Holly Strand

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Staff Bio: Holly Strand

Growing up in the lap of the Colorado Rockies gave Holly a love and appreciation for nature.Over twenty years of professional travel to faraway places with unique habitats and endemic species has deepened that appreciation.

A geographer by training, Holly received her master's degree from the University of Colorado and studied biogeography at University of California in Santa Barbara.Before coming to Stokes Nature Center, Holly spent ten years with World Wildlife Fund as a technical advisor to overseas offices in Eurasia, Africa and South America.She led numerous tours to nature reserves in Russia, Mongolia and Ecuador for World Wildlife Fund and other non-profits.She arrived in Logan in 2005 and is excited to be in a position to work with other local citizens to improve access to nature education in Cache Valley.Her role at the SNC is to secure the resources necessary to fulfill its mission and to help the Center expand to meet the growing need for field science education and experiential learning in our schools and community.

Like many others in the valley, Holly enjoys hiking and skiing.She loves foreign languages, spicy food, esoteric films and vows to become a gardener in spite of the fact that plants wilt when she walks by.She and her husband Chuck live in Providence with daughter Lena.

Holly Strand, World Wildlife Fund

Holly Strand Executive Directorhstrand@logannature.org

Conservation Science - Staff - Holly Strand
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Holly Strand

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Holly began her career at WWF by assembling CSP's map of Eurasian ecoregions.For the next 5 years, she served as a technical advisor in methods of prioritization at ecoregion and landscape scales and was involved in several biodiversity vision workshops in ecoregions around the world.More recently she has been absorbed into the world of monitoring; and more specifically, in developing indicators for measuring trends in biodiversity status at different scales.She earned her master's degree in geography from the University of Colorado and learned GIS and remote sensing technologies at the University of Santa Barbara in California.She is fluent in Russian, can survive in Spanish, and her English isn't bad either.

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Holly began her career at WWF by assembling CSP's map of Eurasian ecoregions.For the next 5 years, she served as a technical advisor in methods of prioritization at ecoregion and landscape scales and was involved in several biodiversity vision workshops in ecoregions around the world.More recently she has been absorbed into the world of monitoring; and more specifically, in developing indicators for measuring trends in biodiversity status at different scales.She earned her master's degree in geography from the University of Colorado and learned GIS and remote sensing technologies at the University of Santa Barbara in California.She is fluent in Russian, can survive in Spanish, and her English isn't bad either.

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Holly Strand -- Senior Conservation Specialist
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Holly Strand
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Holly Strand
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Holly began her career at WWF by assembling CSP's map of Eurasian ecoregions.For the next 5 years, she served as a technical advisor in methods of prioritization at ecoregion and landscape scales and was involved in several biodiversity vision workshops in ecoregions around the world.More recently she has been absorbed into the world of monitoring; and more specifically, in developing indicators for measuring trends in biodiversity status at different scales.She earned her master's degree in geography from the University of Colorado and learned GIS and remote sensing technologies at the University of Santa Barbara in California.She is fluent in Russian, can survive in Spanish, and her English isn't bad either.

Holly Strand -- Senior Conservation Specialist
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Holly Strand
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Holly Strand
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Holly began her career at WWF by assembling CSP's map of Eurasian ecoregions.For the next 5 years, she served as a technical advisor in methods of prioritization at ecoregion and landscape scales and was involved in several biodiversity vision workshops in ecoregions around the world.More recently she has been absorbed into the world of monitoring; and more specifically, in developing indicators for measuring trends in biodiversity status at different scales.She earned her master's degree in geography from the University of Colorado and learned GIS and remote sensing technologies at the University of Santa Barbara in California.She is fluent in Russian, can survive in Spanish, and her English isn't bad either.