Conservation Science

Leadership Grant Grant

Illegal Logging Worldwide, Year 2

To provide continued support for Andrea Johnson in her new role as Director of Forest Campaigns, having primary responsibility for the overall direction and management of the the Environmental Investigation Agency's worldwide Forest...
March 31, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Science Director for the Ashuelot Valley Environmental Observatory, Year 2

To provide funds for a second year for Brett Thelen's position as Science Director for the Ashuelot Valley Environmental Observatory (AVEO), allowing her to expand and strengthen the work she has done to date in her first year on the job in...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Market-Influenced Mitigation Strategies for Marine Biodiversity Conservation

The Mitigation Strategies project is the central focus of this new organization’s work. The project will address the issue of fisheries bycatch and related mortality in seabird and sea turtle species. Through research, demonstration...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Science Fellow, EcoTrends Project

To hire Rob Baldwin on a one-year contractual basis to provide build-out analysis and future trends modelling for the Northern Forest region. The purpose of this is to inform landscape-scale conservation initiatives and forest conservation...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Science Director for the Ashuelot Valley Environmental Observatory, Year 1

To hire Brett Thelen as the organization’s first Science Director. Ashuelot Valley Environmental Observatory (AVEO) links volunteers with scientists to gather ecological data aimed at improving conservation decision-making and planning in...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Associate Regional Scientist for Massachusetts Audubon Society

Hillary Young was hired as the first Associate Regional Scientist for the southeastern Massachusetts region. Her duties will include: (1) conducting a long-term ecological inventory of Audubon's protected lands in the region; (2) advising...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Remote Sensing for Forest Conservation Planning

The University of New Hampshire's Complex Systems Research Center hired Jeanne Anderson as a researcher for this project, which entailed the use of multiple forms of remote sensing techniques. These techniques include very new technologies...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Carnivore Habitat Connectivity in the Green Mountains and Adirondacks

To hire Robert Long to coordinate a one-year research project on the habitat needs and potential connectivity of habitat blocks for large carnivores between the Green Mountains in Vermont and the Adirondacks in New York, to inform...
March 29, 2010
Fellow

Jill Bubier

1988 Fellow
Jill is Marjorie Fisher Professor of Environmental Studies at Mount Holyoke College, where she teaches interdisciplinary environmental science. Her research focuses on northern ecosystems and biogeochemistry of peatlands, including methane...
Fellow

Nancy Steele

1993 Fellow
Dr. Nancy Steele focuses her work on the protection and conservation of land and water, striving always to have a direct positive impact on nature and humanity. She is a professional executive manager who has founded and led nonprofits and served on boards of directors. Endlessly curious, she applies a scientists mind to answering questions that result in turning data into actionable knowledge resulting in good policies and practices.