- Lake County Forest Preserve District, Ecological Assessment of District Lands, R. King, N. Barber and H. Jones, Co-PIs
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Status and population viability assessment of the Blanding’s Turtle within the Chiwaukee-Illinois Beach Lake Plain, R. King and G. Glowacki (Lake County Forest Preserve District), Co-P
- Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Inventory of Amphibians and Reptiles in the Green River Conservation Opportunity Area, R. King, PI
- Andy Bruno received a Fellowship in Aerospace History from NASA and the History of Science Society to pursue his research on the history of the 1908 Tunguska explosion over Siberia
Publications:
- Andy Bruno published “A Tale of Two Reindeer: Pastoralism and Preservation in the Soviet Arctic,” REGION: Regional Studies of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia 6, no. 2 (2017): 251–271
- Andy Bruno was also quoted in Mother Jones' article on Trump leaving the Paris Climate Agreement: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/06/trumps-other-russian-connection/
- Eric Zeemering has an article in the January 2018 issue of Public Management Review, which is a special issue on sustainability management: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpxm20/current
- Eric Zeemering also published a paper that is titled "Sustainability Management, Strategy and Reform in Local Government." It challenges city policymakers to integrate sustainability in the strategic planning process, rather than simply "bolting on" boutique environmental programs that do not advance the organization's capacity to achieve broader environmental, economic, and social goals. (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14719037.2017.1293148)
Conferences:
- Andy Bruno gave invited talks at four different colleges and universities, and presented at three major conferences.
Research:
- Jason Hanna is working with a student in the Research Rookies program to investigate the value of a species, with special focus on endangered species. They are asking questions like: Do species have intrinsic value, and what does it mean to say that a species does have intrinsic value?
- Nicholas Barber and Holly Jones had a successful season at Nachusa. They had a great team consisting of graduate and undergraduate students, including 4 ENVS students (Byron Gembeck, Manthy Tee, Tammy Scheck, and Jeff Heise). They were able to get hands-on experience carrying out research in the field and in the lab as part of our larger project to better understand prairie ecosystem restoration.
