Christopher Tracey Email & Phone Number

Greater Pittsburgh Area

I coordinate the ecological planning and outreach aspects of the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program (PNHP). In addition to serving as the lead researcher and writer for multiple Natural Heritage Inventories, this includes data documentation for planning, managing and special projects, and developing and implementing program standards and methodology. I.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

I coordinate the ecological planning and outreach aspects of the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program (PNHP). In addition to serving as the lead researcher and writer for multiple Natural Heritage Inventories, this includes data documentation for planning, managing and special projects, and developing and implementing program standards and methodology. I.

As Ecologist/Conservation planner, I focused on assessments of rare, threatened and endangered species for the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program (PNHP), including developing and reviewing element occurrences records of species and authoring County Natural Heritage Inventories, detailed reports outlining rare, threatened and endangered species for each.

Taught sections of Landscape Ecology, Field Ecology, Wetlands Ecology, and Principles of Sustainability

Conducted ecological restoration work and planning in Pittsburgh’s four regional parks. Developed GIS for park management, coordinated invasive species management and provided support for the Urban EcoStewards program.

Ms, Conservation Biology

 Masters Thesis: The effect of population size on phenotypic plasticity in the threatened plant, Lupinus perennis: does population size.

Bs, Ecology And Evolution

 Participated in evolutionary ecology research in relation to global change.  Courses include: ecology, field botany, population.