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Heidi Kretser
Livelihoods and Conservation Coordinator
As the Livelihoods and Conservation Coordinator for WCS’s North America Program, Heidi works to bring a social science perspective to the existing biological science projects to achieve greater conservation impact. She has used this approach to understand and resolve complex conservation questions pertaining to the impacts of low-density rural development, or exurban development, on wildlife and to determine the effective communication strategies to reduce demand for and purchase of wildlife trade items by the U.S. military. Heidi also serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor at Cornell University’s Department of Natural Resources and as an advisor to Friends of Nepal Nature. Heidi joined the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Adirondack Program in 1998 and was the Coordinator for the Adirondack Communities and Conservation Program from 1999 to 2003. In that role she implemented numerous community-based conservation projects, initiated the Landscape Species Approach for the Adirondacks, and collaborated on the making of the Adirondack Atlas. Heidi Kretser completed her Ph.D. in Natural Resources management at Cornell University focusing on the social aspects of human-wildlife interactions. She received an M.S. in Environmental Studies from the Yale School of Forestry and B.S. in Resource Economics from Cornell University. Heidi started her career in conservation working on an acid rain project in the Adirondacks. She worked on several environmental education programs in Nepal and has participated in study groups and collaborative conservation programs in Italy, Venezuela, and Arctic Alaska.
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Heidi Kretser
Livelihoods and Conservation Coordinator
As the Livelihoods and Conservation Coordinator for WCS’s North America Program, Heidi works to bring a social science perspective to the existing biological science projects to achieve greater conservation impact. She has used this approach to understand and resolve complex conservation questions pertaining to the impacts of low-density rural development, or exurban development, on wildlife and to determine the effective communication strategies to reduce demand for and purchase of wildlife trade items by the U.S. military. Heidi also serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor at Cornell University’s Department of Natural Resources and as an advisor to Friends of Nepal Nature. Heidi joined the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Adirondack Program in 1998 and was the Coordinator for the Adirondack Communities and Conservation Program from 1999 to 2003. In that role she implemented numerous community-based conservation projects, initiated the Landscape Species Approach for the Adirondacks, and collaborated on the making of the Adirondack Atlas. Heidi Kretser completed her Ph.D. in Natural Resources management at Cornell University focusing on the social aspects of human-wildlife interactions. She received an M.S. in Environmental Studies from the Yale School of Forestry and B.S. in Resource Economics from Cornell University. Heidi started her career in conservation working on an acid rain project in the Adirondacks. She worked on several environmental education programs in Nepal and has participated in study groups and collaborative conservation programs in Italy, Venezuela, and Arctic Alaska.
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Bob Inman
Wolverine Project Coordinator
Bob Inman completed his MS degree in Wildlife Ecology and Management at the University of Tennessee in 1997. He has focused on carnivore research and management in the Rocky Mountians of the western United States, specifically black bears and wolverines. Bob now coordinates WCS's long term site in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. His work on wolveirnes in Greater Yellowstone is advancing the concept of Yellowstone as a protected area to that of a node within a network of protected areas that spans the Rocky Mountains.
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Bob Inman
Wolverine Project Coordinator
Bob Inman completed his MS degree in Wildlife Ecology and Management at the University of Tennessee in 1997. He has focused on carnivore research and management in the Rocky Mountians of the western United States, specifically black bears and wolverines. Bob now coordinates WCS's long term site in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. His work on wolveirnes in Greater Yellowstone is advancing the concept of Yellowstone as a protected area to that of a node within a network of protected areas that spans the Rocky Mountains.
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Bryan Aber
Carnivore Conservation Specialist
Involved with WCS wolverine program since 2000, Bryan is currently filling a collaborative carnivore biologist position between WCS, Idaho Fish & Game and the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Bryan was previously employed by the Caribou-Targhee National Forest as the District Biologist for the Ashton/Island Park Ranger District. He has a 27-plus year tenure with the US Forest Service. Bryan grew up in the Catskill Mountains of New York, but has lived in the Yellowstone Ecosystem since 1981.
