Conservation Science

Fellow

Tara Cornelisse

2011 Fellow
Tara is an Invertebrate Zoologist with NatureServe. She received her PhD from UC Santa Cruz and has worked in natural resources management, insect conservation, and education.
Leadership Grant Grant

Reducing the Impacts of Rural Sprawl on Wildlife Habitat, Year 1

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...
May 27, 2011
Leadership Grant Grant

Delivering Grassroots Conservation Initiatives Internationally, Year 1

Susannah McCandless will work as full-time International Program Director to strengthen the Global Diversity Foundation's capacity to deliver grassroots conservation initiatives. The Global Diversity Foundation (GDF), a UK-based...
May 27, 2011
Leadership Grant Grant

Urban Wildlife and Biodiversity Initiative

The U.S. Forest Service's Northern Research Station, based in Amherst, Massachusetts, hired Susannah Lerman to lead a project to incorporate a wildlife habitat component to the NRS's urban forest evaluation program. The end goal was to...
May 27, 2011
Leadership Grant Grant

Forest Conservation Planning in the Ecuadorian Choco Forest, Year 3

The Pinchot Institute for Conservation has been awarded a third year of funding for Amy Rogers as Project Director, continuing to develop a conservation program for the Mache-Chindul Reserve in Ecuador focusing on reforestation and, this...
May 27, 2011
Leadership Grant Grant

Whales and Ship Strikes in the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, Year 1

This grant will allow the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association to expand Leslie Abramson's position to full time at the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. Leslie will fill the role of Project Manager for the Whale/Vessel...
May 27, 2011
Fellow Story

Translating Science Into Action: The Mombasa Marine Park, Kenya

The most prevalent threats to reef ecosystems in Kenya are over-fishing, pollution and climate change. Kenya is one of four African nations with marine protected areas (MPAs) that exclude fishing within protected area boundaries. However, management plans for marine protected areas in Kenya lack measures to respond to threats emanating from outside of the MPA boundaries. Jennifer was hired to develop a new management system that offers strategies for adapting management objectives to respond to both internal and extern
April 6, 2011
Fellow Story

Whale Trust

Whale Trust, co-founded by Switzer Fellow Meagan Jones, supports research on whales and their marine environment. The organization is committed to bridging that research with public outreach, education and conservation.
March 11, 2011
Fellow Story

Conducting Science that Leads to Environmental Improvement

1988 Switzer Fellow Dr. Mark Schlautman is a professor at Clemson University in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences. A project in which Mark played a key role over a number of years recently made headlines in California. The Brake Pad Partnership, led by San Francisco-based Sustainable Conservation, led the effort to pass legislation reducing the use of copper in brake pads in California.
December 20, 2010
Fellow Story

Setting an Ocean Agenda in the Halls of Power

Switzer Fellow Denny Takahashi-Kelso, Executive Vice President of Ocean Conservancy, the oldest U.S. based ocean conservation organization focusing on the long-range sustainability, productivity and biodiversity of the ocean, explains why this is a pivotal moment for the ocean and the human communities that depend on the ocean.
December 1, 2010