From Wilderness to Wal–Mart: The Evolution of Conservation Philosophy and Practice

John Wiens

Thursday, 05 Apr 2007 at 7:30 pm – 1414 Molecular Biology Auditorium

John Wiens is the Nature Conservancy Chief Scientist. He is responsible for developing and helping to implement science-based conservation throughout the Nature Conservancy and for forging new linkages with partners. Wiens has degrees from the University of Oklahoma and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was on the faculty of Oregon State University and, subsequently, the University of New Mexico and Colorado State University, where he was a professor of ecology and University Distinguished Professor. His work has emphasized landscape ecology and the ecology of birds and insects in arid environments on several continents. He has authored or edited six books, including Issues and Perspectives in Landscape Ecology (2005, edited with M. Moss) and some 200 scientific papers. The 2007 Paul Errington Lecture.

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  • Biology Program
  • College of Agriculture
  • Committee on Lectures
  • EEOB Department
  • Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Program
  • Entomology Department
  • Environmental Science Program
  • Errington Memorial Fund
  • Fisheries & Wildlife Biology Club
  • GREBE
  • IA Coop. Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
  • Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
  • NREM Department
  • NREM Graduate Student Organization
  • NREM Seminar Committee
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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