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Bryan Aber
Carnivore Conservation Specialist
Involved with WCS wolverine program since 2000, Bryan is currently filling a collaborative carnivore biologist position between WCS, Idaho Fish & Game and the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Bryan was previously employed by the Caribou-Targhee National Forest as the District Biologist for the Ashton/Island Park Ranger District. He has a 27-plus year tenure with the US Forest Service. Bryan grew up in the Catskill Mountains of New York, but has lived in the Yellowstone Ecosystem since 1981.
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Cheryl Chetkiewitz
Northern Ontario Landscape Coordinator
Cheryl is the northern Ontario Landscape Coordinator at WCS Canada, applying her experience in academia, field based research and varied partnerships with First Nations, Government and NGOs to help develop tools to support regional and community-based conservation planning in Ontario’s Northern Boreal landscape. Cheryl’s research is focused on developing a monitoring program to assess thresholds for key wildlife species and ecological processes in under strain from resource extraction and climate change in the boreal. Cheryl joined WCS in 1998 as a Policy Analyst at WCS headquarters in New York and later became a Program Officer. Building on her experience at WCS, Cheryl completed her PhD working on identifying and designing local wildlife corridors for cougars and grizzly bears within two key areas of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, Canmore and the Crowsnest Pass. This research has guided the application of land-use planning within increasingly fragmented habitats outside of protected areas.
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Cheryl Chetkiewitz
Northern Ontario Landscape Coordinator
Cheryl is the northern Ontario Landscape Coordinator at WCS Canada, applying her experience in academia, field based research and varied partnerships with First Nations, Government and NGOs to help develop tools to support regional and community-based conservation planning in Ontario’s Northern Boreal landscape. Cheryl’s research is focused on developing a monitoring program to assess thresholds for key wildlife species and ecological processes in under strain from resource extraction and climate change in the boreal. Cheryl joined WCS in 1998 as a Policy Analyst at WCS headquarters in New York and later became a Program Officer. Building on her experience at WCS, Cheryl completed her PhD working on identifying and designing local wildlife corridors for cougars and grizzly bears within two key areas of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, Canmore and the Crowsnest Pass. This research has guided the application of land-use planning within increasingly fragmented habitats outside of protected areas.
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Donald Reid
Northern Boreal Mountains Landscape Coordinator
As an Associate Conservation Zoologist in the WCS Canada Country Program, Don leads conservation research and planning projects in various parts of Yukon and northern British Columbia. His primary research interests are in the spatial and temporal dimensions of ecosystem dynamics, and how these affect conservation needs, opportunities and planning. Since 2006 Don has been a lead scientist on an International Polar Year study of the terrestrial tundra food web in northern Yukon, with central focus on the trophic interactions of lemmings and their predators. He has also led a team of biologists in gathering and interpreting ecosystem and wildlife habitat data for a strategic land use plan in the Peel Watershed of northern Yukon. This planning process has produced recommendations for substantial new protected areas, and is now undergoing political review. His focus is shifting to conservation issues in the Northern Boreal Mountains, spanning northern British Columbia and southern Yukon. Large areas of wilderness with robust wildlife populations are at risk from new natural resource extraction projects, conversion of land to agriculture, and climate change. Don is leading work in this emerging WCS landscape, including forest resource planning, analysis of protected area options, and capacity building with First Nation governments. Don joined WCS Canada in 2004, based in Whitehorse, Yukon, when the Canada Country Program was getting started. He has helped establish the Country Program, including its strategic planning, and has assisted in the development of the North America Program’s strategic planning. His work in northwest Canada is now strengthened with the inclusion of Hilary Cooke as a research biologist based in Whitehorse. Don has advanced degrees in animal ecology: MSc (Calgary), PhD (British Columbia). His research background includes river otters, beavers, lynx and snowshoe hares in boreal Canada, giant pandas and Asiatic black bears in the eastern Himalaya of China, and lemmings, foxes and raptors on nearctic tundra. His conservation activities include analysis of wildlife habitat and distribution data for land use planning processes, management planning for protected areas, and integration of wildlife habitat needs in forest management.
