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Wildlands
Conservation is a core group of ecologists, acquisition specialists,
land managers, and conservation planners with a common goal
to conserve our wildlands. We
believe that our organization and it’s expertise are
a critical component in the challenge to save our remaining
wild places.
David
Sumpter, Executive
Director
M.S. Fisheries and Wildlife Biology |
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Wildlands Board of Directors
Dr.
Henry Mushinsky, Member
Henry
R. Mushinsky received the Ph.D in Zoology from Clemson University
in 1973. He joined the faculty at the University
of South Florida in 1979, where he has served as Professor
and Graduate Director since 1995. His research focuses
on rare and listed vertebrate species. Mushinsky has
published nearly 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles. He
and colleague Earl McCoy have mentored 39 graduate students. Mushinsky
will be President of the American Society of Ichthyology
and Herpetology in 2008, has served as an elected
member of the IUCN (world conservation union) as a tortoise
and freshwater turtle expert, and is a member of the executive
board of the World Congress of Herpetology.
Shannon
Gonzalez, Member
Shannon Gonzalez has
a diverse educational and professional background with interests
in large-scale
landscape issues, wildlife ecology and wetland function. He
received his B.S. in biology from the University of South
Florida (USF) in 1997 and his M.S. in Zoology from
the USF in 2004. He is currently a Senior Project
Scientist for Biological Research Associates in Tampa,
Florida where he has been employed since 1997 and, he
also serves as President of Florida's Nature Coast Publishing,
Inc. As an Ecologist, his experience includes wildlife
habitat assessment, wetland evaluation, and extensive preparation
of oral and written documentation of his collaborations and
findings. In business, he has focused on operations
management, including real estate negotiations, financial
oversight and human resources. He has also built
an excellent working relationship with many biologists, regulators,
academicians and businesses that increase the potential
for collaboration on many different levels.
P.
Daniel Alberdi, Jr., Member
Danny received his B.S. in Biology
from Florida State University in 1981, a M.S. in Biological
Oceanography from the University of South Florida’s School of
Marine Science in 1990, and his J.D. from the Stetson
University College of Law in 2001. Danny’s professional
career included two stints at the Environmental Protection
Commission of Hillsborough County (EPC) where he originally
worked as an environmental scientist in the Wetlands
Management Division handling wetlands and sovereign submerged
lands related reviews, as well as development plan reviews.
During this initial tenure, Danny served on various advisory
committees, including the Tampa Port Authority’s
(TPA) Submerged Lands Management Committee, the TPA’s
Dredge Review Committee, the Army Corps of Engineers
Migratory Bird Committee, the Cockroach Bay Restoration
Alliance, and the Cockroach Bay Aquatic Preserve Management
Advisory Team. During his most recent tenure at the EPC,
Danny served as the Assistant Director of the Wetlands
Management Division, where he was charged with oversight
of wetlands related permitting for HillsboroughCounty.
He also helped draft and implement one of the State’s
most comprehensive mangrove protection rules during this
period. He worked at the Tampa law firm ofMacfarlane
Ferguson and McMullen from 2001 through 2004 specializing
in the practice of environmental and land use law, and
served on the Citizens Environmental Advisory Committee
in 2002. His interests include environmental planning
and policy.
Associates
Dr.Reed Bowman www.archbold-station.org
Dr. Brian Ormiston bormisto@tampabay.rr.com
Dr. Scott Emery ehi@prodigy.net
George L. Heinrich Heinrich
Ecological Services
Wildlife Fellowship, Inc. www.wildfellow.org
Stite and Assoc. Land Management Services jrstite@aol.com
Starkey Ranch www.starkey-ranch.com
Scheda Ecologial Services www.scheda.com
Biological Research Associates www.biologicalresearch.com
Lemon Bay Conservancy www.lemonbayconservancy.org
Florida Audubon Society www.audubonofflorida.org
Hillsborough River Watershed Alliance www.hrwa-fl.org
Tampa Audubon Society www.tampaaudubon.org
Tampa Bay Conservancy www.tampabayconservancy.org
CF Industries, www.cfindustries.com
Connerton Development, Inc., www.connerton.tampa4u.com
Tampa Electric Company www.tampaelectric.com
Glatting Jackson Kercher Anglin Lopez Rinehart, Inc., www.glatting.com
Gulf Coast Conservancy www.gulfcoastconservancy.org
Florida Defenders of Wildlife www.defenders.org
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