Adam Daigneault

Dr. Adam Daigneault is a 2025 PERC Lone Mountain fellow and the director and associate professor of Forest Policy and Economics in the School of Forest Resources. He is a natural resource economist who has more than 20 years of experience researching and analyzing land use policy mechanisms, including those commonly applied to forest ecosystems and conservation land. His research has focused on a wide range of issues, including freshwater management, climate change mitigation and adaptation, invasive species control, and valuing ecosystem services. Prior to UMaine, Adam was a senior economist at Landcare Research, New Zealand’s leading institute on terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity research, and an economist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.