Independent Science Advisors
Wayne Spencer
Lead Scientist and Science Facilitator to DRECP
Conservation Biology Institute; Corvallis, OR
(Specialty: Wildlife conservation biology, reserve design, mammals)
Scott Abella
Assistant Research Professor
School of Environmental and Public Affairs, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
(Specialty: Restoration ecology)
Cameron Barrows
Research Ecologist and Coordinator of Desert Studies Institute of Center for Conservation Biology
University of California Riverside – Palm Desert Campus; Palm Desert, CA
(Specialty: Desert ecology, reptiles, risk assessment)
Kristin Berry
Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist
U.S.Geological Survey Box Springs Field Station; Riverside, CA
(Specialty: Desert wildlife ecology, tortoise, Mohave ground squirrel (and more))
Todd Esque
Ecologist
U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center
Las Vegas Field Station; Henderson, NV
(Specialty: Desert community ecology, vegetation, fire, invasive species, desert tortoise)
Kimball Garrett
Ornithology Collections Manager
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; Los Angeles, CA
(Specialty: Birds)
Chrissy Howell
Senior Conservation Scientist
PRBO Conservation Science, San Francisco Bay Research Center; Petaluma, CA
(Specialty: Spatial analyses, GIS, predictive modeling, bird ecology)
Robin Kobaly
Executive Director
The SummerTree Institute; Morongo Valley, CA
(Specialty: Botany & plant ecology)
Reed Noss
Conservation Science, Inc.; Chuluota, FL
(Specialty: General conservation biology, reserve design)
Richard Redak
Department of Entomology
University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA
(Specialty: Invertebrates)
Robert Webb
Hydrologist
U.S. Geological Survey; Tucson, AZ
(Specialty: Desert disturbance & recovery processes)
Ted Weller
Ecologist
USDA Forest Service, PSW, Redwood Sciences Lab; McKinleyville, CA
(Specialty: Bats and wind turbines)