Emile D. DeVito,
Ph.D, Manager of Science & Stewardship
Emile has been the Manager of Science and Stewardship
at the New Jersey Conservation Foundation since 1989. He received
a doctorate in Ecology in 1988 for research on bird communities
and vegetation landscapes in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens. Dr. DeVito
develops management plans for NJCF’s 20,000+ acres of holdings designed
to protect and enhance biological diversity. Emile educates government
officials, advocacy groups, land trusts, teachers and students on
forest-interior habitat and migratory stopover needs of Neotropical
songbirds. He is a trustee of the Pinelands Preservation Alliance
and the NJ Natural Lands Trust. He serves on the Endangered and
Non-Game Species Advisory Committee within the NJ Division of Fish
and Wildlife, the New Jersey Invasive Species Council, and the Science
Advisory Committee of the NY-NJ Trail Conference.
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