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Northeast

Includes New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Spotlight on Leadership

Improving Aquatic Connectivity and Resiliency to Major Storms in the Adirondack Region
Improving Aquatic Connectivity and Resiliency to Major Storms

It is easy to overlook the pipes and boxes carrying water under our roads, but these parts of our transportation infrastructure can have huge impacts on freshwater health and road safety. 2003 Fellow Jessica Levine is working in the northeastern United States to replace and upgrade road crossings to benefit aquatic species and habitat along with other community goals.Read more >

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Fellows in the News

Fellows in the News | Jan 25, 2023
Elbroch in The New York Times: Cougars Are Heading East. We Should Welcome Them.
Fellows in the News | Aug 5, 2021
Kramer hired as Director of Green Programs at Boston Green Academy
Fellows in the News | Jul 22, 2021
Leppold quoted on monitoring disease killing birds in mid-Atlantic states

Related Grants

Addressing Amphibian Road Mortality in the Northeastern U.S.
Year: 2014
Region: Northeast
Brett Thelen, Science Director for Conservation at the Harris Center for Conservation Education, and Dr. Brad Timm, Post-doctoral Researcher at UMass Amherst, are collaborating on this applied research project to determine the effectiveness of citizen science (specifically, salamander crossing brigades) on amphibian conservation.Read more >
Transportation Planning for Climate Adaptation and Aquatic Connectivity
Year: 2012
Region: Northeast
Through this Switzer Leadership Grant, The Adirondack Nature Conservancy hired Jessie Levine to develop a pilot program for funding the replacement and upgrade of road culverts to benefit aquatic species and habitat. Working with state and local governments and ANC’s academic and NGO partners...Read more >
Science Links Carbon Project, Year 1
Year: 2008
Region: Northeast
To hire Will Yandik as full-time staff in charge of the policy and outreach components of Hubbard Brook Research Foundation’s Science Links Carbon Project. The Carbon Project is a collaborative effort headed by the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation (HBRF) working with a national team of 16...Read more >

Featured Fellows

Hugh Hogan
Hugh Hogan
1998 Fellow
Executive Director
North Star Fund
David Sonnenfeld
1995 Fellow
Professor Emeritus
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

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