I am a plant ecologist who focuses on a range of conservation questions. I have worked for the Florida Chapter of The Nature Conservancy since 1990 and am now the Director of Conservation. I am also a Research Associate at Archbold Biological Station, in Highlands County, Florida. I direct the resource management, research, and conservation planning efforts of the Florida Chapter. My research focus includes fire and species restoration in longleaf pine ecosystems, identification and prediction of invasive non-indigenous plant species, impacts of sea level rise on coastal habitats, and rare species biology, demography, and management.
