Biodiversity Conservation Handbook: State, Local, and Private Protection of Biological Diversity

Robert B. McKinstry Jr. is the Maurice K. Goddard Professor of Forestry and Environmental Resources Conservation at Pennsylvania State University. He focuses his research and outreach on state and local programs to address international environmental issues, including biodiversity conservation, climate change, and sustainable development. Prior to his appointment to the Goddard Chair, McKinstry was the Co-Partner-in-Charge of the Environmental Practice Group of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, L.L.P., in the firm’s Philadelphia office, and is currently Of Counsel to that firm. Before beginning private practice, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. James L. Latchum, then-Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. McKinstry focuses his private practice of law exclusively in the areas of environmental law and litigation.

Coreen Ripp is currently working as an Environmental Analysis and Review Specialist for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection in the Bureau of Land and Water Resources. She received her master’s of science degree in 2005 from the School of Forest Resources at the Pennsylvania State University with an emphasis on Watershed Stewardship. Prior to her graduate work, Ripp worked for theWisconsin Department of Natural Resources as aWatershed and Partnership Coordinator.

Emily Lisy teaches biology, environmental science, marine biology, and human physiology at Westhill High School in Stamford, Connecticut. During her short tenure, she has received grants to incorporate innovative science education strategies into her classroom. Lisy is a graduate of Penn State University where she received her B.S. and M.S. in wildlife and fisheries science in 2001 and 2003, respectively. For her master’s research, she studied the effect of residential development design on bird diversity in State College, Pennsylvania. Her thesis work developed a model that planners and developers could use to incorporate best management practices to promote bird diversity in residential developments. While at Penn State, she was a Maurice K. Goddard Fellow and helped organize three Goddard Forums on Developing Sustainable Communities, Global Warming, and Biodiversity (upon which this book is based).