Stephen Packard Explained

Stephen Packard
Birth Date:	^[1]
Nationality:	American
Employer:	The Nature Conservancy, Audubon, Northwestern University
Alma Mater:	Harvard University^[2]

Stephen Packard (born 1943) is an American conservationist, author, and ecological restoration practitioner active in the Chicago area.

Packard began his career in restoration ecology in 1977 as a volunteer with the "North Branch Prairie Project" in Cook County, Illinois.^[3] The project is now known as the North Branch Restoration Project. In 1978, he became a field representative for the Illinois chapter of The Nature Conservancy (TNC-Illinois). From 1983-1999, he was the Director of Science and Stewardship for TNC-Illinois. Packard founded the Audubon Chicago Region chapter in 1999 and worked for this organization until 2014.^{[2] [4]} The chapter has since expanded to encompass the Great Lakes region and is now known as Audubon Great Lakes.^[5] Between 2008 and 2013 he taught "Science and Policy of Ecological Conservation" at Northwestern University.^{[4] [6]}

Stephen Packard is a founding member/contributor to Society for Ecological Restoration, TNC's Volunteer Stewardship Network, Chicago Wilderness and its "Mighty Acorns" program, Friends of the Forest Preserves, and the Wild Things conference. He sits on the national advisory board for Wild Ones.

He serves as a volunteer land steward for the Forest Preserves of Cook County's Somme Prairie Grove.

Publications

• Packard . Steve . Chronicles of Restoration: Just a Few Oddball Species: Restoration and the Rediscovery of the Tallgrass Savanna . Restoration & Management Notes . 1988 . 6 . 1 . 13–22 . 43439280 .
• Book: Packard . Stephen . Mutel . Cornelia F.. Cornelia Mutel . 1997 . The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook: For Prairies, Savannas, and Woodlands . Island Press.
• Freyman . William A. . William A. Freyman . Masters . Linda A. . Linda A. Masters . Packard . Stephen . The Universal Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA) Calculator: an online tool for ecological assessment and monitoring . Methods in Ecology and Evolution . March 2016 . 7 . 3 . 380–383 . 10.1111/2041-210X.12491. Floristic Quality Assessment . free . 2016MEcEv...7..380F .

External links

• Packard's blog: "Strategies for Stewards: from woods to prairies"
• A TEDx Talk by Packard: "Nature is Counting on Us"
• North Branch Restoration Project

Notes and References

1. Web site: Somme Woods Community . Somme Woods Community . 2018-04-03. 2018-09-16.
2. Helford . Reid M. . Rediscovering the Presettlement Landscape: Making the Oak Savanna Ecosystem "Real" . Science, Technology, & Human Values . 1991 . 24 . 1 . 55–79 . 10.1177/016224399902400104 . 146372112 .
3. Book: Packard . Stephen . Stephen Packard . Mutel . Cornelia F.. Cornelia Mutel . 1997 . The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook: For Prairies, Savannas, and Woodlands . Island Press.
4. Web site: Prospect Heights Natural Resources Commission: January 23, 2018 - Stephen Packard: "Rare Animals. Rare Plants. Rare People. Adventures in Chicagoland Conservation" . phnrc.com . Prospect Heights Natural Resources Commission . 2018-09-16.
5. Web site: Audubon Great Lakes . gl.audubon.org . Aubudon Great Lakes . 2018-09-16.
6. Web site: Stephen Packard: Wild Ones Honorary Director Ecologist, Conservationist . wildones.org . Wild Ones . 2018-09-16.