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Donald Reid
Northern Boreal Mountains Landscape Coordinator
As an Associate Conservation Zoologist in the WCS Canada Country Program, Don leads conservation research and planning projects in various parts of Yukon and northern British Columbia. His primary research interests are in the spatial and temporal dimensions of ecosystem dynamics, and how these affect conservation needs, opportunities and planning. Since 2006 Don has been a lead scientist on an International Polar Year study of the terrestrial tundra food web in northern Yukon, with central focus on the trophic interactions of lemmings and their predators. He has also led a team of biologists in gathering and interpreting ecosystem and wildlife habitat data for a strategic land use plan in the Peel Watershed of northern Yukon. This planning process has produced recommendations for substantial new protected areas, and is now undergoing political review. His focus is shifting to conservation issues in the Northern Boreal Mountains, spanning northern British Columbia and southern Yukon. Large areas of wilderness with robust wildlife populations are at risk from new natural resource extraction projects, conversion of land to agriculture, and climate change. Don is leading work in this emerging WCS landscape, including forest resource planning, analysis of protected area options, and capacity building with First Nation governments. Don joined WCS Canada in 2004, based in Whitehorse, Yukon, when the Canada Country Program was getting started. He has helped establish the Country Program, including its strategic planning, and has assisted in the development of the North America Program’s strategic planning. His work in northwest Canada is now strengthened with the inclusion of Hilary Cooke as a research biologist based in Whitehorse. Don has advanced degrees in animal ecology: MSc (Calgary), PhD (British Columbia). His research background includes river otters, beavers, lynx and snowshoe hares in boreal Canada, giant pandas and Asiatic black bears in the eastern Himalaya of China, and lemmings, foxes and raptors on nearctic tundra. His conservation activities include analysis of wildlife habitat and distribution data for land use planning processes, management planning for protected areas, and integration of wildlife habitat needs in forest management.
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John Weaver
Senior Conservation Scientist
John Weaver is a carnivore conservation biologist for WCS based in Missoula, Montana with field programs in the western United States and Canada that are focused on large landscape conservation, wildlife connectivity and adaptation to climate change.
Over the past 25 years, John has played many key roles in large carnivore conservation in the United States and Canada. His dissertation research was on the ecology of wolf predation in the high-diversity ungulate environment of Jasper National Park, Alberta. John has held leadership positions with the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on endangered species and has served on several recovery teams, including for both wolves and grizzly bears.
Over the years, he has perfected hair snaring techniques for lynx and bear surveys and invented a lynx lure that is now widely used. He has authored more than 20 scientific publications and served as a reviewer for five scientific journals. John has an academic appointment at the University of Montana. He is particularly interested in conservation strategies that address the resiliency mechanisms of vulnerable species.
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John Weaver
Senior Conservation Scientist
John Weaver is a carnivore conservation biologist for WCS based in Missoula, Montana with field programs in the western United States and Canada that are focused on large landscape conservation, wildlife connectivity and adaptation to climate change.
Over the past 25 years, John has played many key roles in large carnivore conservation in the United States and Canada. His dissertation research was on the ecology of wolf predation in the high-diversity ungulate environment of Jasper National Park, Alberta. John has held leadership positions with the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on endangered species and has served on several recovery teams, including for both wolves and grizzly bears.
Over the years, he has perfected hair snaring techniques for lynx and bear surveys and invented a lynx lure that is now widely used. He has authored more than 20 scientific publications and served as a reviewer for five scientific journals. John has an academic appointment at the University of Montana. He is particularly interested in conservation strategies that address the resiliency mechanisms of vulnerable species.
