Bill Kuhn has been the Area Ecologist for the US Forest Service Southwest Oregon area since 2017, and leads a small team of ecologists that support the Rogue River-Siskiyou and Umpqua National Forests. As an applied ecologist, Bill utilizes published research, models, datasets, and inventory and monitoring data to inform forest specialists and managers about recommended management direction. His work focuses on forest restoration needs, objectives, and implementation, as well as vegetation, fire effects, and climate impacts monitoring. His management interests and expertise lie in the fields of vegetation and forest ecology, fire ecology, climate change adaptation, and restoration ecology.

Taught Biology and Environmental Science for thirty years at Southeast Missouri State University, was active in the local Sierra Club group, and formed the Southeast Missouri Climate Protection Initiative. After relocating to Southern Oregon with wife Kathy Conway Alan built an energy efficient passive/active solar home in the Applegate Valley. Finding no grassroots climate activist organization in the region, Alan and Kathy established Southern Oregon Climate Action Now, of which he serves as Co-facilitator and Board President.