Land Use & Open Space Conservation

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Fen Levy

2024 Fellow
Fen is an avian ecologist unraveling how forested landscapes can jointly support ecosystems and human need, specifically in the North Woods of Maine.
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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.
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Alexii Sigona

2024 Fellow
Alexii (Amah Mutsun Tribal Band) uses ethnographic research to examine opportunities for tribal land access and co-management through collaborative stewardship in central coastal California.
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Kenzo Esquivel

2023 Fellow
Kenzo is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Lab researching the potential for enhanced rock weathering to sequester carbon on working lands. He obtained his PhD at UC Berkeley where he researched the barriers that...
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Nākoa Farrant

2023 Fellow
Nākoa is determined to address Hawaiʻi’s food insecurity and perpetuate Hawaiian knowledge to restore a state of ʻāina momona (abundance). He investigates how former sugarcane fields in Hawaiʻi could be managed to meet local sustainability goals.
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Alicia Arrington

2021 Fellow
Alicia Arrington is a J.D. Candidate at the University of California at Berkeley Law School, where she is pursuing her interests at the intersections of land, housing, and environmental justice. She currently serves as the founder of the...
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Demi Espinoza

2020 Fellow
Demi Espinoza (she/they) is the daughter of working class Mexican immigrants and the youngest of ten siblings raised in Riverside, California. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology at California State University San Bernardino and a...
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Gillian Lui

2020 Fellow
Gillian is a trained environmental scientist committed to advancing interdisciplinary climate solutions. She’s focused now on elevating environmental and social sustainability as business bottom lines.
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Katie Pofahl

2020 Fellow
Katie Pofahl is the Eastern Washington Community Relations Manager with the Climate Resilient Forests and Communities team at The Nature Conservancy. Katie is based in the Central Cascades and her role focuses on working with local...
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Janae Davis

2019 Fellow
Janae Davis is an Associate Director of Conservation at American Rivers. She works to promote the health of the rivers, riverside lands and river communities in North Carolina and South Carolina to ensure clean drinking water supply, reduce...