The Salazar Center is proud to announce that Jodi Hilty will be joining us in Denver, Colorado for the fifth-annual International Symposium on Conservation Impact.
Dr. Hilty is the President and Chief Scientist of Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y). Specializing in ecological corridor and large landscape research, she has more than 25 years of experience managing large landscape conservation efforts. This work focuses on applying best available information to address complex challenges through community-based, collaborative efforts, and also supports Indigenous leadership in conservation.
She is co-editor or lead author on four books, including Corridor Ecology: Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Adaption (2019) and she led writing the 2020 IUCN Guidelines for Conserving Connectivity through Ecological Networks and Corridors as the deputy chair of the IUCN Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group.
The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative is a joint Canada-U.S. not-for-profit organization and the only organization dedicated to securing the long-term ecological health of this entire region.
Jodi is personally invested and interested in growing diversity in science and conservation. This is realized in various ways, such as supporting and advising future leaders involved in conservation biology and large landscape conservation. This includes serving on the Smith Fellows board to support scientists who bridge science to conservation, developing diverse leaders in the field of conservation biology.