JMP Leads Letter From 200+ Scientists and 200+ Organizations Urging Biden to Fully Protect Mature and Old-Growth Forests From Logging
February 2, 2024
President Joe Biden
Cc: Ali Zaidi, National Climate Advisor, The White House; Stephenne Harding, Council on Environmental Quality; Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture; Deb Haaland, Secretary of Interior; Tracy Stone-Manning, Director of Bureau of Land Management,
Re: Request for an Executive Order to Place a Moratorium on Mature and Old-Growth Logging on National Forests and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lands While the Forest Service Old Growth Amendment EIS and Related BLM Rulemaking Proceeds
Dear President Biden,
On behalf of our members and supporters, we extend our appreciation for commencing the process aimed at protecting mature and old-growth (MOG) forests. While recognizing this positive step, we strongly urge immediate action, emphasizing that an executive order from President Biden, which could be signed and issued now, holds the highest potential to establish enduring protections for MOG forests for generations to come. Our request, along with those in the scientific community, includes issuing a moratorium on logging within MOG forests, and large trees generally, on all federal lands to ensure these forests are protected as the planning processes proceed to full protections for MOG.
We urge you to implement the following critical measures:
- Acknowledgment of the Singular Threat to Forests: Logging
- Identify logging as a primary threat to forest carbon storage and biodiversity and address it as the foremost concern. This is the only threat that the Forest Service and BLM can effectively cease.
- Closure of Logging Loopholes for MOG Forests
- The Administration’s current proposal includes a glaring loophole for logging under the guises of forest health or fire management, currently used to conduct logging that is degrading the integrity of MOG forests. We request you eliminate this loophole. While the felling of some roadside hazard trees may be permissible for human safety, prioritize preserving felled trees as crucial habitat and stored carbon.
- Inclusion of Mature Forests
- Include full protection of mature forests from logging, not just old-growth forests, and recognize mature forests as vital components of future old-growth ecosystems. For the Administration’s proposal to be truly meaningful, mature forests must not be excluded from protections. The Administration’s current proposal leaves out mature forests, which is tantamount to excluding the entire eastern half of the nation, since very little old-growth forest remains in the eastern U.S., due to logging.
- Enduring Protection Regardless of Natural Processes
- Commit to the enduring protection of designated areas, irrespective of future natural processes like insect outbreaks, wildfires, or wind storms. A deep body of science finds that MOG forests most often act as climate and wildfire refugia. When these forests experience natural disturbance processes, including patches of high-intensity fire, the resulting habitat is highly biodiverse and carbon-rich. MOG forests experiencing fire or other natural processes in recent years must be protected from logging, and current MOG forests must be protected permanently, including when future natural processes, like fire, occur.
- Full Protection for Tongass Old-growth
- Remove the Tongass old-growth logging exemption from any further analysis in the upcoming EIS. Any financial incentive to log old trees on the Tongass conflicts with the conservation directive in EO 14072 and the global biodiversity and carbon importance of the Tongass that is currently transitioning out of old-growth logging.
Scientists have extensively documented the climate and biodiversity significance of mature and old-growth (MOG) forests, and large trees generally, in the continental United States and on the Tongass, offering valuable insights for protections based on the best available science. Moreover, it is important to emphasize that even in the case of large wildfires, they only consume less than 2% of tree carbon. In contrast, thinning operations release a considerably higher amount of carbon into the atmosphere over an equivalent area compared to wildfires.
The evidence is clear: we must cease logging in MOG forests, and large trees generally, both before and after natural processes, and refrain from blaming natural processes as a threat to these resilient forests.
We implore this Administration to exercise executive authority promptly, rather than postponing crucial decisions until after the election. The time to act, to protect MOG forests, and large trees generally, for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation, is now. The power is in your hands; we urge meaningful and immediate action based on the wealth of evidence available to make the right decisions for our citizens and the climate.
