Land Use & Open Space Conservation

Fellow Story

Reed helps develop a new approach to identify and rank wildlife corridors

The study, "Connecting Natural Landscapes Using a Landscape Permeability Model to Prioritize Conservation Activities in the United States," appears in the journal Conservation Letters. Authors include David Theobald of CSU, Kenyon Fields and Michael Soulé from Wildlands Network and Sarah Reed from the Wildlife Conservation Society. Read the full story
March 21, 2012
Fellow Story

Cohen coauthors op-ed "Boxer's transportation bill makes smart choices"

Sen. Barbara Boxer seems to have achieved the impossible by crafting a transportation bill that is overcoming partisan gridlock in the U.S. Senate. Recently, the Senate voted 85-11 to advance Boxer's transportation bill, MAP-21, to a floor vote that is expected to be scheduled when Congress returns to Washington on Feb. 27. Read the full op-ed
March 20, 2012
Fellow Story

GreenTRIP's plan for provisional parking and creating new models for carshare system expansion

We are very excited to be working with a cohort of innovative developers that are breaking the mold and setting a new bar by providing transit passes and carshare memberships for 40 years!
February 8, 2012
Foundation News

GreenTRIP: Great Access, Deep Affordability with Switzer Fellow Stuart Cohen (Switzer Foundation Webinar Series)

Walkable, transit-oriented communities are seen as an antidote to unfettered sprawl. But outdated city codes vastly overestimate how much people drive and require excessive parking in these transit areas, especially for low-income families...
January 12, 2012
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Tavis Forrester

2011 Fellow
Dr. Tavis Forrester is a wildlife research biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and a research fellow at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI). Dr. Forrester leads research on the ecology of cougars...
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Tara Cornelisse

2011 Fellow
Tara is the Lead Zoologist with NatureServe. She received her PhD from UC Santa Cruz and has worked in natural resources management, insect conservation, and education.
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Julia Ledewitz

2011 Fellow
Julia Rogers is a Senior Sustainability Designer with Vanderweil Engineers. She previously worked for DTZ, a global facilities management corporation, as the program manager for the Energy and Sustainability team. She was also the...
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Christian Casillas

2011 Fellow
My work focuses on helping to build learning and energy systems that support people to live more sustainably. I have been involved in various aspects of design, testing, and implementation of renewable energy systems in the United States...
Leadership Grant Grant

Reducing the Impacts of Rural Sprawl on Wildlife Habitat, Year 1

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) will hire Sarah Reed as Project Leader for the Western Private Lands and Connectivity Conservation Project, building on work Sarah has already done with WCS through her David H. Smith Conservation...
May 27, 2011
Leadership Grant Grant

Evaluating Potential of Conservation Lands in Rural Downeast Maine, Year 2

This grant provides a second year of funding for Misha Mytar’s position as Senior Planner in Maine’s Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands. Misha’s work focuses on enhancing the economic and community development potential...
June 18, 2010