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[…] Nursery (ICN) in Burlington, VT. ICN focuses primarily on conservation tree-planting to mitigate the negative impacts of damaged riparian buffers, as well as the removal of invasive species. She has also spent time farming in Vermont, South Dakota, and here in the Gallatin Valley! Anna grew up skiing, hiking, and camping in Vermont. She […]

[…] Wildlife Society. Furthermore, he has worked in both the private and non-profit sectors of wildlife management and conservation throughout his time in college. He has a wide array of interests, including marine fisheries management, carnivore conservation, human dimensions of conservation, and invasive species management. Outside of work, Hunter enjoys fishing, hunting, working out, and dancing.

[…] empirical techniques from econometrics and machine learning to measure the economic effects of management actions and inform decision-making. Her topical interests include fisheries and wildlife management, introduced species, marine spatial planning, and human-predator coexistence. Given her interdisciplinary focus, she frequently collaborates with researchers outside of economics and has co-authored publications with biologists, fisheries scientists, […]

[…] are interdisciplinary and cover a wide range of methodologies (surveys, economic valuations, spatial conservation planning) with the underlying goal of building out practical toolkits for conserving wildlife species in multi-use landscapes. Before coming to Berkeley, Sam worked at EcoHealth Alliance on the Conservation and Health team, where she studied how zoonotic disease prevention and […]

[…] the design of consumer-driven programs and policy interventions along the seafood supply chain. A second theme focuses on leveraging innovative conservation instruments and the potential for collaboration and/or coordination between stakeholders to improve the cost effectiveness of terrestrial conservation activities. Other areas of interest include invasive species management, water resource management, and coastal community resilience.

[…] for the Wyoming County Commissioners Association. Professor Stoellinger’s research group works on a diverse range of environmental and natural resource law and policy issues, including wildlife conservation, endangered species protection, energy development, and public lands management, with a particular focus on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the American West. Professor Stoellinger currently serves as […]

[…] Ecosystem: Redefining America’s Wilderness Heritage (Yale Univ. Press 1991). He has also written numerous book chapters and journal articles on public lands and natural resource law, addressing such topics as national parks, ecosystem management, wildfire policy, and biodiversity conservation. He serves as a Trustee of the National Parks Conservation Association and the Rocky Mountain Mineral […]

Nathan W. Chan is an assistant professor in the resource economics department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research combines theoretical, empirical, and experimental methods to tackle problems at the intersection of environmental and behavioral economics. Chan’s research covers a wide array of topic areas. He has a number of active projects on green markets, recreation and environmentalContinue reading

Robert E. Wright is the Nef Family Chair of Political Economy at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He is the author of 18 books, including a new book on financial exclusion published by AIER. Wright currently has four projects in progress, including The Quest for Resources: An Economic History of North America, a chapter of whichContinue reading

[…] processes (POMDPs) in adaptive management, applying reinforcement learning to reserve site selection, and he is also performing joint research with the U.S. Geological Survey on adaptive management programs for endangered species. This academic year Casey has served as Research Assistant to Dr. Harrison Fell in the area of  renewable energy, pollution, and health. Prior to coming to NCSU […]