Mathematical Ecology, Landscape Ecology

• PhD, Mathematical Ecology (a Special Individual PhD Program), University of Washington, Seattle, 1980
• MS, Mathematics with a minor in Ecology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1975
• BA, Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1974 (with honors)

Sustainability and ecosystem management in the context of large disturbances and climate change

• Northwest Science – Best undergraduate poster 2026 : Liam Kaperick and Virginia Dale -Factors Effecting Canopy Development and Biomass Accumulation on the Debris-Avalanche Deposit of Mount St. Helens
• Gee Learning Games Award Finalist in 2024 for serious game created with Parker Maynard- Resilience: After the Eruption 
• Distinguished Landscape Ecologist awarded by the United States Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology 2013
• National Biodiesel Board “Eye on Biodiesel” Innovation Award 2012
• CODiE Award in 2010 for “Best Science or Health Curriculum” from the Software and Information Industry Association for the JASON curriculum, “Operation: Tectonic Fury”  and for the “Nation’s Best K-12 Instructional Solution, Best Online Instructional Solution and Best Education Game or Simulation.”
• VH Dale was among the members of the international science community that contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Scientific Assessment that in 2007 received with Al Gore the Nobel Peace Prize.
• International Technical Communications Competition of the Society of Technical Communication:
  • for a book – Award of Merit 2007
  • for a scholarly/professional journal – Award of Merit 2003
  • for a Scholarly/Professional Article – Award of Distinguished 1992
  • for a Scholarly/Professional Article – Award of Excellence 1991
• The 2006 Distinguished Scientist for Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• YWCA of Knoxville, TN, Tribute to Women, Finalist in Science/Technology Category, 2006 and 1999
• 2004 Distinguished Alumnae, Harpeth Hall School, Nashville, Tn.
• UT-Battelle Significant Event Award for contributions to the U.S. National Assessment of Climate Variability and Change, 2000
• Top Citizen of Oak Ridge, 1999
• YWCA of Oak Ridge, TN Night of Tribute Award for Health, Science and Technology, 1999
• Hammer Award from Vice President Al Gore for work on the Southern Appalachian Assessment that was a “contribution to building a government that works better and costs less,” 1997
• Distinguished and Sustained Scientific Achievement Award, Association for Women in Science, East Tennessee Chapter, 1994
• Northwest Science Association, 1979, recipient award
• Research Corporation, 1982,
• Earthwatch, 1982-83,
• National Geographic Society, 1989 and 1994

Publications (11 books, 295 articles and chapters, and 23 reports and book reviews): (VH Dale was formerly VD Adams)

Books 

1. Dale, V.H. (editor). 1994. Effects of Land Use Change on Atmospheric CO₂ Concentrations: Southeast Asia as a Case Study. New York: Springer-Verlag.
2. Dale, V.H. and English, M.R. (editors). 1999. Tools to Aid Environmental Decision Making. New York: Springer-Verlag.
3. National Research Council, Ecosystems Panel. 2000. Global Change Ecosystems Research. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
4. Dale, V.H. and Haeuber, R.A. (editors). 2001. Applying Ecological Principles to Land Management. New York: Springer-Verlag.
5. Forman, R.T., D. Sperling, J. Bissonette, A. Clevenger, C. Cutshall, H. Dale, L. Fahrig, R. France, C. Goldman, K. Heanue, J. Jones, F. Swanson, T. Turrentine, and T. Winter. 2003. Road Ecology: Science and Solutions. Island Press.

