Tag land use/stewardship
![Calvin DeWitt](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTQyMSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--ace2b6c67e779bdb5009c4f46c30560c6ca92e68/DeWitt_Calvin_hs07_9421.jpg)
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
![James LaGro Jr.](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTQ0OSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--98b813ce3af422de60fc68474d0760e7a04d613c/headshot.jpg)
James LaGro Jr.
Professor, urban and regional planning, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Expert on urban planning and design, land use policy, and sustainably built environments
![Steve Ventura](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTY4NCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--189b346cbc26f965043adb7c599e15bdc158e09d/SV_working.jpg)
Steve Ventura
Professor, environmental studies and soil science; Director, Land Tenure Center
Expert in community food systems, land tenure, GIS, agricultural land management
![William Church](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTc4MiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--7b49920cd6abce8b1450117e6984a6325b34c1b1/church_larry_2006_rashid.jpg)
![Holly Gibbs](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjgxNCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--a91753ff6a325b48e89e17fc5d4c0d3fdf6a45a4/Holly_headshot_2019.jpeg)
Holly Gibbs
Professor, the Department of Geography and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Holly Gibbs is an expert on tropical deforestation, with a focus on the potential for corporate promises to end deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest.
![Susan Carpenter](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjM0NiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--8a385f2bb7fcde7e8dd1b2c3d16fb61432227ccd/Susan_Carpenter_300dpi.jpg)
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.