Summary: About<br> Fran is an interdisciplinary researcher and nature advocate with over a decade’s experience in conservation and animal science, ethics and policy issues. He is the <a href="https://rewilding.org/big-river-connectivity/">Big River Connectivity</a> Science and Conservation Manager for <a href="https://projectcoyote.org">Project Coyote</a> and <a href="https://rewilding.org">The Rewilding Institute</a>, where he helps promote compassion and respect for wild carnivores and nature, their protection, and the rewilding of the Mississippi River Watershed.<br> His work explores the application of nature ethics to our mixed-community of humans, animals and nature, with a focus on the promotion of worldviews rooted in an ethic of care and justice towards nonhumans, and a reverence for life.<br> He is a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras (BA, Political Science and Economics), Duke University (Masters in Public Policy and Environmental Management), and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (PhD, Environment & Resources). He has worked on a variety of environmental and conservation issues, from state wildlife management to national and international impact assessments.<br> Topics<br> <br> * Compassion and Coexistence<br> * Mitigating harmful impacts on the land to promote connectivity throughout the watershed<br> * What it’s like working on rewilding at “ground zero” in the lower 48<br> * How to do cores, corridors in radically developed landscapes<br> <br> Extra Credit<br> Reading<br> <br> * <a href="https://panworks.medium.com/science-and-ethics-agree-coexistence-must-replace-killing-wolves-part-1-a5a6b88b1496">Science and Ethics Agree: Coexistence Must Replace Killing Wolves Part 1</a><br> * <a href="https://panworks.medium.com/science-and-ethics-agree-coexistence-must-replace-killing-wolves-part-2-2c3effdb3faf">Science and Ethics Agree: Coexistence Must Replace Killing Wolves Part 2</a><br> <br> Big River Connectivity<br> <br> * <a href="https://rewilding.org/big-river-connectivity/">Learn more about Big River Connectivity</a><br> * BRC project on <a href="https://www.projectcoyote.org/programs/carnivore-conservation-coexistence/big-river-connectivity/">Project Coyote’s site</a><br> <br> Webinar – Science and Ethics Agree: Coexistence Must Replace Killing Wolves<br> <br> About<br> Fran is an interdisciplinary researcher and nature advocate with over a decade’s experience in conservation and animal science, ethics and policy issues. He is the <a href="https://rewilding.org/big-river-connectivity/">Big River Connectivity</a> Science and Conservation Manager for <a href="https://projectcoyote.org">Project Coyote</a> and <a href="https://rewilding.org">The Rewilding Institute</a>, where he helps promote compassion and respect for wild carnivores and nature, their protection, and the rewilding of the Mississippi River Watershed.<br> His work explores the application of nature ethics to our mixed-community of humans, animals and nature, with a focus on the promotion of worldviews rooted in an ethic of care and justice towards nonhumans, and a reverence for life.<br> He is a graduate of the University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras (BA, Political Science and Economics), Duke University (Masters in Public Policy and Environmental Management), and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (PhD, Environment & Resources). He has worked on a variety of environmental and conservation issues, from state wildlife management to national and international impact assessments.<br> Topics<br> <br> * Compassion and Coexistence<br> * Mitigating harmful impacts on the land to promote connectivity throughout the watershed<br> * What it’s like working on rewilding at “ground zero” in the lower 48<br> * How to do cores, corridors in radically developed landscapes<br> <br> Extra Credit<br> Reading<br> <br>
