Dana Hoag is a native of Colorado and earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees at CSU. He has been a professor at CSU for about 30 years, where he is active in teaching, research and extension. Dr. Hoag specializes in issues where agriculture and the environment intersect. He provides analyses that offer information about how to reduce conflicts through management or policy. His focus is on water, soil and wildlife. He has published about 150 refereed journal articles and over 250 Extension publications. He teaches policy, ecosystem services in agriculture and environmental economics. He developed a book with website support on agricultural risk and computer decision aids for disease management in peaches, soil conservation, fertilizer use, farm and water contamination tradeoffs from pesticides, and nutrient trading. Dr. Hoag has served as an expert to the US Congress and for litigation in the Supreme Court involving water use conflicts between states. Many of his studies have required regional studies, such as how conservation easements affect sense of place, how irrigation restrictions might effect county economies, returns from CSU research, and the impact of wildlife refuges on local economies.