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Jon Beckmann
Pronghorn Project Coordinator
As an Associate Conservation Scientist in the WCS North America Program, Jon is the Principle Investigator or Co-PI on several projects in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and in other regions of North America. Jon’s current research and conservation projects include: 1) examining the impacts of natural gas development in the Upper Green River Basin, Wyoming on the migrating pronghorn of Grand Teton National Park and western Wyoming; 2) protecting moose and elk migration between Yellowstone National Park and winter range in southeast Idaho by understanding and reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions and limiting rural residential sprawl in migration corridors; 3) an on-going 15-year study investigating and reducing human-bear conflicts along the wildland-urban interface in the Lake Tahoe Basin of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; 4) using detection dogs to examine connectivity issues for large carnivores in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem; 5) examining the impacts of the border fence along the US-Mexico border on wildlife connectivity; and 6) understanding how human-altered environments impact mountain lion ecology, behavior and population dynamics in the Great Basin Desert. Jon has studied a diverse array of species, ranging from black bears and mountain lions to pronghorn, small mammals, and shorebirds, addressing numerous conservation-oriented questions. His main interests are mammalian behavioral ecology, population ecology, and conservation biology. He is interested in the effects that anthropogenic factors have on the abundance, distribution, and behavior of mammals, particularly carnivores. Along with >20 publications, Jon is lead editor on a 2010 book titled Safe Passages: highways, wildlife and habitat connectivity. Jon has given over 25 scientific meeting presentations and over 30 invited university and professional training presentations. His research has been the subject of more than 60 radio, television, and newspaper articles, including NBC Nightly News, Discovery Channel, NY Times, LA Times, Newsweek, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal and articles run over the AP wire nationally and internationally. Jon has used his applied research to affect conservation through the public policy arena. For example, his published research on bears and public presentations at various county commissioner meetings in the Lake Tahoe basin in both CA and NV prompted new bear-proof dumpster laws and ordinances in several counties. Dr. Beckmann attended the University of Nevada-Reno (UNR) for his graduate education where he received his Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology. Jon was also nominated in 2004 by his peers for the Alan T. Waterman Award, the most prestigious award from NSF for scientists under the age of 35.
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Jon Beckmann
Pronghorn Project Coordinator
As an Associate Conservation Scientist in the WCS North America Program, Jon is the Principle Investigator or Co-PI on several projects in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and in other regions of North America. Jon’s current research and conservation projects include: 1) examining the impacts of natural gas development in the Upper Green River Basin, Wyoming on the migrating pronghorn of Grand Teton National Park and western Wyoming; 2) protecting moose and elk migration between Yellowstone National Park and winter range in southeast Idaho by understanding and reducing wildlife-vehicle collisions and limiting rural residential sprawl in migration corridors; 3) an on-going 15-year study investigating and reducing human-bear conflicts along the wildland-urban interface in the Lake Tahoe Basin of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; 4) using detection dogs to examine connectivity issues for large carnivores in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem; 5) examining the impacts of the border fence along the US-Mexico border on wildlife connectivity; and 6) understanding how human-altered environments impact mountain lion ecology, behavior and population dynamics in the Great Basin Desert. Jon has studied a diverse array of species, ranging from black bears and mountain lions to pronghorn, small mammals, and shorebirds, addressing numerous conservation-oriented questions. His main interests are mammalian behavioral ecology, population ecology, and conservation biology. He is interested in the effects that anthropogenic factors have on the abundance, distribution, and behavior of mammals, particularly carnivores. Along with >20 publications, Jon is lead editor on a 2010 book titled Safe Passages: highways, wildlife and habitat connectivity. Jon has given over 25 scientific meeting presentations and over 30 invited university and professional training presentations. His research has been the subject of more than 60 radio, television, and newspaper articles, including NBC Nightly News, Discovery Channel, NY Times, LA Times, Newsweek, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal and articles run over the AP wire nationally and internationally. Jon has used his applied research to affect conservation through the public policy arena. For example, his published research on bears and public presentations at various county commissioner meetings in the Lake Tahoe basin in both CA and NV prompted new bear-proof dumpster laws and ordinances in several counties. Dr. Beckmann attended the University of Nevada-Reno (UNR) for his graduate education where he received his Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology. Jon was also nominated in 2004 by his peers for the Alan T. Waterman Award, the most prestigious award from NSF for scientists under the age of 35.
