Lance
Arvidson
Ecologist
M.S. Biology
Lance has been working
with Wildlands Conservation since 2008. In that time, his
work has been primarily focused on conducting vertebrate
monitoring, listed species surveys, managing the Frog Listening
Network, and assisting in teaching the Gopher Tortoise Authorized
Agent Permitting Courses. Lance has also been part of conservation
land acquisition projects as well as reviews of Development
of Regional Impact applications being implemented throughout
the state. His areas of expertise include vertebrate and
listed species ecology, mammalian community ecology and population
analysis, as well as natural resource education.
Lance began work as an Ecologist in West-Central Florida
in 2005. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Ecology,
Evolutionary Biology, and Biodiversity from the University
of Kansas in 2002 and a Master’s of Science degree
in Biology from the University of South Florida in 2008.
Lance’s graduate research focused on the ecology of
small mammals inhabiting floodplains in West-Central Florida.
Prior to that, Lance’s varied experience includes natural
resource management in the nation of Vanuatu (SW Pacific),
small mammal diversity and abundance research in the Costa
Rican cloud forest, and guiding tourists in the National
Park off the coast of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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