Conservation Science

Fellow

Shaye Wolf

2000 Fellow
Shaye is the Climate Science Director at the Center for Biological Diversity in San Francisco. She is interested in understanding the impacts of climate change on wildlife species and ecosystems, and securing science-based protections for...
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Melissa Laser

2004 Fellow
Melissa was an ecologist working for the Department of Marine Resources on diadromous fish restoration. She served as the Conservation Planner for the Bureau of Sea Run Fisheries and Habitat. In this role she was responsible for leading...
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Bruce Hammond

1997 Fellow
Bruce is currently operating a small organic farm in central New Hampshire, and restoring habitat on the farm through management-intensive grazing. His current work focuses on the intersection of sustainable food production and ecosystem...
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Leslie Ferguson

2001 Fellow
Leslie is currently a Masters degree student at UC Davis in applied ecology where she is pursuing her passion for aquatic ecology, and stream restoration and conservation. Her thesis research involves studying the effectiveness of stream...
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Tierra Smiley

2009 Fellow
Tierra completed her final year of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program at Tufts University with an emphasis on zoo and wildlife medicine. While she plans to spend her career treating all species, she has a special interest in the...
Fellow Story

Smithsonian's Reforestation Efforts in Panama

Jefferson Hall, 1991 Fellow and Director of the Applied Ecology Program for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Center for Tropical Forest Science in Panama, discusses the Smithsonian's reforestation efforts in Panama on a Smithsonian video series called 'Meet the Scientist'.
January 28, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Evaluating Potential of Conservation Lands in Rural Downeast Maine, Year 1

To hire Misha Mytar as a full time Senior Planner with a regional focus on Downeast Maine. Misha's work will enhance the community development potential of Maine's Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) conservation lands in this rural area, and...
November 17, 2009
Leadership Grant Grant

Forest Conservation Planning in the Ecuadorian Choco Forest, Year 1

To hire Amy Rogers as a Pinchot Institute Research Fellow to develop research and conservation plans that will create an ecologically and economically sustainable wildlife corridor connecting the two most significant remaining forest tracts...
November 17, 2009
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Margaret Rubega

1991 Fellow
Margaret's research integrates experimental approaches to basic scientific questions with the conservation of wild birds. She currently focuses most closely on feeding in birds, with interests in the details of what they eat, why and how...
Network Innovation Grant Grant

PetWatch: A Science-Based Educational Campaign

Switzer Fellows Dr. Kate Smith, Assistant Professor at Brown University and Senior Research Scientist at the Consortium for Conservation Medicine, and Dr. Myra Finkelstein, Research Associate at UC Santa Cruz in Microbiology and...
November 17, 2009