Land-Use Change

1. Turner, M.G., R.H. Gardner, H. Dale, and R.V. O’Neill. 1988. Landscape pattern and spread of disturbance. Pp. 373-382 In M. Ruzycka, T. Hrnciarova, and L. Miklos, eds. Proc. VIIIth International Symposium on Problems of Landscape Ecological Research.  Vol. 1. Institute of Experimental Biology and Ecology, CBES SAS, Bratislava, CSSR.
2. Turner, M.G., R.H. Gardner, H. Dale, and R.V. O’Neill. 1989. Predicting the spread of disturbance across a heterogeneous landscape. Oikos 55:121-129.
3. Dale, V.H., L.K. Mann, R.J. Olson, D.W. Johnson, and K.C. Dearstone. 1990. The influence of past land use on the Walker Branch forest. Landscape Ecology 4:211-224.
4. Dale, V.H. (ed.) 1990. Report of a workshop on using remote sensing to estimate land use change. ORNL\TM-11502, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
5. Dale, V.H. 1990. Strategy for monitoring the effects of land use change on atmospheric CO₂ concentrations.  In Proceedings of “Global Natural Resource Monitoring and Assessments: Preparing for the 21st Century,” Venice, Italy, September 25-30, 1989. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, MD.  Vol I: 422-431.

Climate Change

1. Graham, R.L., M.L. Turner, and V.H. Dale. 1989. CO₂-induced climate change and forest resources. Pp. 243-242 In Proceedings of the Second US-USST Symposium on Air Pollution Effects in Vegetation, Gatlinburg, Tenn., September 1988. USFS General Technical Report.
2. Dale, V.H. and J.F. Franklin. 1989. Potential effects of climate change on stand development in the Pacific Northwest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 19:1581-1590.
3. Graham, R.L., M.G. Turner, and V.H. Dale. 1990. Increasing CO₂ and climate change: effects on forests.  BioScience 40(8): 575-587.
4. Post, W.M., Peng, T.-H., Emanuel, W., King, A.W., Dale, V.H., and DeAngelis, D.L. 1990.  The global carbon cycle.  American Scientist 78(4):  310-326.
5. Franklin, J.F., F.J. Swanson, M.E. Harmon, D.A. Perry, T.A. Spies, V.H. Dale, A. McKee, W.K. Ferrell, S.V. Gregory, J.D. Lattin, T.D. Schowalter, and D. Larson.  1992. Pp. 244-257 In R.L. Peters and T.E. Lovejoy, ed.  Effects of global climatic change on forests in northwestern North America.  The Consequences of the Greenhouse Effect for Biological Diversity. Yale University Press.

Relationship Between Climate Change and Land Use 

1. Dale, V.H., Houghton, R.A., Hall, C.A.S. 1991. Estimating the effects of land use change on global atmospheric CO₂  Canadian Journal of Forest Research 21:87-90.
2. Dale, V.H.  Integrated assessment and the relation between land-use change and climate change. Pages 75-77 in Proceedings of the Third Japan-U.S. Workshop on Global Change Modeling and Assessment: Improving Methodologies and Strategies.  Honolulu, Hawaii, Octo 25-27, 1994. Office of Earth Science and Technology, Research and Development Bureau, Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan.
3. Dale, V.H. and A.W. King. 1996. Implications of uncertainty in land-use change for global terrestrial CO₂ Pp. 284-293 In (E. Korpilahti, H. Mikkela, and T. Salpnen, editors) Caring for the Forest: Research in a Changing World.  International Union of Forestry Research Organizations XX World Congress Report, Vol II. Gummerus Printing, Jyvaskyla, Finland.
4. Dale, V.H. The relationship between land-use change and climate change. Ecological Applications 7:753-769. https://doi.org/10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0753:TRBLUC]2.0.CO;2

Environmental Economics

1. Jones, D., Dale, V.H., Beauchamp, J.J., Pedlowski, M.A., O’Neill, R.V. 1995. Farming in Rondônia. Resource and Energy Economics 17: 155-188.
2. Dale, V.H., Russell, C. S., Hadley, M., Kane, M. and Gregory, R. 1997.  Applying multi-attribute utility techniques to environmental valuation: Forest ecosystem study.  Beijer Discussion Paper No. 103, Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics, The Swedish Academy of Sciences.
3. Russell, C., Dale, V., Lee, J., Jensen, M.H., Kane, M., Gregory, R. 2001. Experimenting with multi-attribute utility survey methods in a multidimensional valuation problem. Ecological Economics 36: 87-108.

