Brian Dangler

Senior Vice President, Working Forest Fund


Headshot of Brian Dangler.

Based in Chapel Hill, NC, Brian Dangler is the Director of The Conservation Fund’s Working Forest Fund, where he directs the Fund’s sustainably managed forest operations and leads the strategy, financing and design of its growing portfolio of conservation-based timberland transactions across the United States.

Brian began his career as a field forester with Boise Cascade in Maine where he expanded his capacity in forestry, business analysis and real estate. Later, with International Paper Company Brian led the coordination of IP’s $300MM sale of its high conservation value properties, in conjunction with their 2005 land divestiture.

Brian joined the Fund in 2008 and brings more than 25 years of experience in forest management, pulp and paper operations and fiber supply. His nationwide expertise in acquisitions, dispositions and entitlement of rural real estate brings to life the Fund’s innovative vision for protecting the nation’s working forests.

Contact:  bdangler@conservationfund.org    Phone: 919-967-2553     Office: Working Forest Fund, National Headquarters (NC)


PROJECTS

Pelican River Forest – Wisconsin
Our purchase of these lands provides time to develop permanent conservation strategies that will preserve the forest, safeguar...

Minnesota’s Heritage Forest — Minnesota
As one of the largest land conservation acquisitions in recent state history, our purchase provides time for the development o...

Three Rivers Forest – New York
Roughly 51,334 acres sitting deep in the heart of Adirondack Park are now on a path toward permanent protection, being managed...

Clarion Junction Forest – Pennsylvania
In the largest conservation acquisition by a nonprofit in Pennsylvania history, we purchased the 32,598-acre Clarion Junction ...