About the Center
The Center for Landscape Conservation Planning (CLCP) was established in 2010 to provide an official forum within the University of Florida’s College of Design, Construction and Planning for conducting applied research on the relationship between conservation and land use. The Center is affiliated with the Department of Landscape Architecture, forming a bridge between the disciplines of design, planning and wildlife conservation. The Center faculty is comprised of Dr. Thomas Hoctor, Center Director, and Michael Volk, Associate Director. Center staff include conservation and planning professionals along with University of Florida graduate students who are engaged in Center research activities.
Work conducted by Center staff is funded entirely by research and grants. Your support through new partnerships, projects or direct financial support is extremely important.
Funding received by the Center is used to directly support research activities, including graduate and undergraduate student appointments, center staff and necessary research expenses. Please contact us for more information or consider making a financial contribution by clicking the support link below.
Our Commitment to Students and Furthering Education
In addition to conducting applied research on the relationship between conservation and land use, the Center for Landscape Conservation Planning provides learning opportunities for students.
Results of the center’s research are used to influence public policy through education and direct involvement in the application of relevant science, technology, sound planning principles, and state-of-the-art methods of conservation analysis, planning and management.
Forming the bridge between design, planning and conservation
The activities of the Center include five primary programmatic areas:
1. Ecological Connectivity
Research and planning related to protection of regional ecological networks.
2. Conservation Planning
Landscape and biodiversity conservation research and planning
3. Green Infrastructure
Green infrastructure research and planning in urban and rural environments
4. Resiliency for a Changing Climate
Resiliency and adaptation strategies related to climate change and sea level rise
5. Leading education
Education for students, designers and plannings in principles of landscape ecology, conservation biology, and conservation planning including relevant GIS applications and tools.
Meet our team
The Center is comprised of Dr. Thomas Hoctor, Center Director, and Michael Volk, Associate Director; additional faculty, staff and conservation planning professionals; and University of Florida graduate and undergraduate students who are engaged in Center research activities.
Center Leadership
tomh@geoplan.ufl.edu
Michael Volk, Associate Director
Mikevolk@ufl.edu
Center Faculty and Staff
Eve Bohnett, Ph.D.
Ecological Connectivity & Ecosystem Service Modeling Coordinator
Julie Morris, MS
Conservation Policy & Programs Coordinator
Executive Director, Florida Conservation Group
Reed Noss, Ph.D.
Conservation Science Coordinator
Chief Scientist, Conservation Science, Inc.
Dan Farrah, Ph.D.
Development & Land Use Analyst
Tricia Kyzar, Ph.D.
Water Resource Analyst
Research and Project Manager, UF Center for Coastal Solutions
Dan Smith, Ph.D.
Transportation Infrastructure Retrofitting Analyst
Michael O’Brien, MLA, MS
GIS Manager
Isabella Guttuso Browne, MLA
Urban and Recreational Green Infrastructure Coordinator
Belinda B. Nettles, Ph.D.
Land Protection Planning Coordinator
Eleanor Laughlin, Ph.D.
Florida Wildlife Corridor Art and Museum Coordinator
Elizabeth Thompson, MURP
GIS Analyst
Asena Goren, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral researcher
Center Students
Sarah Lockhart, Ph.D. Student
Networking & Communications Analyst
Derya Yesilkusak, Ph.D. Student
Research Assistant
Stephanie Medo, M.S. in Interdisciplinary Ecology Student
Research Assistant
Veronica Cancio Amadeo, MLA Student
Research Assistant
Alessandra Zanardi, B.S. in Sustainability and the Built Environment Student
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Additional bachelors and masters students are hired as student assistants by semester. Students also collaborate with the center for capstone and thesis projects.
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