Natural Resource Management

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Sara Santiago

2018 Fellow
Sara currently serves as the Communications Manager at The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment, translating science and research on the world’s forests for a broader audience. Sara earned her Master of Forestry degree from...
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Matthew Williamson

2018 Fellow
Matt is a conservation scientist interested in understanding how the interactions between people, their environment, and the institutions that govern them inspire (or inhibit) conservation action and how that impacts their effectiveness.
Fellow, Fellows Advisory Committee

Karen Diaz Ruvalcaba

2018 Fellow
Karen Díaz is an advocate on issues of food justice and outdoor equity. She received a dual Masters of Urban and Regional Planning at the Luskin School of Public Affairs and a Masters of Public Health at the Fielding School of Public Health...
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Erik Grijalva

2018 Fellow
Erik Grijalva completed his PhD in restoration ecology at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), where his research revolved around understanding restoration and conservation approaches within highly modified ecosystems. His...
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Philip Womble

2018 Fellow
Philip Womble is an attorney and a hydrologist specializing in water policy and water markets. He is a legal/postdoctoral fellow with the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University. Philip received his Ph.D. in Environment...
Fellow Story

At Santa Rosa's Pepperwood Preserve, nature rebounds from massive wildfire

Editor's note: The following story first appeared in The Press Democrat. Switzer Fellow Lisa Micheli is President and CEO of the Pepperwood Foundation, which operates the Pepperwood Preserve. Green stalks of redwood lilies grow beneath the giant trees at Pepperwood Preserve, but no one has seen the colorful, trumpet-shaped blossoms in decades.
March 12, 2018
Fellow Story

De Bremond named 2018 Breakthrough Senior Fellow

The Breakthrough Institute is proud to announce Steven Pinker, Ariane de Bremond, Sarah Evanega, and Julio Friedmann as our 2018 Senior Fellows. This is the tenth year that Breakthrough has conferred Senior Fellowships to leading scholars who have shaped our research and vision. This class of Senior Fellows will join the ranks of the 45 prominent experts who have joined our network of global thought leaders committed to building a future that is good for both humans and nature. We are grateful to be able to count upon their expertise, counsel, and inspiration.
March 12, 2018
Leadership Grant Grant

Southern California Conservation Analyst

California Native Plant Society created a new position of Southern California Conservation Analyst for Nick Jensen, after his graduation with his PhD in Botany from Claremont Graduate University in 2018. Nick leads this statewide...
December 20, 2017
Fellow Story

Field publishes on importance of private property owner attitudes in long-term conservation of tidal marshes

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October 13, 2017
Fellow Story

In a time of hurricanes, we must talk about environmental conservation

Fellow Ayana Johnson says after a natural disaster (strengthened by our warmer planet) is exactly the time to talk about environmental conservation. It protects lives and property, and makes places like Puerto Rico far more self-reliant when disaster strikes.
October 6, 2017