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We investigate the how and why of change in nature
We work toward an ecology that celebrates the interplay of living systems and the environment, connects scientific insight with hands‑on action, and collaborates with diverse partners to meet today’s urgent restoration and conservation challenges.
Photo credits: Joan Dudney (left), Matt Tarilico/Impact Media Lab (middle, right)
Cutting-edge useable science.
New Growth: The Optimism of Ecosystem Restoration
Bower Award for Achievement in Science, Franklin Institute, 2025
Resilience, Recovery and the Ecology of Change
MacArthur Address, Ecological Society of America, 2019
TEDx Curiosity starts in your own backyard
A spark of curiosity in a seemingly ordinary tree leads to extraordinary discoveries about historic apple trees, community, and inquiry in our natural world.
