Natural Resource Management

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Marcy Mahr

1992 Fellow
I have been a Switzer Fellow since 1992, and am very grateful to have received Environmental Leadership awards during 2000-2003 to support my work in conservation science for the Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) Conservation Initiative. For over...
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Joanne Michaud

1993 Fellow
For her graduate work at the University of Rhode Island, Joanne studied the effects of habitat size and isolation of southern Rhode Island peatlands on occupancy by the bog copper butterfly (Lycaena epixanthe). Her work with the Rhode...
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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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Marcy Lyman

1993 Fellow
Marcy's initiatives related to acid rain, river management protection, forest management and wilderness designation, work in philanthropy designing and managing a grants program, and research and writing on the field of community-based...
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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...
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Brian Beal

1992 Fellow
Brian is currently an Professor of Marine Ecology at the University of Maine at Machias where he teaches marine ecology, marine biology, biostatistics, shellfish aquaculture, and fisheries management. His applied research programs focus on...
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Peter Schuyler

1990 Fellow
Peter is currently taking a break from full time work to spend time with his family. He is self-employed as a Natural Lands Management Consultant. He remains active in the conservation world by serving on the US Fish & Wildlife Recovery...
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Neil Fennessey

1991 Fellow
Neil is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UMASS, Dartmouth. For the past several years, he has been busy helping the US EPA, the US Fish & Wildlife Service and the states of New Hampshire and...
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Carlos Plazola

1994 Fellow
Carlos Plazola, 1994 Switzer Fellow, began as an environmental justice organizer in 1994. Since then, he has studied and participated in models of enabling social innovation, power redistribution, and grassroots activation through his roles...