Dr. Wally Covington

Emeritus Founding Executive Director and Emeritus Regents’ Professor of Forestry

Dr. Covington retired as director of NAU’s Ecological Restoration Institute in January 2020. Dr. Covington founded the ERI in 1996. During his 45-year career, Dr. Covington received national and international recognition for his work in forest ecosystem health, restoration ecology, and fire effects on forest ecosystems. Shortly after his retirement, NAU President Rita Cheng awarded Dr. Covington the title of Regents’ Profesor of Forestry, Emeritus and Founding Executive Director, Emeritus.

Dr. Wally Covington Curriculum Vitae

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