Agricultural Sustainability 

1. Dale VH and Polasky S. 2007. Measures of the effects of agricultural practices on ecosystem services. Ecological Economics 64:286-296. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921800907003035
2. Dale VH, Kline KL, Kaffka SR, and Langeveld JWA. 2013. A landscape perspective on sustainability of agricultural systems. Landscape Ecology 28(6): 1111-1123. https://www.academia.edu/es/23800408/A_landscape_perspective_on_sustainability_of_agricultural_systems
3. Kanter DR, Musumba M, Wood SLR, Palm C, Antle J, Balvanera P, Dale VH, Havlik P, Kline KL, Scholes RJ, Thornton P, Tittonell P, Andelman S. 2018. Evaluating agricultural trade-offs in the age of sustainable development. Agricultural Systems 163:73-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2016.09.010
4. Eichler Inwood SE, Lopez-Ridaura S, Kline KL, Gerard B, Gardeazabal Monsalue A, Govaerts B, Dale VH. 2018. Assessing sustainability in agricultural landscapes: a review of approaches. Environmental Review 26(3): 299–315. https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2017-0058
5. Eichler Inwood SE and Dale VH. 2019. State of apps targeting management for sustainability of agricultural landscapes. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-018-0549-8

Ecological Studies Relating to Social Science 

1. Southworth, F., Dale, V.H., O’Neill, R.V. 1991. Contrasting patterns of land use in Rondonia, Brazil: simulating the effects on carbon release.  International Social Sciences Journal 130: 681-698.
2. Schiller, A., C. T. Hunsaker, M. A. Kane, A. K. Wolfe, V. H. Dale, G. W. Suter, C. S. Russell, G. Pion, M. H. Jensen, and V. C. Konar. 2001. Communicating ecological indicators to decision makers and the public. Conservation Ecology 5(1)19. [online] http//www.consecol.org/vol5/iss1/art19
3. Bierregaard, R. and Dale, V.H. Islands in an everchanging sea: The ecological and socioeconomic dynamics of Amazonian rainforest fragments. Pages 187-204 In (J. Schelhas and R. Greenberg, ed.) Forest Patches in Tropical Landscapes. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
4. Frohn, R.C., K.C. McGwire, V.H. Dale and J.E. Estes. 1996.  Using satellite remote sensing analysis to evaluate a socio‑economic and ecological model of deforestation in Rondônia, Brazil. International Journal of Remote Sensing 17:3233‑3255.
5. Dale, V.H., M. Aldridge, T. Arthur, L. Baskaran, M. Berry, M. Chang, R. Efroymson, C. Garten, C. Stewart, and R. Washington-Allen. 2006. Bioregional planning in Central Georgia. Futures 38(4): 471-489. https://www.esd.ornl.gov/programs/SERDP/RSim/pubs/Dale_bioregional_planning_2006.pdf

Forest Conservation and Management 

1. Hemstrom, M., and Adams.  1982.  Modeling long-term succession in the Pacific Northwest.  In J. Means (ed.), Forest Succession and Stand Development in the Northwest.  Forest Research Laboratory, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
2. Dale, V.H., M. Hemstrom, and J. Franklin.  1984.  The impact of disturbance frequency on forest succession in the Pacific Northwest.  Proceedings of the 1983 Society of American Foresters Annual Convention.  pp. 300‑304.
3. Dale, V.H., and S. McLaughlin.  1984.  Forest growth trends in the eastern United States:  Empirical and modeling approaches.  University of Maine College of Forestry Technical Note No. 93.  pp. 31‑40.
4. Dale, V., M. Hemstrom, and J. Franklin.  1986.  Modeling the long-term effects of disturbances on forest succession, Olympic Peninsula, Washington.  Canadian Journal of Forest Research 16:56‑67.
5. Dale, V.H., and T.W. Doyle.  1987.  The role of stand history in assessing forest impacts.  Environmental Management 11(3):351‑357.

