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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2014-01-28 human Ross Squire, Peter Fagg, Christine Moje updated 2026-01-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005429b.htm person Squire Ross Ormond Dr (PhD) AACR2 16 February 1942 Place of Birth Heywood, Victoria, Australia Forest scientist Dr Ross Squire spent his 48-year career in forestry research and education. His work with the Victorian Government included management of forests research and education programs, including research on long-term productivity of pine plantations and the silviculture and management of eucalypts. He has published extensively on silvicultural management including eucalypt plantations and native forests, and was a referee and editor of a special issue of Australian Forestry, a regional journal of forestry science and forest management.

Ross commenced his career as a Research Officer, Research Branch, Forests Commission, Victoria. The Commission was amalgamated with various other State Government Departments from the mid-1980s. In 1993, the name of the amalgamated entity was the Department of Conservation and Environment.

Ross Squire's work of 30 years with the Victorian Government culminated when he had full responsibility for the management of both the Forests Research Program, and the Victorian School of Forestry and Land Management. He led the design and implementation of two major multi-disciplinary silvicultural research projects in Victoria: Maintenance of Long-term Productivity of Radiata Pine Plantations (1970s to 1980s), and Silvicultural Systems Project and Value Adding Utilisation System Trial in Victoria's native eucalypt forests (mid-1980 to early 1990s).

He worked privately for a further 18 years, directing a consulting company specialising in silviculture and education. From 2001-2002, he assisted CSIRO Forests and Forests Products to develop and manage a project for the Australian Greenhouse Office to describe the effects of management practices in Australia on carbon stocks in the nation's forest estate. He became a Churchill Fellow in 1976 and in the early 1990s was forestry representative on CSIRO's former Agricultural Sector Advisory Committee.

In 2011, Ross Squire was invited to edit, referee, and write the Foreword for the special issue FORESTCHECK of Australian Forestry, comprising 10 papers on the conservation of biodiversity in the Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) forests of south-west Western Australia.

1962 1962 Education - Diploma of Forestry (Creswick) 1965 1965 Education - Bachelor of Science (Forestry), University of Melbourne 1965 1971 Career position - Silvicultural Research, Victorian Government (Vic. Gov.) 1972 1976 Career position - Silvicultural Research/Lecturer in Silviculture, based at The Victorian School of Forestry, Creswick (V.S.F.) 1975 1975 Education - Master of Science (Forestry), University of Melbourne 1976 1976 Award - Churchill Fellow, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust 1977 1991 Career position - Silvicultural Research, Vic. Gov., based at V.S.F. 1983 1983 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), School of Botany, University of Melbourne 1990 1990 Career event - Promoted to Super Scientist I, the highest Research Scientist classification held at that time by a forest scientist 1990 1993 Career position - Silvicultural Research. Manager, then Principal, Victorian School of Forestry and Land Management. 2011 2011 Career event - Editor and Referee, Australian Forestry Special Issue: FORESTCHECK Forests Commission Victoria, State of Victoria (1918 - 1983)

Forest scientist, leader of major silvicultural research projects, 1970s - 1990s

 Squire, Ross Ormond, by Ross Squire and Peter Fagg

The Study of Australian Eucalypts: Forestry

 Squire, Ross Ormond (19420216-)

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 'Squire, Ross Ormond', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Squire, Ross Ormond Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Conference Proceedings: Forest Management in Australia McKinnell, E.R. Hopkins, Fox, J.E.D. Forest Management in Australia Chipping Norton, NSW Surrey Beatty &​ Sons in association with Institute of Foresters of Australia, Western Australian Division 1991 Journal Article: Response of messmate stringybark regrowth to release in irregular stands of mixed eucalypts. Kellas, J.D.; Edgar, J.G.; and Squire, R.O. Response of messmate stringybark regrowth to release in irregular stands of mixed eucalypts. 1987 Australian Forestry 50 253-259. Journal Article: Reduction in basal increment of Eucalyptus obliqua following crown scorch. Kellas, J.D.; Incoll, W.D.; and Squire, R.O. Reduction in basal increment of Eucalyptus obliqua following crown scorch. 1984 Australian Forestry 47 179-183 Conference Paper: The mountain ash forests of Victoria: ecology, silviculture and management for wood production. Squire, R. O.; Campbell, R. G.; Wareing, K. J.; and Featherston, G. R. The mountain ash forests of Victoria: ecology, silviculture and management for wood production. Sydney, NSW Surrey Beatty & Sons 1991 Forest Management in Australia McKinnell, Hopkins and Fox 38-57 Report: First Interim Report for the Value Adding Utilisation System Trial. Squire, R.O. First Interim Report for the Value Adding Utilisation System Trial. East Melbourne, Vic. Department of Conservation and Environment 1992 Edited Book: Forest Management in Australia: Implications for carbon budgets. Part 1 of 2. NCAS Technical Report No. 32 Raison, R.J.; and Squire, R.O. Forest Management in Australia: Implications for carbon budgets. Part 1 of 2. NCAS Technical Report No. 32 Canberra Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Greenhouse Office 2007 Journal Article: The East Gippsland Silvicultural Systems Project. I The establishment of the project in lowland forest. Squire, R.O.; Geary, P.W.; and Lutze, M.T. The East Gippsland Silvicultural Systems Project. I The establishment of the project in lowland forest. 2006 Australian Forestry 69 167-181 Journal Article: Silvicultural research for sustained wood production and biosphere conservation in the pine plantations and native eucalypt forests of south-eastern Australia. Squire, R.O.; Flinn, D.W.; and Campbell, R. G. Silvicultural research for sustained wood production and biosphere conservation in the pine plantations and native eucalypt forests of south-eastern Australia. 1991 Australian Forestry 54 120-133 Report: Report on the Progress of the Silvicultural Systems Project: July 1986 to June 1989. Squire, R.O. Report on the Progress of the Silvicultural Systems Project: July 1986 to June 1989. Victoria Department of Conservation and Environment 1990 Journal: The FORESTCHECK project Squire, Ross The FORESTCHECK project 2011 Australian Forestry 74 4 240-365 Report: Regeneration silviculture for Victoria's eucalypt forests. Silvicultural Systems Project. Squire, R.O.; Dexter, B.D.; Eddy, A. R.; Fagg, P.C.; and Campbell, R.G. Regeneration silviculture for Victoria's eucalypt forests. Silvicultural Systems Project. Victoria Department of Conservation and Environment 1991 Book: Reunion of the Forest Commission Victoria Research Branch, Box Hill Golf Club Thursday 27 November 2025: a souvenir booklet Fagg, Peter, Bren, Leon, Stewart, Hugh, Murphy, Simon and Smith, Ian Reunion of the Forest Commission Victoria Research Branch, Box Hill Golf Club Thursday 27 November 2025: a souvenir booklet Box Hill South, Vic. Forest Research Reunion Committee 2025