Sincerely,
1. 198 methods
2. 350 Bay Area
3. 350 Bay Area Action
4. 350 Chicago
5. 350 Eugene
6. 350 Hawaii
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11. A Community Voice ACORN
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Arboriculture
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16. Anthropocene Alliance
17. Athens County’s Future Action Network,
ACFAN
18. Battle Creek Alliance & Defiance Canyon
Raptor Rescue
19. Biodiversity for a Livable Climate
20. Biofuelwatch
21. Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project
22. California Chaparral Institute
23. California River Watch
24. Cascadia Climate Action Now
25. Cascadia Wildlands
26. Center for Responsible Forestry
27. Center for Sustainable Economy
28. Chattooga Conservancy
29. Choosing Green
30. Christians Caring for Creation
31. Clean Energy Action
32. Climate Action Now Western MA
33. Climate Communications Coalition
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36. Climate Healing Chorus
37. Climate Reality Massachusetts Southcoast
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39. Coast Range Association
40. Coastal Plain Conservation Group
41. Color Brighton Green
42. Colorado Democratic Party – Energy and
Environment Initiative
43. Concerned Citizens of Franklin County
(MA)
44. Conservation Congress
45. Creation Justice Ministries
46. Deer Creek Valley Natural Resources
Conservation Association
47. Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit at Iona
University
48. Democratic Socialists of America –
Knoxville, TN
49. Disquiet Voices
50. Doctors and Scientists Against Wood Smoke
Pollution
51. Dogwood Alliance
52. Don’t Waste Arizona
53. Down East Coal Ash Environmental and
Social Justice Coalition
54. Democratic Party of Oregon Environmental
Caucus
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56. Earth Law Center
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and Light
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59. Earth Path Sanctuary LLC
60. Eco Justice Collaborative
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63. Education, Economics, Environmental,
Climate and Health Organization
(EEECHO)
64. Eighty2degrees Design Studio
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67. Endangered Species Coalition
68. Environmental Education Fund
69. Environmental Justice Ministry Cedar Lane
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
70. Environmental Protection Information
Center – EPIC
71. Edmonds Unitarian Universalist
Congregation
72. Extinction Rebellion Portland
73. Extinction Rebellion San Francisco Bay
Area
74. Extinction Rebellion Western Massachusetts
75. Feather River Action!
76. Forest Keeper
77. Forest Unlimited
78. Forests Forever
79. Foundation Earth
80. Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice
81. Franciscan Action Network
82. Fridays for Future Orange County
83. Friends of Bell Smith Springs
84. Friends of Big Bear Valley
85. Friends of Inwood Hill Park
86. Friends of the Bitterroot
87. Friends of the Clearwater
88. Friends of the Ferdinand State Forest
89. Friends of Trees Committee of Restoring
Earth Connection
90. Friends of Wakefield’s NEMT Forest
91. Gallatin Wildlife Association
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93. Great Swamp Watershed Association
94. Greater Northfield Watershed Association
95. Greece Baptist Church Sustainability Team
96. Green Snohomish
97. Greenvironment, LLC
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100.Holloway Educational Resources
101.Human Nature, Tree Foundation
102.Indiana Forest Alliance
103.Inland Empire Task Force
104.Interfaith Oceans Program
105.In The Shadow Of The Wolf
106.John Muir Project
107.Kentucky Heartwood
108.Kettle Range Conservation Group
109.Klamath Forest Alliance
110.Kootenai Environmental Alliance
111.Last Tree Laws Massachusetts
112.Legacy Forest Defense Coalition
113.Life Net Nature
114.Los Padres ForestWatch
115.Love Our Land
116.Magnolia Forest Group
117.Mason County Climate Justice
118.Massachusetts Forest Watch
119.MO’s Defensible Space
120.Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center
121.Muslim Caucus – YDA
122.Native Ecosystems Council
123.Natural Capitalism Solutions
124.Natural Resources Law
125.New Jersey Forest Watch
126.New Jersey Highlands Coalition
127.New Mexico Climate Justice
128.Nicaragua Center for Community Action
129.North American Climate, Conservation and
Environment (NACCE)
130.North Cascades Conservation Council
131.North Country Earth Action