Evaluating Conservation Effectiveness 

1. O’Neill, R.V., J.R. Krummel, R.H. Gardner, G. Sugihara, B. Jackson, D.L. DeAngelis, B.T. Milne, M.G. Turner, B. Zygmnuht, S.W. Christensen, V.H. Dale, and R.L. Graham.  1988.  Indices of landscape pattern.  Landscape Ecology 1:153-162.
2. Dale, V.H. 1997. Criteria and indicators for assessing sustainability of forest management: conservation of biodiversity.  Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 78:291-292. https://doi.org/10.2307/20168190
3. Stork, N.E., T.J.B. Boyle, V. Dale, H. Eeley, B. Finegan, M. Lawes, N. Manokaran, R. Prabhu, and J. Soberon. 1997. Criteria and indicators for assessing sustainability of forest management: conservation of biodiversity. Center for International Forestry Research Working Paper No. 17.  Bogor, Indonesia.
4. Dale, V.H. and O’Neill, R.V.  Tools for assessing environmental conditions, In (Dale, V.H. and English, M.R., editors) Tools to Aid Environmental Decision Making. New York, Springer -Verlag.
5. English, M.R., Dale, V.H.,  Van Riper-Geibig, C. and Ramsey, W.H.  Overview. Pages 1-31 in (Dale, V.H. and English, M.R., editors) Tools to Aid Environmental Decision Making. New York, Springer-Verlag.

Science and Decision Making 

1. Olson, R.J., T. Boden, J. Solomon, H. Dale, and S. Christensen.  1988.  Guidelines for computer‑based information exchange.  In Proceedings of Piecing the Puzzle Together:  A Conference on Integrating Data for Decision Making. May 27-29, 1987. (L. Allison and R.J. Olson, ed.)  National Governor’s Association, Washington, D.C.
2. Post, W.M., Dale, V.H., DeAngelis, D.L., Mann, L.K., Mulholland, P.J., O’Neill, R.V., Peng. T.H., and Farrell, M.P. 1990. Formulating energy policies related to fossil fuel use: Critical uncertainties in the global carbon cycle. 77-95 In Global Change: A Southern Perspective.  Proceedings of the 1990 Southeast Climate Symposium.  Southeast Regional Climate Center, Clemson University, Columbus, S.C.
3. English, M.R. and Dale, V.H. The National Center for Environmental Decision-Making Research: Tools to improve environmental decision making processes. Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association Meeting, Nashville, Tenn. June 23-26, 1996.
4. Dale, V.H. The National Center for Decision-Making Research. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 77(2):78-79.
5. Kickert, R.N., Dale, V.H., and McCord, RA. 1996. Spatial Ecological Risk Simulation of U.S. Department of Energy lands applied to military lands. Simulation 66(4): 263-264.

Ecological Modeling 

1. Adams, V.D., D.L. DeAngelis, and R.A. Goldstein. 1975. Analysis of the time delay in a host‑parasite model. ORNL Report, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
2. Swartzman, G., and Adams. 1979. Simulating the effects of increased temperature in a plankton ecosystem. NUREG Report CR‑0974, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
3. Adams, V., D.L. DeAngelis, and R.A. Goldstein. 1980. Stability analysis of the time‑delay in a host‑parasitoid model. Journal of Theoretical Biology 83:43‑62.
4. Dale, V.H., and G.L. Swartzman. 1984. Simulating the effects of increased temperature in a plankton ecosystem:  A case study. Pages 395- 428 In Shubert (ed.), Algae as Ecological Indicators.  Academic Press.
5. Dale, V., and M. Hemstrom.  1984.  Documentation of CLIMACS:  Computer Linked Integrative Model for Assessing Community Structure.  USDA Forest Service Research Paper PNW‑327. https://ia601509.us.archive.org/32/items/CAT85825979/CAT85825979.pdf

