EMI Fellows

EMI Fellows provide research and logistical support for a wide range of the Initiative's ongoing projects. At present, Fellows are involved with case study research, the design of the case study database, coordinating midcareer training courses, and website design and maintenance. Other projects include coordination of a speaker series and development of a series of case-studies for training workshops and mid-career educational programs. EMI Fellows are current graduate students in SNRE with academic and/or professional experience in ecosystem management.

Jason Good

Jason Good graduated from Longwood University with a B.S. in biology. After college, Jason worked in a variety of positions, from engineer to lab assistant to legal assistant. However, it was his most recent position, working as a fisheries observer in the groundfish fisheries off the coast of Oregon , Washington and in Alaska 's Bering Sea , that instilled in Jason the importance of environmental conflict management and collaboration. After three years of counting fish and managing environmental conflict one boat at a time, Jason began a master's degree program at the School of Natural Resources and Environment with a concentration in resource policy and behavior. Jason is interested in how the process of collaboration can be used to overcome environmental conflict and to further innovative approaches to conservation. Jason's thesis examines the influence of the Federal Advisory Committee Act on collaboration, with a focus on the Bureau of Land Management.

Lauren Pidot

 

Lauren Pidot is a first-year student pursuing an M.S. through the Environmental Policy and Planning field of study at the University of Michigan 's School of Natural Resources and the Environment (SNRE). Prior to her arrival in Michigan , she spent two years in Washington D.C. working for the National Council for Science and the Environment, an organization dedicated to improving the scientific basis of environmental decision-making. She has also spent time developing and leading environmental education programs in upstate New York , and researching environmental indicator development for the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment. Lauren received a B.A. in Government from Wesleyan University in 2003, after spending two semesters studying environmental issue in the Southwest and Pacific Northwest with the Audubon Expedition Institute. An ocean and mountain enthusiast, Lauren's interest in working to improve the environmental decision-making process drew her to the University of Michigan despite its landlocked and relatively flat landscape. She looks forward, however, to exploring the Great Lakes region during her time at school.

Wes Wong

 

Wes comes to EMI after four years as a soils, botany, and forestry specialist with the Bureau of Land Management in Salem , Oregon. At BLM he represented a younger generation in natural resource management. In the Pacific Northwest, he dealt with the public land challenges of preserving endangered species habitat, protecting clean water, and departing from historically high timber production. Wes earned a B.S. in Environmental Biology and Management from University of California, Davis in 2002. As an undergraduate he studied tropical biodiversity and sustainable community issues in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Under a National Science Foundation grant, he investigated intertidal arthropod distribution in Baja, California. Currently, Wes is on educational leave from the US Forest Service. When he reports to the Mt. Hood National Forest he will apply ecosystem based management principles to habitat rehabilitation projects. His current Master's work at the School of Natural Resources and Environment focuses on conservation biology.

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