Max Henschell Ph.D.

max.henschell@dec.ny.gov
mhensche@esf.edu
+1 (518) 402-8906

New York Natural Heritage Program
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
625 Broadway, 5th Floor
Albany, NY 12233-4757

Max joined NYNHP in 2017 as the State Lands Assessment Project Manager. He works primarily in the Adirondack Preserve, surveying and delineating natural communities, with emphasis on identifying old-growth forests and exemplary natural communities. Max earned his B.S. and M.S. in Applied Ecology from Michigan Technological University and his Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is an avid hiker, birdwatcher, and beer brewer in his sparse time.

View slides from Max's presentation Effects of Informal Trail Use on Natural Communities in Catskill Park (PDF, 18.6 MB), which describes the ecological conditions of the Catskills "trailless" peaks.