Conservation Science

Along the shores of Long Island Sound in Connecticut, scientists are seeing decades of environmental improvements show how spring can once again become cacophonous with birds and habitats can rebound from loss. Fellow Leigh Shemitz shares her view.

Samantha Alger joins VHB’s Natural Sciences team in the South Burlington, Vermont office as an Environmental Scientist/Pollinator Specialist. She brings an in-depth understanding of applied ecological science, with the bulk of her work focused on improving the health of both managed and wild bees through research, education, and outreach. Samantha received her PhD from the University of Vermont where she was awarded both a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and a Switzer Environmental Fellowship.

Abstract

As the Trump Administration prepares to halve the budget for the National Invasive Species Council, a group of invasive species experts led by Fellow Laura Meyerson has issued a warning about the growing peril of biological invasions and the increasing threat they pose to the economy, environment, public health and national security.

Fellow Keith Parker's work using cutting-edge technology to identify differences in lamprey DNA, and the resulting scientific paper, were featured in Yurok Today. As one of his mentors, Matt Johnson, told him recently, "Fish recovery is simultaneously a social justice issue and a scientific issue -- they can't be separated -- and Yurok people are leaders on both fronts. Likewise with Condor reintroduction." Download the article: Yurok Today cover

Dr. David Wiley, Research Coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and an expert on seabirds and endangered whales, has been named the 2019 recipient of Mass Audubon’s Hemenway + Hall Wildlife Conservation Award.

Conscious Company Media recently chose its 2019 lineup of courageous female-identifying game-changers paving the way for positive global impact. Fellow Melissa Garren was one of them! ... Melissa Garren is a marine biologist on a mission. She helped found Pelagic Data Systems in 2014 to address the interwoven challenges coastal communities face when it comes to food scarcity and the sustainability of fisheries.