132.Northwest Environmental Defense Center
133.Northwest Watershed Institute
134.NTS Group
135.Occupy Bergen County
136.Ohio Environmental Council
137.Oil and Gas Action Network
138.Old-Growth Forest Network
139.Olympic Climate Action
140.Olympic Forest Coalition
141.Olympic Park Advocates
142.One Earth
143.Oregon Unitarian Universalist Voices for
Justice
144.Our City SF
145.Our Revolution Massachusetts –
GND/Climate Crisis Working Group
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155.Pisgah Defenders
156.Portland Raging Grannies
157.Presente.org
158.Progressive Democrats of America, Oregon
Chapter
159.Protect Our Woods
160.Protect Thacker Pass
161.Public Employees for Environmental
Responsibility
162.Putnam Progressives
163.Rachel Carson Council
164.Raritan Headwaters Association
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166.Ridgeview Conservancy
167.Rocky Mountain Wild
168.San Diego County Democrats for
Environmental Action
169.Santa Fe Forest Coalition
170.Satoria Sustainability Consulting
171.Save Massachusetts Forests
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175.Shawnee Forest Defense
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177.Sisters of St. Dominic of Blauvelt, New
York
178.Sisters Trails Alliance
179.Soda Mountain Wilderness Council
180.Sonoma County Climate Activist Network
(SoCoCAN!)
181.South Umpqua Rural Community
Partnership
182.Southern Forest Conservation Coalition
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185.Standing Trees
186.Sunflower Alliance
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188.Swan View Coalition
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192.The Conservation Cooperative
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194.The Forest Advocate
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197.Timbuctoo Mountain Club
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(TCAT)–Tree Action Group
199.Treehuggers International
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Ocean Decade
203.Umpqua Natural Leadership Science Hub
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Community
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210.Veterans for Peace
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216.Water League
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218.Wenatchee350.org
219.Wendell State Forest Alliance
220.Western Watersheds Project
221.Wild Heritage, a Project of Earth Island
Institute
222.Wild Hope magazine
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230.World Rainforest Fund
231.Yaak Valley Forest Council
232.Young Democrats of America
Environmental Caucus
233.Young Democrats of America Jewish
Caucus
234.Young Democrats of America Rural Caucus
February 2, 2024
President Joe Biden
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20500
Cc: Ali Zaidi, National Climate Advisor, The White House; Stephenne Harding, Council on Environmental Quality; Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture; Deb Haaland, Secretary of Interior
Re: Request for an Executive Order to Place a Moratorium on Logging Mature and Old-Growth Forests, and Large Trees Generally, on National Forests and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lands While the Old Growth EIS Proceeds
Dear President Biden:
We are scientists with backgrounds in forest ecosystems, climate change, and natural resources writing in response to the December 20, 2023 Notice of Intent for a National Old Growth Amendment in the Federal Register (Federal Register, Vol. 88. No. 243). We applaud your Executive Order 14008 directing federal agencies to protect 30% of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030, and Executive Order 14072 directing the national inventory of mature and old-growth forests for conservation purposes, most of which are on National Forests and BLM lands. Because of the global loss of mature and old-growth forests, and large trees generally,1 and their importance in mitigating the climate and biodiversity crisis on federal lands2, we fully support calls by fellow scientists for a moratorium3 on logging in these critically important forests. Therefore, we request that you now direct the Forest Service and BLM to suspend all timber sales in mature and old-growth forests, and refrain from proposing new timber sales in these forests, while the federal agencies develop their Environmental Impact Statements that best comply with Executive Order 14072 in securing a national network of conservation areas.
