Colin Mahony, PhD, RPF, has had a 25-year career in forestry. He started as a forestry consultant on restoration of forests disturbed by mountain pine beetle, wildfire hazard reduction around communities, silviculture prescriptions, timber supply analysis, and many other aspects of forest management.

Colin did his PhD research in ecological climatology with Prof. Sally Aitken at UBC Forestry, focusing on the emergence of novel climate types in BC.

Colin joined the BC Government in 2020 as research climatologist in the Office of the Chief Forester. His current work is establishing the Future Forest Ecosystems Centre to translate climate change projections into decision support tools for ecosystem management