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Southwest

Southwest

Includes Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah

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Conservation Development
Conservation Development

As an associate conservation scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, Sarah Reed studies conservation development as a way to develop property by clustering homes and protecting or restoring ecological resources.Read more >

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Fellows in the News

Fellows in the News | Apr 12, 2021
Howe quoted in Peak Grantmaking's Weekly Insights on Tracking Grantee Demographics
Fellows in the News | Apr 12, 2021
Antarctic Champion Cassandra Brooks featured in Women Making Waves
Fellows in the News | Mar 10, 2021
Kramer quoted on Planet Texas 2050 efforts to build resilience into infrastructure and cities

Related Grants

Reducing the Impacts of Rural Sprawl on Wildlife Habitat, Year 2
Year: 2013
Region: Southwest
This second-year grant provides continued funding for Sarah Reed's work as project leader for the Western Private Lands and Connectivity Conservation project, and for her new full time staff position as Associate Conservation Scientist at Wildlife Conservation Society. Sarah's work informs...Read more >
Reducing the Impacts of Rural Sprawl on Wildlife Habitat, Year 1
Year: 2011
Region: Southwest
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) will hire Sarah Reed as Project Leader for the Western Private Lands and Connectivity Conservation Project, building on work Sarah has already done with WCS through her David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship . Sarah's participation in the project...Read more >
Promoting Clean Energy and Good Jobs in the Western States, Year 1
Year: 2005
Region: California, Region: Pacific Northwest, Region: Southwest
This grant was made to The Apollo Alliance to hire Jeremy Hays as one of its two Western States organizers. Jeremy's responsibilities will include establishing, supporting, and guiding state level coalitions of environmental, labor, civil rights and business groups to enact policies and...Read more >

Featured Fellows

Andrea Johnson
Andrea Johnson
2004 Fellow
Forest management, policy and advocacy
Independent Consultant
Patrick McCarthy
Patrick McCarthy
1990 Fellow
Director of Conservation, Colorado River Program
The Nature Conservancy
C. Josh Donlan
Josh Donlan
1998 Fellow
Director
Advanced Conservation Strategies

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