We are concerned that the Administration’s proposed old-growth Amendment “does not alter or prescribe any substantive standards for the management of old growth forests” that in the meantime remain vulnerable to dozens of timber sales nationally and efforts by the Forest Service to increase logging of these forests before any substantive conservation takes hold. We are also concerned that the proposed Amendment excludes mature forests, and includes a
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loophole that would allow logging of old-growth forests under certain conditions. Additionally, based on an independent inventory of mature and old-growth forests in the conterminous United States, and the Tongass rainforest in Alaska, more than 50 million acres of mature and old growth forests2,4 are vulnerable to logging. In particular, the Amendment exempts the Tongass, the nation’s highest concentration of old-growth forests and forest carbon4, from further analysis, which is inconsistent with your efforts to transition this forest out of old-growth logging.
The Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use was signed by 141 countries, including the United States, at the COP26. The declaration pledges to end global deforestation and forest degradation by 2030 (emphasis added). Additionally, the United States is committed to the Paris Climate Agreement that “encourages Parties to conserve and enhance, as appropriate, sinks and reservoirs of GHGs that are referred to in Article 4, paragraph 1(d) of the Convention, including forests” (emphasis added). Following through on these commitments in practice is crucial for climate change mitigation5.
Logging and associated road building in mature and old-growth forests and the removal of large trees on federal lands is the main form of forest degradation and is therefore inconsistent with your global commitments and relevant executive orders. We ask that you lead by example in signaling to the world that the United States takes its commitment seriously in halting the global biodiversity and climate crises by now directing federal agencies to enact the strongest protections for the nation’s mature and old-growth forests and large trees as natural climate solutions and a flagship initiative of your roadmap for nature-based solutions. Doing so would be a legacy gift of your Administration to the nation and the planet.
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5Gasser et al. 2022. How the Glasgow Declaration on forests can help keep alive the 1.5C target. PNAS https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2200519119#:~:text=At%20last%20year’s%2026th%20UN,the%20Paris%20agreement %20within%20reach. DellaSala, D.A., et al. 2023. A carpie diem moment on forests and climate policy. https://www.esciinfo.com/uploads/article_pdf/6/scientific_6_7_03042023070834.pdf
Sincerely,
Richard Birdsey
Senior Scientist
Woodwell Climate Research Center
Beverly Law
Professor Emeritus of
Global Change Biology
Oregon State University
William R Moomaw
Distinguished Visiting Scientist Woodwell Climate Research Center
Tufts University
Barry Noon, Ph. D.
Emeritus Professor
Colorado State University
Stuart Pimm
Doris Duke Professor of Conservation
Duke University
Bill Ripple
University Distinguished Professor of Ecology
Oregon State University
Rose Abramoff, Ph. D.
Research Scholar
Ronin Institute
Daniel Anderson
Professor Emeritus
University of California
William Armbruster
Principal Research Scientist
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Erik Asphaug
Professor
University of Arizona
Peter Auster
Research Professor Emeritus
retired
Peter Bahls
Executive Director
Northwest Watershed Institute
David Bain, Ph. D.
Chief Scientist
Orca Conservancy
Carl Baker
Research Scientist III
University of Washington (retired)
William L. Baker
Emeritus Professor, Ecology and Geography
University of Wyoming
Bryant Baker, MSc
Director & Principal GIS Analyst
Wildland Mapping Institute
Norman T. Baker, Ph. D.
Ecologist and Entomologist
Northstar Nurseries Inc.
Mark Barath
US EPA
Retired
Jesse Barber
Professor
Boise State University
Phoebe Barnard, Ph. D.
Co-Founder
Global Restoration Collaborative
Phoebe Barnard, Ph. D.
Advisor
Global Evergreening Alliance
Jeff Beane
Curator of Herpetology
North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences
Craig Benkman
Professor Emeritus
University of Wyoming
Robert Beschta
Professor Emeritus
Oregon State University
Harvey Blankespoor
Professor Emeritus
Science teacher (retired)
Harvey Blankespoor, Ph. D.
1991 National CASE professor of the year (Retired)
Hope College
James Blauth
Professor of Biology
University of Redlands
Brian Bodenbender
Professor of Geology and Environmental Science
Hope College
Monica Bond, Ph. D.
Principal Scientist
Wild Natural Institute
Jim Boone
Senior Scientist
Desert Wildlife Consultants, LLC
Mary S. Booth, Ph. D.
