Land Use & Open Space Conservation

Linda is a northern California botanist with special interest and expertise in California coastal prairie. Her professional focus is on protection, restoration, and stewardship of significant natural lands in community-based settings. After...

Colleen Callahan is co-executive director of the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, which unites the intellectual capital of UCLA with forward-looking civic leaders to advance environmental sustainability through scholarship, research, and...

Mike Wilson works as program director for the Northern Forest Center, a non-profit organization that serves as a convenor of ideas and dialogue on Northern Forest issues ranging from economics to ecology, community development, and cultural...

Amy Wilson Morris has led community-based park, trail, and open space planning projects throughout the western United States. She specializes in working with diverse partners to build community consensus and leading a wide range of...

Lex Hovani previously worked for The Nature Conservancy's Climate Team and Indonesia Program. He is led the effort to develop a large-scale forest carbon demonstration program linking reductions in emissions from deforestation and forest...

Anne Short is an Assistant Professor of Sustainability Sciences at Boston University. Her research and teaching explore the interactions between humans and the environment and the institutions that shape those relationships. Her...

Betsy Herbert is a freelance writer who completed her Ph.D. at UC Santa Cruz in environmental policy in June 2004. Her dissertation, entitled "Forest Management by West Coast Water Utilities: Influences and Consequences" analyzed forest...

Theresa is currently a consultant to the Rockingham Planning Commission in Exeter, NH, working with ten communities to implement a watershed management plan. In addition, she is a consultant to the Rockingham Land Trust, working with...

Mary worked as a preservation planner for the San Francisco Planning Department for seven years. Before that she earned a Master’s degree in Geography at San Francisco State University. Her research focused on strategies to increase the...