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Justina Ray
WCS Canada Executive Director
Dr. Justina Ray has been Executive Director of Wildlife Conservation Society Canada since its incorporation in 2004. In addition to overseeing the operations of WCS Canada, Justina is involved in research and policy activities in research and policy activities associated with conservation planning in northern landscapes, with a particular focus on wolverine and caribou. Although Justina worked for years in African and Asian tropical forests, North America has been her predominant geographic focus over the past decade. The questions that drive her research are rooted in evaluating the role of shifting landscapes in biodiversity decline and/or change in forested ecosystems. These issues include quantifying the impacts of development activities on biodiversity, including effects of forest changes on mammal population and community structure, and monitoring of species at risk. In Canada, Justina has been appointed to numerous government-led advisory panels, including: Ontario Wolverine Recovery Team, the Nova Scotia Marten and Lynx Recovery Team, the Ontario Caribou Science Advisory Panel, the federal Boreal Caribou Science Advisory Group for the Critical Habitat Science Review, Committee on the Status of Species at Risk in Ontario (COSSARO), the Lake Simcoe Science Advisory Committee, and the Ontario Far North Science Advisory Panel. In 2006-7, she served on the Endangered Species Act Review Advisory Panel for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources through to the passage of a new Act in May 2007. Since 2009, she has served as co-chair of the Terrestrial Mammal Subcommittee of The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). Justina graduated from University of Florida with a Ph.D. in 1996; her dissertation subject was on the community ecology of forest carnivores in Central Africa. She has authored or co-authored more than thirty book chapter, journal, or popular articles, and is lead editor of the book Large Carnivores and the Conservation of Biodiversity (Island Press; March, 2005), co-editor of Noninvasive Survey Techniques for North American Carnivores (Island Press, 2008), and co-author of Caribou and the North: A Shared Future (Dundurn Press, 2008). She is Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto (Faculty of Forestry) and Trent University (Biology Department), and Research Associate at the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology at the Royal Ontario Museum. She is co-chair of the Board of Directors of Two Countries, One Forest (a Northern Appalachians conservation network).
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Justina Ray
WCS Canada Executive Director
Dr. Justina Ray has been Executive Director of Wildlife Conservation Society Canada since its incorporation in 2004. In addition to overseeing the operations of WCS Canada, Justina is involved in research and policy activities in research and policy activities associated with conservation planning in northern landscapes, with a particular focus on wolverine and caribou. Although Justina worked for years in African and Asian tropical forests, North America has been her predominant geographic focus over the past decade. The questions that drive her research are rooted in evaluating the role of shifting landscapes in biodiversity decline and/or change in forested ecosystems. These issues include quantifying the impacts of development activities on biodiversity, including effects of forest changes on mammal population and community structure, and monitoring of species at risk. In Canada, Justina has been appointed to numerous government-led advisory panels, including: Ontario Wolverine Recovery Team, the Nova Scotia Marten and Lynx Recovery Team, the Ontario Caribou Science Advisory Panel, the federal Boreal Caribou Science Advisory Group for the Critical Habitat Science Review, Committee on the Status of Species at Risk in Ontario (COSSARO), the Lake Simcoe Science Advisory Committee, and the Ontario Far North Science Advisory Panel. In 2006-7, she served on the Endangered Species Act Review Advisory Panel for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources through to the passage of a new Act in May 2007. Since 2009, she has served as co-chair of the Terrestrial Mammal Subcommittee of The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). Justina graduated from University of Florida with a Ph.D. in 1996; her dissertation subject was on the community ecology of forest carnivores in Central Africa. She has authored or co-authored more than thirty book chapter, journal, or popular articles, and is lead editor of the book Large Carnivores and the Conservation of Biodiversity (Island Press; March, 2005), co-editor of Noninvasive Survey Techniques for North American Carnivores (Island Press, 2008), and co-author of Caribou and the North: A Shared Future (Dundurn Press, 2008). She is Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto (Faculty of Forestry) and Trent University (Biology Department), and Research Associate at the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology at the Royal Ontario Museum. She is co-chair of the Board of Directors of Two Countries, One Forest (a Northern Appalachians conservation network).