Bioenergy Sustainabillity 

1. Kline, KL, Oladosu GA, Wolfe AK, Perlack RD, Dale VH, McMahon M. 2007. Biofuel feedstock assessment for selected countries. ORNL/TN-2007/224. osti.gov/servlets/purl/974620-giaAAN/
2. Dale VH. 2007. A landscape design for bioenergy feedstocks, US-China Workshop on Environmental Aspects of Bioenergy Production and Sustainability, Knoxville, TN, September 2007.
3. Kline, KL and Dale, VH. 2008. Biofuels, causes of land-use change, and the role of fire in greenhouse gas emissions. Science 321:199. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/986805-biofuels-causes-land-use-change-role-fire-greenhouse-gas-emissions
4. Robertson, GP, VH Dale, OC Doering, SP Hamburg, JM Melillo, MM Wander, WJ Parton, PR Adler, JN Barney, RM Cruse, CS Duke, PM Fearnside, RF Follett, HK Gibbs, J Goldemberg, DJ Mladenoff, D Ojima, MW Palmer, A Sharpley, L Wallace, KC Weathers, JA Wiens, and WW Wilhelm. Sustainable Biofuels Redux, Science 322(5898): 49–50. DOI: 10.1126/science.1161525.
5. Kline KL, VH Dale, R Lee, and P Leiby. 2009. In Defense of Biofuels, Done Right. Issues in Science and Technology 25(3): 75-84. https://issues.org/kline/

Community Ecology 

1. Adams, V. Temporal partitioning of blooming phenology in Pedicularis on Mount Rainier. Canadian Journal of Botany 61(3): 786‑791. https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/10.1139/b83-088

Effects of the Eruption and Recovery at Mount St. Helens 

1. Adams, V., and A.B. Adams. 1982. Initial recovery of the vegetation on Mount St. Helens.  In A. C. Keller (ed.), Mount St. Helens:  One Year Later.  Eastern Washington University Press, Cheney, Washington, pp. 105-114.
2. Martin, D., L. Wasserman, and Dale. 1986. Influence of riparian vegetation on posteruptive survival of coho salmon fingerlings on the west‑side streams of Mount St. Helens, Washington.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 6: 1‑8. https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1986)6<1:IORVOP>2.0.CO;2
3. Dale, V.H.Plant recovery on the debris avalanche at Mount St. Helens.  In S. A. C. Keller (ed.), Mount St. Helens:  Five Years Later.  Eastern Washington University Press, Cheney, Washington.  pp. 208‑214.
4. Adams, A.B., H. Dale, E. Smith, A.R. Kruckeberg. 1987. Plant survival, growth form and regeneration following the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington.  Northwest Science 61:160‑170.
5. Adams, A.B., and H. Dale. 1987. Comparisons of vegetative succession following glacial and volcanic disturbances.  In D. E. Bilderback (ed.), Mount St. Helens 1980:  Botanical Consequences of the Explosive Eruptions, University of California Press, Los Angeles.  pp. 70‑147.

Pedagogy 

1. Dale VH and KL Kline. 2017. Interactive Posters: A valuable means for enhancing communication and learning about productive paths toward sustainable bioenergy. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefineries 11(2): 243-246. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bbb.1753/epdf
2. Dale VH. 2018. Careers in applied ecology at Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs). Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16(10): 605-606. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/fee.1978
3. Dale VH, Post M, and Norby R. 2021. Jerry S. Olson (1928-2021). Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 102 (3) e01879. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1879
4. 4. Maynard P, Staples C, and Dale VH. Designing a serious game to simulate ecological processes on a post-eruption Mount St. Helens landscape. International Journal of Serious Games 12(4):99-120. https://journal.seriousgamessociety.org/index.php/IJSG/article/view/971

Landscape Ecology 

1. Gardner, R.H., M.G. Turner, and H. Dale. 1989. Predicting across scales: a report on the workshop “Predicting across scales: theory development and testing.” Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 70: 153-155.
2. H. Gardner, R.G. O’Neill, M.G. Turner, and V.H. Dale. 1989. Quantifying scale dependent effects of animal movement with simple percolation models. Landscape Ecology 3:217-228. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00131540
3. Turner, M.G., R.H. Gardner, and H. Dale. 1989. Predicting across scale: theory development and testing. Landscape Ecology 3:245-252. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00131542
4. Dale, V.H., R.H. Gardner, and M.G. Turner. 1989. Predicting across scales: Comments of the guests editors of Landscape Ecology. Landscape Ecology 3:147-152.
5. Turner, M.G. and Dale, V.H. Modeling landscape disturbance. In M.G. Turner and R.H. Gardner (ed.) Quantitative Methods in Landscape Ecology.  Springer-Verlag, New York. pp. 323-351.

