About
Dr. Michael I. (Mike) Goldstein is an accomplished expert in applied management issues across both terrestrial and aquatic systems. His work has addressed a wide range of topics, including pesticides, dispersed recreation, wildfire management, resource extraction (such as timber harvest and mining), road development, urbanization, and habitat change. In 2025, Mike retired after nearly 25 years of dedicated service with the U.S. Forest Service, where he specialized in large-scale planning, wildlife and fish disturbance monitoring, and wildland fire research.
During his tenure, he co-founded the Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center at the University of Alaska and the Seacoast Indigenous Guardians Network in Southeast Alaska. Mike has also made significant contributions to academic literature, having served on the editorial board of Elsevier’s major reference work, “Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences,” as a chief architect and ecology and conservation editor. He is currently the co-editor-in-chief of the "Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene" (1st & 2nd Editions), the "Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes" (1st & 2nd Editions), and "Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation.”
In his spare time, Mike enjoys traveling and exploring new ideas, as well as fishing, camping in remote locations, and spending quality time with his family.