Natural Resource Management

Mike is currently serving as Chair of the Environmental Horticulture Department at Santa Barbara City College, where sustainable horticulture, ecological restoration and ethnobotany are emphasized. Mike recently received his PhD in...

Peggy was director of planning and development for the Franklin County Commissioners, where she provided technical assistance to 26 townships in western Massachusetts.

Dr. Stuart Siegel focuses on the intersections of climate change, natural resources resiliency, ecosystem restoration, management-relevant science, and regional planning. He has been at the forefront of ecosystem restoration before it...

Chris is a senior research scientist in the Pelagic Fisheries and Ecosystem Unit with CSIRO Marine Research, Australia’s governmental research agency. Much of his research focuses on the dynamics of declining species, and particularly in...

Walter left nine years of work as an environmental educator to study in the Field Naturalist Program at the University of Vermont. For his Master's project, he evaluated forest inventory techniques as a part of a sustainable forest...

Maureen Hart is the Executive Director of the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP), the world's leading professional association of sustainability professionals. ISSP works to make sustainability standard practice...

Rob continues to work as a consulting hydrogeologist. In that capacity, he addresses technical issues related to groundwater contamination and groundwater management. Rob also provides litigation consulting and expert witness testimony. In...

Elizabeth Farnsworth was a Senior Research Ecologist with the New England Wild Flower Society (NEWFS), and a biologist, educator, and scientific illustrator. She was also senior editor of the botanical journal, Rhodora. She was principal...

John J. Berger is an energy and environmental policy specialist and a senior research fellow at the Pacific Institute. His 11 books include Solving the Climate Crisis: Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth and Climate Peril: The Intelligent Reader’s Guide to Understanding the Climate Crisis, which won the 2015 International Book Award for Science. His journalistic work has appeared in Scientific American, The Nation, The Progressive, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, and many other publications.