Natural Resource Management

Leadership Grant Grant

Associate Regional Scientist for Massachusetts Audubon Society

Hillary Young was hired as the first Associate Regional Scientist for the southeastern Massachusetts region. Her duties will include: (1) conducting a long-term ecological inventory of Audubon's protected lands in the region; (2) advising...
March 29, 2010
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Marcy Mahr

1992 Fellow
I have been a Switzer Fellow since 1992, and am very grateful to have received Environmental Leadership awards during 2000-2003 to support my work in conservation science for the Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) Conservation Initiative. For over...
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Joanne Michaud

1993 Fellow
For her graduate work at the University of Rhode Island, Joanne studied the effects of habitat size and isolation of southern Rhode Island peatlands on occupancy by the bog copper butterfly (Lycaena epixanthe). Her work with the Rhode...
Fellow

Bruce Handley

1990 Fellow
Bruce had an educational background ranging from economics to ecological restoration. Pursuing a career in environmental stewardship, his primary focus was developing local capacity for community based stewardship. Through this endeavor he...
Fellow

Mark Schlautman

1988 Fellow
Mark is currently teaching and performing research at Clemson University in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences. He also is a faculty member for the graduate program in Environmental Toxicology and holds...
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Rachel O'Malley

1993 Fellow
O'Malley's dissertation work took her to Asia, Africa, Latin America and finally the upper Sacramento Valley of California--where she used theory from community ecology to help assess impacts of rice management practices on wetland insects...
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Deborah Stanger Edelman

1994 Fellow
Deborah Stanger Edelman’s work focuses on the development and project management of natural resource conservation and restoration projects, community outreach, and environmental education programs for government and non-profit organizations.
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Brian Beal

1992 Fellow
Brian is currently an Professor of Marine Ecology at the University of Maine at Machias where he teaches marine ecology, marine biology, biostatistics, shellfish aquaculture, and fisheries management. His applied research programs focus on...
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Peter Schuyler

1990 Fellow
Peter is currently taking a break from full time work to spend time with his family. He is self-employed as a Natural Lands Management Consultant. He remains active in the conservation world by serving on the US Fish & Wildlife Recovery...
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Neil Fennessey

1991 Fellow
Neil is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.