Environmental Education

Leadership Grant Grant

Risks of Importing Live Animals as Pets, Year 1

To hire Kate Smith as Senior Research Scientist with the Consortium for Conservation Medicine (CCM), Wildlife Trust, to oversee three projects, all aimed at preventing negative outcomes associated with the importation of live animals into...
March 29, 2010
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Deborah Stanger Edelman

1994 Fellow
Deborah is a Project Manager for the Mendocino County Resource Conservation District, focusing on water conservation, environmental education and habitat restoration. She was a co-founder of the California Naturalist Program (http://calnat...
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Lisa Micheli

1993 Fellow
I specialize in supporting organizations focused on designing and scaling nature-based solutions that protect and enhance terrestrial and marine environments—working hand-in-hand with communities at the front lines of global change.
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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...
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Syma Ebbin

1992 Fellow
After obtaining her PhD at Yale University, Syma worked with the Connecticut Fund for the Environment with the generous support of a Switzer Environmental Leadership Grant. In this position she worked on assessing open space acquisition...
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Peter Vorster

1990 Fellow
Peter Vorster has 40 years of experience as a hydrogeographer, much of it focused on California's water resources and the landmark water conflicts in the Eastern Sierra (Mono Lake and the Owens Valley) and the San Francisco Bay-Delta...
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Walter Poleman

1994 Fellow
Walter left nine years of work as an environmental educator to study in the Field Naturalist Program at the University of Vermont. For his Master's project, he evaluated forest inventory techniques as a part of a sustainable forest...
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Richard Haley

1993 Fellow
Richard was director of the Goodwin Conservation Center, a nature education facility run by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. His professional interests included improving the quality of environmental and nature...
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Ellen Baker

1988 Fellow
Ellen's MS research focused on the optimization of heavy metal removal from wastewater by the fungus of the genus Penicillium. Currently, she is homeschooling her youngest daughter and running a nursery which specializes in unusual and...
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Trish Mace

1991 Fellow
Trish has a BA in Biology, a MA in International Studies focusing on natural resources policy, and additional studies at UC Berkeley on marine resources conservation and management. She is currently the Director of the University of Oregon...