Conservation Science

Fellow

Diana Humple

2008 Fellow
I received a Master’s Degree in biology at Sonoma State University with an emphasis in conservation genetics. I am especially interested in songbird conservation, population dynamics and migration; training interns in field techniques and...
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Cheri Sanville

1999 Fellow
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Jessie Levine

2003 Fellow
Jessica Levine is the Conserving Land and Water Strategy Lead for The Nature Conservancy in New England and the Coordinator of the Staying Connected Initiative, a binational landscape connectivity partnership. She serves on the Executive...
Fellow, Staff

Sarah Reed

2006 Fellow
Dr. Sarah Reed is Executive Director of the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation, a results-driven family foundation that invests in individuals and organizations to drive positive environmental change. Through fellowships and grants, the...
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Judith Rubin

1995 Fellow
As Stewardship Director for Northwest Watershed Institute (NWI), Jude focuses her work on the Tarboo Creek Watershed Restoration Program, an effort to restore and protect native salmon and wildlife habitat to a 7,000 acre rural watershed on...
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Doug Johnson

1999 Fellow
Doug Johnson has been executive director of the nonprofit California Invasive Plant Council since 2002. He currently serves on California's Invasive Species Advisory Committee (www.iscc.ca.gov) and as an officer with the National...
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Hillary Young

2003 Fellow
Hillary Young is an assistant professor in community ecology at University of California Santa Barbara. Her work focuses on understanding the effects of changes in biodiversity loss on population and community structure and function. Recent...
Fellow Story

Smithsonian's Reforestation Efforts in Panama

Jefferson Hall, 1991 Fellow and Director of the Applied Ecology Program for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Center for Tropical Forest Science in Panama, discusses the Smithsonian's reforestation efforts in Panama on a Smithsonian video series called 'Meet the Scientist'.
January 28, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Evaluating Potential of Conservation Lands in Rural Downeast Maine, Year 1

To hire Misha Mytar as a full time Senior Planner with a regional focus on Downeast Maine. Misha's work will enhance the community development potential of Maine's Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) conservation lands in this rural area, and...
November 17, 2009
Leadership Grant Grant

Forest Conservation Planning in the Ecuadorian Choco Forest, Year 1

To hire Amy Rogers as a Pinchot Institute Research Fellow to develop research and conservation plans that will create an ecologically and economically sustainable wildlife corridor connecting the two most significant remaining forest tracts...
November 17, 2009