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Adrian Treves

Adrian Treves

Professor of environmental studies

Open Science, coexistence between people and wildlife worldwide, especially wolves, bears and big cats. Constitutional and public trust protections for the environment.

William Cronon

William Cronon

Professor emeritus, history, geography, environmental studies

Expert on history of environment, conservation and environmentalism, U.S. West, public lands

Timothy  Van Deelen

Timothy Van Deelen

Professor, Forest and Wildlife Ecology

Expert in conservation and management of large mammals and mammal communities in the Great Lakes region (e.g., deer, wolves and black bears).

Lisa Naughton

Lisa Naughton

Professor, Geography

Expert on biodiversity conservation, land use and protected areas in tropics, protecting rain forests to slow climate change

Stanley Temple

Stanley Temple

Professor emeritus, forest and wildlife ecology, environmental studies

Expert on birds, wildlife, endangered species, wildlife conservation, biodiversity, conservation biology, ecology and Aldo Leopold

Kurt Sladky

Kurt Sladky

Clinical professor and section head, zoological medicine, surgical sciences

Expert in zoological medicine (zoo animals, wildlife and non-domestic pets) and conservation medicine (ecosystem and global health)

John (Jack) Williams

John (Jack) Williams

Professor, geography

Expert on global warming and ecological responses to climate change, past and future

Anna Pidgeon

Anna Pidgeon

Professor, forest and wildlife ecology

Expert on avian ecology, conservation and Wisconsin wildlife

Paul Zedler

Paul Zedler

Professor, environmental studies

Pure and applied plant community and population ecology and related environmental topics

Jake  Vander Zanden

Jake Vander Zanden

Associate professor, zoology, Center for Limnology

Aquatic ecologist, limnologist, conservation biologist

John Magnuson

John Magnuson

Professor emeritus, zoology and limnology

Aquatic ecologist and limnologist, trained in fish and fisheries ecology, taught ecology of fishes and limnology

Calvin DeWitt

Calvin DeWitt

Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Expert on land stewardship, purchased development rights, local government environmental policy, wetland ecology, environmental stewardship, faith-based stewardship

Volker Radeloff

Volker Radeloff

Professor, forest and wildlife ecology

Expert on conservation biology, threats to biodiversity by land use and especially housing development, wildland fire

Evelyn Howell

Evelyn Howell

Professor and chair, landscape architecture

Design, restoration, management and conservation of Midwestern native plant communities

Ray Guries

Ray Guries

Professor, forest and wildlife ecology

Knowledgeable about conservation and management of forest resources, especially the management of forest genetic resources and tree breeding

David Mladenoff

David Mladenoff

Professor, conservation, forest and wildlife ecology

Ecology and sustainability of forests, effects of climate change, forest management and carbon sequestration

Jonathan Patz

Jonathan Patz

Professor & director, global environmental health

Expert on health effects of global climate change, land use change and deforestation; health co-benefits of energy policy

Emily Stanley

Emily Stanley

Professor, zoology & Center for Limnology

Freshwater ecology, particularly streams, rivers, water chemistry, aquatic restoration

Monica Turner

Monica Turner

Professor, zoology and ecology

Expert on terrestrial ecosystem ecology, landscape ecology, forest fires and other natural disturbances, and land-use change

Paul Robbins

Paul Robbins

Dean, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Expert on environmental politics and conservation

Susan Carpenter

Susan Carpenter

Wisconsin Native Plant Garden Curator, Arboretum

Expert on native plant gardening, sustainable gardening practices, bumble bee conservation, rusty-patched bumble bee, southern Wisconsin bumble bees, and citizen-based monitoring.