Director
Partnership for Policy Integrity
Curtis Bradley
Senior Scientist
Center for Biological Diversity
William Bromer
Professor Emeritus of Biology
University of St Francis
Barbara Brower
Emerita Professor of Geography
Portland State University
Paul Butler
Emiritus Faculty Member
Geoscience
Alan Cady
Professor of Biology
Miami University
Philip Cantino
Professor Emeritus
Ohio University
Gary Carnefix
Ecologist
Retired
Bobb Carson
Professor- and Dean-Emeritus
Lehigh University
Donna Cassidy-Hanley
Senior Research Associate
Cornell University
Donald Charles
Senior Scientist
Drexel University
Tonja Chi
M.S. Biological Sciences
Independent Research Scientist
Darlene Chirman, M.S.
Retired
University of California at Davis
John Cigliano
Professor of Biology
Cedar Crest College
Raymond Clarke
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Sarah Lawrence College
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Professor Emeritus
U. of Arkansas-Fayetteville
Patrick Crist
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PlanIt Forward LLC
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Research Professor Emeritus
University of Michigan
Dominick A. DellaSala
Wild Heritage, Project of Earth Island Institute
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Alan Dickman
Professor Emeritus
Retired, University of Oregon
Craig Downer
Wildlife Ecologist, President
Andean Tapir Fund
Ken Driese, Ph. D.
Emeritus Lecturer
University of Wyoming
Steve Dudgeon
Professor of Biology
California State University, Northridge
Jonathan Evans
Professor of Biology
University of the South
Daniel Fisher
Professor Emeritus, Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Michigan
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University of Michigan
Michael Fox
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Veterinary Consultancy
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National Park Service (retired)
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Professor
New Mexico State University
Evan Frost
Terrestrial Ecologist / Conservation Scientist
Wildwood Consulting LLC
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Professor
University of Southern California
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Ph. D. Student
UC Davis
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Professor
University of Oregon
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Fisheries Scientist
Wild Fish Conservancy
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NC Museum of Natural Sciences
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Science & Research Director
Wild Orca
Jamie Glasgow, M.S.
Director of Science and Research
Wild Fish Conservancy
Scott Goetz
Regents Professor
Northern Arizona University
Steven Green, Ph.D.
Senior Professor Emeritus
University of Miami
Gregory Grether
Professor
UCLA
Jon Grinnell
Uhler Chair in Biology
Gustavus Adolphus College
Gary Grossman
Professor Emeritus
Universiry of Georgia
Rickard W. Halsey
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California Chaparral Institute
Chad Hanson
John Muir Project
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Cheryl Harding
Professor Emerita
Hunter College, City University of New York
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Southeast Director and Senior Scientist
Center for Biological Diversity
John Harte
Professor Emeritus
University of California, Berkeley
Robert Heath
Professor Emeritus
Kent State University
Kenneth Helms
Research Affiliate, Ph. D.
University of Vermont
Betsy Herbert
Forest/drinking water consultant
Friends of the Corvallis Watershed
Bill Hilton Jr.
Executive Director
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
Karen Holl
Professor of Environmental Studies
University of California, Santa Cruz
Richard Holmes
Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences
Dartmouth College
Paula Hood
Co-Director
Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project
Paula Hood, M.S.
Co-Director
Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project
Elizabeth Horvath
Associate Professor, Biology
Westmont College
Edward Huang
Principal Researcher
CIEDM
Malcolm Hunter
Professor of Wildlife Ecology
University of Maine
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Scientific Software Developer
NASA GES DISC
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Professor Emeritus
University of Maryland
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Professor Emeritus
The University of Montana
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University of Pennsylvania
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Professor Emeritus of Soil and Plant Science
California State University Chico
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Professor Emeritus of Soil and Plant Science
California State University Chico
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Southwest Avian Ecologist
The Institute for Bird Populations
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Professor
University of La Verne
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Research Aquatic Ecologist
Aquatic Ecosystem Sciences LLC
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Professor of Biological Sciences
Western Michigan University
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Professor of Botany Emerita
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Emeritus Professor
UNC Greensboro
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University of Montana – Westen
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Retired biologist
UMBC
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Augustana College
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Senior Lecturer
University of Miami
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Dartmouth College
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Biologist
California State University, Northridge
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Conservation Scientist
Wild Heritage, A Project of Earth Island Institute
Sam L. Davis, Ph.D.