Environmental Security 

1. King, W.C. and V. Dale. 2003. What in the World Is worth fighting for? Using models for environmental security. Pages 289-309 In Dale, V.H. (editor) Ecological Modeling for Resource Management. New York: Springer-Verlag.
2. Dale, V.H., S. Bartell, R. Brothers, and J. Sorenson. 2004. Systems approach to environmental security. EcoHealth 1:119-123.

EPA Science Advisory Board Reports 

1. U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board.  1995. Ecosystem Management: Imperative for a Dynamic World.  Science Advisory Board.  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Report No. EPA‑SAB‑EC‑95‑003, Science Advisory Board, Washington, D.C.  Prepared by the Ecological Processes and Effects Committee, Environmental Futures Subcommittee. Chair:  Kenneth L. Dickson. Members:  William E. Cooper, Virginia Dale, Mark A. Harwell, Robert J. Huggett, Anne McElroy, Frederic K. Pfaender, William H. Smith, Terry F. Young.  Science Advisory Board Staff:  Stephanie Sanzone
2. US.EPA Science Advisory Board. 1995.  Beyond the Horizon: Using Foresight to Protect the Environmental Future.
3. U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board.  1997. Review of Environmental Goals for America; A review by the Environmental Goals Subcommittee of the Science Advisory Board.  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Report No. EPA‑SAB‑EC‑97‑007, Science Advisory Board, Washington, D.C.  Chair:  Genevieve M. Matanoski. Members: Stephen L. Brown, Richard J. Bull, Virginia Dale, Mark A. Harwell, James H. Johnson, Jr., Carol A. Johnston, Paul J. Lioy, Morton Lippman, Joe L. Mauderly, Paulette Middleton, Maria T. Morandi, M. Granger Morgan, Ishwar P. Murarka, Barbara Petersen, Emil A. Pfitzer, James Price, Verne A. Ray, James E. Watson, Jr.  Liaison:  Ernest E. McConnell.  Designated Federal Official:  John R. Fowle III.
4. U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board. 2001.  Planning for Ecological Risk Assessment: Developing Management Objectives: An SAB Report.
5. U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board. 2002. An SAB Report: A Framework for Assessing and Reporting on Ecological Condition. Report EPA-SAB-EPEC-02.

Reports for the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program 

1. William D. Goran, Teresa Aden, Harold E. Balbach, Beverly Collins, Virginia Dale, Theresa Davo, Patrick J. Guertin, John Hall, Rose Kress, David Price, and Pete Swiderek , Technical Report, 15 Apr 2002, USACERL, Champaign, IL, Report Number ERDC SR‑02‑1

Book Reviews

1. Dale, V.H. 1992. The Amazon: A timeless battleground. Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy 7(3): 124-125.
2. Dale, V.H.  1993. Sustainable land uses in the Amazon. Ecology 74:1288.
3. Dale, V.H.  1993. Sustaining the tropics. Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy 9(1):141-142.
4. Dale, V.H. 2004. Succession. Ecology 85(1): 294.
5. Dale, V.H. 2025. Book Review – Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. Tenness-Sierran.  Vol 52 (2): Page 6.

Editorials

1. Dale, V.H., Barrett, G.W., Carpenter, A.T.,Hinkle, C.R., Mitch, W.J., Pitelka, L.F. 2000. ESA’s professional certification program: Let’s make it work. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 81(4): 255-257.
2. Hinkle, C.R., Barrett, G.W., Carpenter, A.T., Dale, V.H., Johnson, W.C., Klopatek, J.M., Mitch, W.J. 2001. ESA’s professional certification program: It is working! Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 82(4): 217.
3. Dale, V.H. Environmental Management fosters enhanced communication through cross disciplinary studies. Environmental Management 29:1-2.
4. Dale V.H. (2010) Environmental Management welcomes a new face and reinforces its focus on science-based stewardship. Environmental Management 45:1243-1243.

General Public

1. Dale, V.H. 1991. Circles of Death. Cumberland Journal 1:16-17, 30.
2. Dale, V.H. 1992. The recovery of Mount St. Helens. The World and I.  June: 262-267.

Children’s Books 

1. Dale VH and Kline KL. 2019. Adventures of Lion.