Travis Warziniack

Research Economist, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station

Dr. Travis Warziniack is a research economist with the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station. His work focuses on the valuation of ecosystem services, with an emphasis on watershed health, climate impacts to water resources, and nature’s role in regional economies.

He serves as the water specialist for the Resource Planning Act (RPA) Assessment, which looks at the status and trends of the nation’s renewable natural resources, and as team lead for the Denver Urban Field Station.

Prior to working at the Rocky Mountain Research Station he was a professor of environmental economics at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and worked as a consultant in economic development. He received his PhD from the University of Wyoming in 2008.