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Keith Aune
Senior Conservationist and Bison Coordinator
Keith received his bachelors in wildlife biology from the University of Montana, Missoula and a Masters Degree in Fish and Wildlife Management from Montana State University, Bozeman. Keith is Senior Conservation Scientist for WCS and working on several issues including a granting program for the Wildlife Action Opportunities Fund, the WCS Corridor Initiative, and the American Bison. Keith comes to WCS from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (MFWP) where he served for 31 years in various capacities. He has conducted field or laboratory research on black and grizzly bears, wildlife diseases, wolverine, lions and bison. In his most recent position at MFWP he served as the Chief of Wildlife Research for FWP and directed multiple research projects across Montana as well as supervising the annual harvest survey and the Wildlife Research Laboratory staff.
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Keith Aune
Senior Conservationist and Bison Coordinator
Keith received his bachelors in wildlife biology from the University of Montana, Missoula and a Masters Degree in Fish and Wildlife Management from Montana State University, Bozeman. Keith is Senior Conservation Scientist for WCS and working on several issues including a granting program for the Wildlife Action Opportunities Fund, the WCS Corridor Initiative, and the American Bison. Keith comes to WCS from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (MFWP) where he served for 31 years in various capacities. He has conducted field or laboratory research on black and grizzly bears, wildlife diseases, wolverine, lions and bison. In his most recent position at MFWP he served as the Chief of Wildlife Research for FWP and directed multiple research projects across Montana as well as supervising the annual harvest survey and the Wildlife Research Laboratory staff.
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Leslie Karasin
Program Manager and Community Planning Project Coordinator
In her role as Program Manager, Leslie coordinates both programmatic and operational aspects of the Adirondack Program. She is currently focusing on applying her land use experience to community outreach projects promoting ecologically-sensitive development patterns. Named a Kinship Conservation Fellow in 2010, Leslie is also exploring opportunities for market-based tools to be used in funding regional carbon mitigation projects and implementing the Adirondack Climate Action Plan. Since joining the Wildlife Conservation Society in 2001, Leslie has worked collaboratively on a variety of research and community outreach projects, including development and implementation of a Local Waterfront Revitalization Strategy for the Towns of Clifton and Fine, black bear, Bicknell’s thrush, and all-terrain vehicle research, and a variety of initiatives to engage with local government officials on collaborative sustainable development projects. Prior to joining WCS, Leslie worked as an environmental consultant, taught at a community college, and worked as a backcountry environmental educator in the Adirondack High Peaks. After graduating from Wellesley College with a degree in math and economics, Leslie was awarded a Susan Rappaport Knafel Traveling Fellowship, during which she divided her time between hiking and volunteering with a variety of environmental organizations on four continents. In her community, Leslie chairs the Village planning board and serves on the Comprehensive Planning Committee, a multi-year volunteer effort. She also serves on the Boards of Northern New York Audubon and the New York Planning Federation.
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Leslie Karasin
Program Manager and Community Planning Project Coordinator
In her role as Program Manager, Leslie coordinates both programmatic and operational aspects of the Adirondack Program. She is currently focusing on applying her land use experience to community outreach projects promoting ecologically-sensitive development patterns. Named a Kinship Conservation Fellow in 2010, Leslie is also exploring opportunities for market-based tools to be used in funding regional carbon mitigation projects and implementing the Adirondack Climate Action Plan. Since joining the Wildlife Conservation Society in 2001, Leslie has worked collaboratively on a variety of research and community outreach projects, including development and implementation of a Local Waterfront Revitalization Strategy for the Towns of Clifton and Fine, black bear, Bicknell’s thrush, and all-terrain vehicle research, and a variety of initiatives to engage with local government officials on collaborative sustainable development projects. Prior to joining WCS, Leslie worked as an environmental consultant, taught at a community college, and worked as a backcountry environmental educator in the Adirondack High Peaks. After graduating from Wellesley College with a degree in math and economics, Leslie was awarded a Susan Rappaport Knafel Traveling Fellowship, during which she divided her time between hiking and volunteering with a variety of environmental organizations on four continents. In her community, Leslie chairs the Village planning board and serves on the Comprehensive Planning Committee, a multi-year volunteer effort. She also serves on the Boards of Northern New York Audubon and the New York Planning Federation.
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