Rate My Professor Richard Cristan

Cristan's teaching responsibilities include the Timber Harvesting course, while his extension work involves facilitating the Professional Logger Manager Training Program and Alabama professional logging manager trainings through the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. He contributes to logger and forester continuing forestry education and researches applications such as drones and unmanned aerial vehicles for monitoring forestry best management practices. In January 2026, Cristan was awarded the Regions Bank Endowed Professorship in Forest Operations. His scholarly output includes key publications such as "Effectiveness of forestry best management practices in the United States: Literature review" (2016), "Long-term effects of wet and dry site harvesting on soil physical properties mitigated by mechanical site preparation in coastal plain loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) plantations" (2016), "National status of state developed and implemented forestry best management practices for protecting water quality in the United States" (2017), "Estimated Sediment Protection Efficiencies for Increasing Levels of Best Management Practices on Forest Harvests in the Piedmont, USA" (2019), "Selective herbicides for control of hen’s eyes (Ardisia crenata) in forests and natural areas" (2019), "Evaluating the feasibility and potential of unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor implementation of forestry best management practices in the coastal plain of the southeastern United States" (2023), and "Opportunities and challenges of woody biomass harvesting practices in the Southeastern region of the United States" (2023).