Land Use & Open Space Conservation

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Wilkinson quoted in New York Times on the Coyotes of San Francisco

“They walk along busy San Francisco streets. In Chinatown plazas. Across the paths of Muni buses. One was found dozing in a laundromat. Coyotes can sometimes be seen roaming in cities around the country, including Chicago and New York. But...
June 30, 2025
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Rodríguez-Cruz: a Puerto Rican community decided to preserve its forest. Now it makes money thanks to ecotourism

The Cabachuelas Project not only offers this community a way to earn money, but it also creates a sense of belonging and pride for the archipelago’s people.
June 26, 2025
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Maria Lopez Vazquez

2025 Fellow
Maria Lopez Vazquez is a multicultural landscape designer from the border region of Tijuana-San Diego (MX-US). She has a Bachelors of Landscape Architecture from UC Berkeley. By pursuing her Master's in Landscape Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design, she hopes to inform her landscape design practice with sustainable efforts as an artist and maker.
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Karam Sheban

2025 Fellow
Karam Sheban supports agroforestry adoption through targeted science that builds toward effective policy, viable economies, and cultural revitalization. He sees his work as part of a larger reimagining of our agricultural and forested landscapes for a more just and equitable world.
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Malika Kounkourou

2025 Fellow
Malika Kounkourou serves as a managing editor of the Harvard Environmental Law Review and is a research assistant at the Harvard Environmental and Energy Law Program. Her interests lie at the intersection of alternative dispute resolution systems, corporate accountability, and climate justice, with a focus on extractive industry governance.
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Susannah Lerman: Humanity for Habitat

Private residential properties (“yards”) encompass large proportions of urban, suburban, and rural spaces. As such, yards represent a conservation opportunity to provide wildlife habitat, support biodiversity, and increase local...
May 9, 2025
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Bando and Jensen comment on Biden’s National Monument Expansions

This is an important day for native plant lovers,” said CNPS Conservation Program Director Dr. Nick Jensen, who helped lead the multi-year campaign to protect Molok Luyuk. “Conservation is long, hard work, and we should savor this moment, not just for ourselves, but for those whose footsteps we follow.”
August 26, 2024
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Grove reviews how environmental justice and urban ecology interact

The review paper asks how environmental justice and urban ecology have influenced one another over the past 25 years in the context of the US Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program and Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) project.
August 26, 2024
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Linwood Pendleton: Should we put a price on nature?

Will putting a price on nature help us protect it or will it become another tool for greenwashing?
August 26, 2024
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Selena Rowan

2024 Fellow
Selena combines data analysis with a commitment to community health, ecological restoration, and environmental stewardship to develop innovative solutions for healthy forests in California.