Natural Resource Management

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Kristy Deiner

2010 Fellow
Kristy Deiner holds a PhD. in Ecology from the University of California, Davis (UCD). She also holds a degree certificate from UCD in Conservation Management. Her dissertation research focused on applying genetic tools to assess...
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Rachel Smith

2010 Fellow
Rachel Smith has a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley's College of Natural Resources in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management. Her research focused on role of collaborative planning in wildfire risk abatement. A firefighter...
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Noah Charney

2010 Fellow
Dr. Charney uses the tools of spatial ecology to guide conservation of sensitive species and ecosystems in the face of global change and expanding human populations. Recent projects include: modeling impacts of climate change on Galapagos...
Fellow Story

Journey Up Coal River

2000 Fellow Jen Osha, Founder and President of Aurora Lights, an NGO based in Morgantown, West Virginia, has announced the production of a CD, called "Still Moving Mountains: The Journey Home" to raise awareness of mountaintop removal coal mining, as well as a companion website with educational a d outreach tools for activists, concerned citizens, and teachers.
May 13, 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

Sonoma Creek Restoration, Year 3

To fund a portion of Lisa Micheli's staff time to devote specifically to outreach and fundraising for the restoration plans for Sonoma Creek developed thus far in the previous two years' funding. Lisa has worked for two years on a science...
March 29, 2010
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Bruce Handley

1990 Fellow
Bruce had an educational background ranging from economics to ecological restoration. Pursuing a career in environmental stewardship, his primary focus was developing local capacity for community based stewardship. Through this endeavor he...
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Mark Schlautman

1988 Fellow
Mark is currently teaching and performing research at Clemson University in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences. He also is a faculty member for the graduate program in Environmental Toxicology and holds...
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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.
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Glynnis Collins

1994 Fellow
Glynnis is the Executive Director of Prairie Rivers Network (www.prairierivers.org), Illinois only statewide river conservation organization and the Illinois affiliate of the National Wildlife Federation. Our mission is to protect the...