Land Use & Open Space Conservation

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Betsy Herbert

2001 Fellow
California native, forest protection advocate, advanced degrees in anthropology and environmental studies, published author in forest management for drinking water protection.
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Theresa Walker

1995 Fellow
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...
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Sasha Gennet

2006 Fellow
Sasha is the Ecoregional Ecologist at The Nature Conservancy for the Central coast of California, a region stretching from the Bay Area to Santa Barbara, and from the ocean to the Central Valley. Sasha obtained her doctorate from the...
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Daniel Orenstein

2004 Fellow
Daniel Orenstein is associate professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and research scientist in socio-ecology with the European Long-Term Ecological Research (eLTER)...
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Meghan Lynch

2002 Fellow
Meghan Lynch is an Assoicate at Abt Associates and specializes in human health risk assessment for a variety of substances including pesticides, air and drinking water contaminants. Dr. Lynch also has expertise in reviewing and utilizing...
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Jessica Hall

2000 Fellow
Jessica is a landscape architect who has advocated for and proposed restoration projects for urban streams and watersheds in the nonprofit, governmental, and consulting sectors in Southern California. She has combined historical...
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Susan Ornelas

1997 Fellow
Susan holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering, MS in Environmental Science and has twenty years experience as an organic farmer. Currently, she teaches at Humboldt State University and is the executive director of the Jacoby Creek Land...
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Misha Mytar

2007 Fellow
Misha received a master’s degree in Community Planning and Development at the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine. Her studies explored how unplanned and rapid development affects environments, economies and...
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Jeff Collins

1997 Fellow
Jeff is Director of Conservation Science at Mass Audubon, overseeing sanctuary-based research, habitat management, and bird conservation programs. Jeff's primary interests lie in applying the principles of landscape ecology to wildlife...
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Will Yandik

2007 Fellow
Will is interested in translating and applying environmental research both as a writer and in local government. With a professional background in field ecology (Brown) and journalism (Princeton), Will is particularly interested in how the...