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DAVID H. SMITH CONSERVATION RESEARCH FELLOWS: CLASS OF 2008

The Society for Conservation Biology and the Cedar Tree Foundation are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2008 David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship: Brett Dickson, Holly Gibbs, Olaf Jensen, and Anne Salomon. The Fellows were selected in early January from a pool of highly qualified recent recipients of Ph.D.s from around the world.

The David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship seeks to find solutions to the most pressing conservation challenges in the United States. Each Fellow's research is conducted in partnership with a major academic institution and a practice-based conservation organization to help bridge the gap between theory and application.

Brett Dickson will be based at Northern Arizona University, where he will concentrate on the project "Restoring native ecosystems on the Kaibab Plateau, Arizona: integrated models of fire, vegetation, plant invasion, and wildlife to guide science-based management and conservation" under the academic mentorship of Thomas Sisk and in partnership with Ethan Aumack of the Grand Canyon Trust.

Holly Gibbs will be based at Stanford University, where she will conduct the project "Evolving U.S. energy policy: promise or peril for tropical conservation?" with academic mentor Rosamond Naylor and partners with Keith Alger of Conservation International, Peter Frumhoff of Union of Concerned Scientists, and Daniel Nepsted of Woods Hole Research Center.

Olaf Jensen will focus on "Understanding fisheries collapse and recovery: biological, management, and economic correlates of failed fisheries" at the University of Washington with academic mentors Ray Hilborn and Timothy Essington and in partnership with Rod Fujita of Environmental Defense and Phillip Levin of the National Marine Fisheries Service.

Anne Salomon will be based at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she will complete the project "Forecasting the ecological effects of marine reserves to inform ecosystem-based management" with academic mentor Steve Gaines and in partnership with Steve Katz and Mike Murray of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

The Fellows' research projects focus on urgent conservation issues, but they also learn directly about the challenges and rewards of applying science to conservation. The program's focus is to enlarge the Fellows' professional opportunities and ensure future success by helping them build relationships in the conservation and research communities and by providing opportunities for professional development through targeted workshops and training events. More information is available at www.smithfellows.org or from Shonda Gilliland Foster, 1 703 276-2384 x101, sfoster@conbio.org.

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