sustainability
photographs by jon styer
green science
LAURA CATTELL ’09, a Maryland Conservation Corps team leader, clears a fallen tree from a trail at Patapsco Valley State Park.
On Heels of Research Come Sustainable Practices
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Increasing our understanding of the natural world – how everything fits and works together, how we can avoid fouling creation – lies heavily on the shoulders of scientists. Alumni and students involved in the environmental sciences include:
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JAMES AKERSON, MDIV CANDIDATE // Majored in forestry at Oregon State University. // Full-time ecologist at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia and part-time pastor of Beldor Mennonite Church near Elkton, Virginia. // Director of Mid-Atlantic Exotic Plant Management Team, serving 18 national parks in Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland. // Works to assess and control ecological harm caused by exotic invasive vegetation. JOE BUCKWALTER ’96 // Habitat biologist with Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish. // Leads Alaska Freshwater Fish Inventory Program, tasked with providing information for management and protection of freshwater fish. LAURA CATTELL ’09 // Team Leader with the Maryland Conservation Corps. // Supervises group of AmeriCorps volunteers based at Patapsco Valley State Park, Maryland. // Works on trail maintenance, environmental education, invasive species removal, planting trees, and summer work program for city youth.
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LUKE GASCHO ’74 // Holds EdD in educational leadership. // Executive director, Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana. // Author of Creation Care: Keepers of the Earth (MMA Stewardship Solutions, 2008). // Leads Mennonite Creation Care Network -- www.mennocreationcare.org. WENDY WENGER HOCHSTEDLER ’01 // MS in botany and plant ecology from Miami University (Ohio) // Lead biological science technician for forest vegetation monitoring program at Shenandoah National Park. // With park botanist, documents plant communities in park, with special focus on rare or sensitive communities. DAVID HOCKMAN-WERT ’91 // MA in environmental studies from University of Oregon. // Biologist for US Geological Survey. // Read about Hockman-Wert in the Mileposts sidebar on page 38. J. CHRIS HOLLINGER ’09 // Environmental scientist with Terraine Environmental, based in Raleigh, North Carolina. // Conducts groundwater monitoring and remediation, mostly at sites of gasoline and diesel spills in eastern N.C., under contract with the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources. NICHOLAS HURST ’01 // Masters in building science and appropriate technology from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. // Assistant program director at the North Carolina Energy Efficiency Alliance, housed at Appalachian State. KRISTY KING ’02 // Master’s in environmental studies from Evergreen State College in Oregon. // Most recently (2005-2010) was an administrator with Mad Science of South Sound, in the Seattle area, an education-focused company.
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