Natural Resource Management

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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...
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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...
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John J Berger

1988 Fellow
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.
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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.
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Michelle Stevens

1993 Fellow
Michelle is currently working as an assistant professor in the Environmental Studies Department at California State University of Sacramento. She will continue her work in wetland riparian restoration and ethnoecology. Michelle completed...
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Karleen Boyle Sudol

1994 Fellow
Karleen graduated from UCLA with a BA in English and a PhD in biology with an emphasis in marine ecology. Karleen's research focused on human impacts in the marine environment. Her dissertation investigated nutrient cycling and the effects...