Natural Resource Management

Fellow Story

Newberry new Executive Director of Johnson Creek Watershed Council

The Johnson Creek Watershed Council last week announced the selection of Daniel Newberry as its next executive director. He will relocate to the watershed area from southern Oregon and will begin leading JCWC on Feb. 26. Founded in 1995, JCWC is a grassroots nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote restoration and stewardship of the Johnson Creek watershed through science and community engagement.
February 11, 2015
Fellow Story

Blavascunas authors study on foresters reterritorializing the periphery in Poland

State Forestry is regarded by political ecologists as a coercive tool deployed by state authorities to nationalize, control and order the forest as a resource within the territory of a nation. The consequence of this is civilizing local people and subjecting them to the grip of the state. Much of this literature comes from the global South.
January 20, 2015
Leadership Grant Grant

Supporting Wetlands Managers - Year Two

This grant will support a second year of Brenda Zollitsch's work as Policy Analyst at the Association of State Wetland Managers (ASWM). Last year, ASWM was awarded a $30,000 Switzer Leadership Grant to create this new position for Brenda...
December 23, 2014
Fellow Story

Vorster interviewed for CNN's in-depth look at Calfornia's San Joaquin river

Peter Vorster is a spritely hydro-geographer (“I invented that term!” he told me, beaming) from the Bay Institute, a group that studies this watershed “from the Sierras to the sea.” I’d asked him to join us on the mountain. He arrived a shaken-up soda can of a person -- just literally bursting with stories. It was easy to see how much he loves this river; his enthusiasm was infectious.
December 23, 2014
Fellow Story

Fulweiler publishes paper on effects on CO2 after silica uptake in trees

Does Elevated CO2 Alter Silica Uptake in Trees?
December 23, 2014
Leadership Grant Grant

Protecting Threatened Seabirds

Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge has promoted Ryan Carle to a new position of Conservation Training and Development Manager. In this new position, Ryan will oversee Oikonos's conservation work in Chile on a threatened seabird species, the Pink...
December 23, 2014
Fellow Story

Law Confronts the Intertwined Threats of Climate Change and Species Extinction

Paying attention to the twinned threats of climate change and species extinction requires ingenuity, cash, and nimble legal mechanisms. Two novel solutions—REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) and Biodiversity Offsetting—comprise potentially win-win solutions.
December 21, 2014
Leadership Grant Grant

Leading the San Diego Climate Science Alliance

Dr. Amber Pairis was hired by the California Landscape Conservation Cooperative (CA LCC) to develop and lead the San Diego Climate Science Alliance. The CA LCC is a collaborative of regional networks organized under the U.S. Fish & Wildlife...
December 19, 2014
Fellow Story

Fostering Community Strategies For Saving the World's Oceans

To conservationist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, getting coastal communities involved in plans to protect their waters is critical for protecting the planet's oceans. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, she talks about her work in one Caribbean island and how it shows how such a strategy can get results.
December 13, 2014
Fellow Story

What?! Fish Can’t Be Organic?

That’s right. Neither wild fish nor farmed fish can be certified organic because no organic standards exist in the U.S. to regulate them. But that may be about to change—for the worse. Why? The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is currently proceeding with the development of organic aquaculture regulations that could allow wild fish and ocean-based fish farms to be certified organic. Read a Switzer Fellow Thought Leadership piece by 1994 Fellow Lisa Bunin of the Center for Food Safety.
December 6, 2014