Julie
Morris
President/Director
of Conservation
M.S. Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Julie’s areas of expertise include conservation planning and policy, field ecology, stakeholder coordination, environmental education and public outreach. She has developed conservation programs with local governments, landowners and community groups throughout Florida and internationally. Julie is originally from Venice Florida; she has over 15 years experience working in the conservation field.
Julie has worked in identifying local, state and regional conservation priorities for various state and local entities; this entails working with a diverse set of stakeholders. She has also coordinated successful environmental land acquisition referendums for county programs. This experience includes: developing the protocols for acquisition programs; writing the governing ordinances; community education and outreach, and working with groups such as development and real estate professionals, landowners, conservation organizations, governmental agencies and the general public. She is experienced in working with the various state and local programs to successfully put lands into conservation; she works for governmental agencies as well as private landowners.
Julie is an experienced field ecologist: she develops monitoring programs for terrestrial and marine wildlife, provides ecological assessments of potential conservation lands and conducts species-specific wildlife surveys. She has specialized in gopher tortoise conservation for the past 15 years, and currently teaches Gopher Tortoise Certification Classes around the state.
In the past, Julie worked for the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida as a Research Scientist. She specialized in conducting studies on the human dimensions of conservation, including evaluating conservation and management programs, designing effective environmental communication and outreach programs, and focusing on solutions to human/wildlife conflict. Her other experiences include: working with the Ashton Biological Preserve on gopher tortoise research and conservation policy; Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic and land manager and ecologist for Charlotte County.
Julie sits on FWC’s Gopher Tortoise Technical Advisory Group, and is a past member of the Environmental Policy Task Force for Sarasota County, and the Environmental Task Force for the City of Venice.
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