Conservation Science

Leadership Grant Grant

Science Fellow, EcoTrends Project

To hire Rob Baldwin on a one-year contractual basis to provide build-out analysis and future trends modelling for the Northern Forest region. The purpose of this is to inform landscape-scale conservation initiatives and forest conservation...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Science Director for the Ashuelot Valley Environmental Observatory, Year 1

To hire Brett Thelen as the organization’s first Science Director. Ashuelot Valley Environmental Observatory (AVEO) links volunteers with scientists to gather ecological data aimed at improving conservation decision-making and planning in...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Associate Regional Scientist for Massachusetts Audubon Society

Hillary Young was hired as the first Associate Regional Scientist for the southeastern Massachusetts region. Her duties will include: (1) conducting a long-term ecological inventory of Audubon's protected lands in the region; (2) advising...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Remote Sensing for Forest Conservation Planning

The University of New Hampshire's Complex Systems Research Center hired Jeanne Anderson as a researcher for this project, which entailed the use of multiple forms of remote sensing techniques. These techniques include very new technologies...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Carnivore Habitat Connectivity in the Green Mountains and Adirondacks

To hire Robert Long to coordinate a one-year research project on the habitat needs and potential connectivity of habitat blocks for large carnivores between the Green Mountains in Vermont and the Adirondacks in New York, to inform...
March 29, 2010
Fellow

Jill Bubier

1988 Fellow
Jill is Marjorie Fisher Professor of Environmental Studies at Mount Holyoke College, where she teaches interdisciplinary environmental science. Her research focuses on northern ecosystems and biogeochemistry of peatlands, including methane...
Fellow

Nancy Steele

1993 Fellow
Dr. Nancy Steele focuses her work on the protection and conservation of land and water, striving always to have a direct positive impact on nature and humanity. She is a professional executive manager who has founded and led nonprofits and served on boards of directors. Endlessly curious, she applies a scientists mind to answering questions that result in turning data into actionable knowledge resulting in good policies and practices.
Fellow

Sarah Charron

1992 Fellow
Sarah (Seckinger) Charron is an environmental engineer with 10 years of experience working principally for municipalities on water and wastewater treatment improvement programs. She is a licensed professional environmental engineer in...
Fellow

Curtis Daehler

1992 Fellow
Curtis's studies concentrate on population dynamics, ecology, and the spread of introduced plant species. Specifically, he has been studying the recent invasion of the South San Francisco Bay by Atlantic Coast saltmarsh cordgrass, Spartina...
Fellow

Deborah Jensen

1990 Fellow
Deborah is currently a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence in the College of the Environment at the University of Washington. For 13 years she served as the President and CEO of the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. She is a past President...