decisions, including the conservation and judicious use of aquatic resources on all continents.

Road Ecology

Science and Solutions

A central goal of transportation is the delivery of safe and efficient services with minimal environmental impact. In practice, though, human mobility has flourished while nature has suffered. Awareness of the environmental impacts of roads is increasing, yet information remains scarce for those interested in studying, understanding, or minimizing the ecological effects of roads and vehicles.

Road Ecology addresses that shortcoming by elevating previously localized and fragmented knowledge into a broad and inclusive framework for understanding and developing solutions.