Conservation Science

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Kathryn Theiss

2009 Fellow
Kathryn completed her dissertation research on orchid conservation in Madagascar in the spring of 2012 and promptly moved to Oregon to start a post-doctoral position at Willamette University. Her post-doctoral research examined how to...
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Karen Gaffney

1999 Fellow
Karen Gaffney oversees the Conservation Planning program at the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation & Open Space District. Previously, she was a CEO of West Coast Watershed - a small dynamic partnership focused on watershed planning and...
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Matthew Kolan

2004 Fellow
Matt Kolan's work is focused on relationships. As an avid naturalist and tracker, he is inspired by the wisdom of nature and the language of the land. Matt is the director of the University of Vermont's Leadership for Sustainability Masters...
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Amy Morris

2006 Fellow
Amy Wilson Morris has led community-based park, trail, and open space planning projects throughout the western United States. She specializes in working with diverse partners to build community consensus and leading a wide range of...
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Maile Neel

1996 Fellow
Maile received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Humboldt State University and a Master of Arts in Biology from University of California, Santa Barbara. Professional experience includes work as a naturalist with the National Park...
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Bruce Rinker

2000 Fellow
A 10th-generation Virginian, Bruce is a forest ecologist, science educator, and conservationist who lives in the world-renowned Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. He was elected a National Fellow of The Explorers Club in 1998, a Switzer...
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Brett Amy Thelen

2004 Fellow
Brett Amy Thelen has been directing place-based, conservation-focused community science projects for more than 20 years, with dual emphasis on creating a valuable learning experience for volunteers and producing reliable, reproducible...
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Amber Pairis

2001 Fellow
Dr. Amber Pairis is the Founder and Lead Advisor of the Climate Science Alliance and Associate Research Faculty with the Western Regional Climate Center at the Desert Research Institute. The Climate Science Alliance was created in 2015 out...
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Daniel Orenstein

2004 Fellow
Daniel Orenstein is associate professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and research scientist in socio-ecology with the European Long-Term Ecological Research (eLTER)...
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Kathleen Miller

1998 Fellow
Having worked for more than a decade in environmental policy, program implementation and education, Kate received her Master's degree in Environmental Studies in 1999 with a focus on ecology and conservation biology. She has since taught...