Partnership for Policy Integrity
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Prof. Emeritus
CSULA
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Associate Professor
West Virginia University
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Principal Scientist
Wild Natural Institute
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Associate Research Professor
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Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
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Western Washington University
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John Muir Project of Earth Island Institute
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University of California, Davis
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Research Fellow
Syracuse University
Travis Marsico
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Professor of Applied Science
Trinity College
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U.C. Davis – retired
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Professor of Biology
LOS
David Mildrexler
Systems Ecologist
Eastern Oregon Legacy Lands
William R. Moomaw
Professor Emeritus
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Tufts University
Molly Morris
Professor
Ohio University
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Professor Emeritus
Clemson University
Greg Murray
T. Elliot Weier Professor Emeritus of Plant Science
Hope College
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Professor
Miami University
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Professor Emeritus
University of Michigan
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Professor
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Professor of Biology
Occidental College
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Researcher
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Professor of Biology
Willamette University
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Professor
University of Florida
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Head of Mollusks
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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Professor Emeritus
North Carolina State University
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Professor Emeritus
Economics: University of Montana
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Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of California, Irvine
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Kennesaw State University
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Rutgers University
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Physical Sciences Professor (retired)
Fayetteville State University
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University of Idaho
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Western Aspen Alliance
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University of Cincinnati
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University of Massachusetts Lowell
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USDA Agriculture Research Service
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California State University, Northridge
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Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
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President
Schmid & Co., Inc., Consulting Ecologists
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University of Colorado-Boulder
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University of Virginia
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Professor Emeritus
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Endangered Species Division (retired)
US Fish and Wildlife Service
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Chief Scientist Emeritus
Conservation Biology Institute
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Emeritus Professor Botany
Clemson University
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Professor, ESM Dept.
Portland State University
Mark Steer
Associate Professor
University of the West of England
Julia Steinberger
Professor, Inst. of Geography & Sustainability
University of Lausanne
Rick Steiner
Founder/Director
Oasis Earth
Sandra Steingraber, Ph. D.
Senior Scientist
Science and Environmental Health Network
Alan Stemler
Professor Emeritus
UCDavis
John Sterman
Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management
MIT
Brian Stewart, MES
Habitat Connectivity Scientist and Conservation Biologist
Washington State
James Strittholt
Chief Scientist
Conservation Biology Institute
Alexandra Syphard
Senior Research Ecologist
Conservation Biology Institute
Melanie Szulczewski
Associate Professor of Environmental Science
University of Mary Washington
John Talberth, Ph.D.
President and Senior Economist
Center for Sustainable Economy
John Terborgh
James B. Duke Professor Emeritus
Duke University (retired)
Edward Thornton
Professor of Chemistry
University of Pennsylvania
Tamara Ticktin
Professor of Botany
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Aradhna Tripati
Founding Director
Center for Diverse Leadership in Science, UCLA
Walter Tschinkel
Professor Emeritus
Florida State University
Mary Tyler
Professor Emerita of Zoology University of Maine
Michael Vandeman
Founder
Machine-Free Trails Association
Greg Walker
Emeritus Professor
University of California Riverside
Donald Waller
Professor (retired)
Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison
Glenn Walsberg
Professor Emeritus
Arizona State University
Judith Weis
Professor Emerita
Rutgers University
Sue Wick
Professor Emerita
University of Minnesota
Susan Willson
Assoc. Professor of Biology
St. Lawrence University
Tyler Wilson
Biologist
Independent
Shaye Wolf, Ph.D.
Climate Science Director
Center for Biological Diversity