Fellow Story

California Invasive Plant Council

Fellow(s): Doug Johnson
Topic(s): Conservation Science

When is a pretty plant a problem? When it displaces native vegetation and disrupts the food chain. Doug Johnson, Executive Director of the California Invasive Plant Council, is a Switzer Fellow working with private and government agencies to identify invading plants, arrest their spread and educate the public to healthy alternatives.

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California Invasive Plant Council

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Doug Johnson

Doug Johnson

1999 Fellow
Doug Johnson has been executive director of the nonprofit California Invasive Plant Council since 2002. He currently serves on California's Invasive Species Advisory Committee (www.iscc.ca.gov) and as an officer with the National...