Current Projects
Bowen Island Biodiversity Plan
ResNet: Assessing Development/Environment Tradeoffs
50 Voices for Endangered Species
Board Service
Borderlands Restoration Network (US, Mexico)
Nature Trust of British Columbia (Canada)
Rio Grande Return (US)
Cuenca los Ojos (Mexico)
Black Mesa Trust (US)
Yek 'w emtus (Canada)
Past Initiatives
Borderlands Biodiversity Corridor – Catalyzed the permanent protection of several large private ranches in northern Sonora, Mexico, and helped establish an endowment to provide for land protection and habitat restoration. (2018-21)
Greater Grand Canyon Landscape Assessment – Led, in cooperation with the National Park Service, a novel approach for assessing resource conditions in Grand Canyon National Park and surrounding public, private and Tribal lands. (2012-16)
Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program – Developed and implemented one of four initial nodes in a national training program for emerging leaders from underrepresented backgrounds. (2013-18)
Conservation Science Partners – Incubated the start-up phase for this NGO, which quickly became a leader in providing research and analysis to empower conservation efforts across the continent. (2012-18)
Oil Sands Moratorium – Organized an interdisciplinary group of scientists to address the environmental implications of continuing development of the Canadian tar sands. (2011-18)
New - Michael Collier has created a 20-min video integrating content from our 2015 web resource, the Oil Sands Experience. The content remains relevant today, amidst renewed calls for expanding production of heavy oil as Canada addresses challenges to its economy and sovereignty.
Landscape Conservation Initiative – Developed and directed an interdisciplinary research, education, and decision-support team based at Northern Arizona University. (2011-20)
Olajos-Goslow Chair in Environmental Science and Policy – Developed, planned, and served as founding chair of a new endowed professorship, in partnership with an alumna donor to Northern Arizona University. (2010-21)
ForestERA Project – Created a multidisciplinary applied research program to support ecological restoration and fire management in arid forest ecosystems. (2002-11)
Masters of Environmental Science and Policy – Developed, implemented & directed an interdisciplinary M.S. program, in collaboration with political theorist D. Schlosberg. (2000-11)
