Linda Parker
Linda Parker is the Forest Ecologist on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest where she is responsible for several large programs including ecology, botany, and climate change. Serving in this position since 1991, Linda provides leadership and expertise on rare plants, non-native invasive plants, fire ecology, landscape ecology, natural areas, ecological restoration, pollinator management, and climate change adaptation.
Linda was a pioneer of the Climate Change Response Framework and has co-authored numerous publications on climate change impacts and mitigation opportunities. Linda also helped develop an approach to climate change adaptation in the Western Great Lakes region. A field project demonstrating this approach on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest was recently recognized by the American Society for Adaptation Professionals as a Prize for Progress Finalist.
Linda worked with Dr. Bob Howe, Dr. Amy Wolf, and others from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and US Forest Service to coordinate and conduct breeding bird surveys on the Nicolet National Forest for 30 years. She also coordinated a similar effort on the Chequamegon National Forest in partnership with the University of Minnesota-Duluth and the Natural Resources Research Institute. These long-term surveys recently received national awards from Partners in Flight and Wings Across the Americas.
In the early to mid-1990’s Linda Parker led a team of field ecologists in an effort to identify and protect natural-area quality ecosystems on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. This work led to the designation of nearly 185,000 acres in 251 natural areas, including 104 new State Natural Areas.
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