Reed Noss

Noss has a B.S. in Education from the University of Dayton, a M.S. in Ecology from the University of Tennessee, and a Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Florida. Noss earned his Ph.D. in the Department of Wildlife and Range Sciences in the school of Forest Resources and Conservation at the University of Florida in 1988 under the co-advisory of Larry D. Harris and Ronald L. Labisky and completed his dissertation: Effects of edge and internal patchiness on habitat use by birds in a Florida hardwood forest.{{cite web|url=http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00004820/00001 |title=Effects of edge and internal patchiness on habitat use by birds in a Florida hardwood forest |publisher=Ufdc.ufl.edu |date= |accessdate=2016-12-06}}

Noss has put in over 40 years of work in developing the ideas of conservation biology and has become an important figure in conservation planning and management as well as his work promoting naturalist education.{{cite web|author=Posted: 02/11/2016 5:44 pm EST |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/the-nature-conservancy-of-canada/independent-science-under_b_9209788.html |title=The Science Behind The Great Bear Rainforest Deal | The Nature Conservancy of Canada |publisher=Huffingtonpost.ca |date= 2016-02-11|accessdate=2016-12-06}}{{cite web|last=Ward |first=Carlton |url=http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/02/black-bears-show-us-how-to-save-wild-florida/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126061229/http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/02/black-bears-show-us-how-to-save-wild-florida/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 26, 2015 |title=Black Bears Show Us How to Save Wild Florida – National Geographic Society (blogs) |publisher=Voices.nationalgeographic.com |date=2015-11-02 |accessdate=2016-12-06}}{{cite web|url=http://www.conservationplanninginstitute.org/reed.html |title=Reed Noss |publisher=Conservation Planning Institute |date= |accessdate=2016-12-06}}{{cite web|url=http://naturalhistoriesproject.org/conversations/natural-history-and-conservation |title=Natural history and conservation |publisher=The Natural Histories Project |date= |accessdate=2016-12-06}} Noss has been the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Conservation Biology (1993-1997), President of the Society for Conservation Biology (1999-2001), President of the North America Section of the Society for Conservation Biology (2006-2008), Governor-appointed member to the State of Florida’s Acquisition and Restoration Council (2006-2007), and the Vice Chair of the Adaptation for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources Advisory Committee at the Climate Change Science Program (2007-2009).{{cite web|url=https://conbio.org/about-scb/who-we-are/scb-history |title=Society for Conservation Biology | SCB history |publisher=Conbio.org |date= |accessdate=2016-12-06}}

Noss was professor of conservation biology and ecology, as well as the Director of Science and Planning in Conservation Ecology Laboratory at the University of Central Florida. His work encompasses the science of species and ecosystem vulnerability to sea-level rise, disturbance ecology, climate adaptation strategies, and ecosystem conservation and restoration.{{cite web|url=https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2016/10/100316-fralin-reednoss.html |title=Leading conservation biologist and naturalist Reed Noss to visit Virginia Tech | News | Virginia Tech |publisher=Vtnews.vt.edu |date=2016-10-02 |accessdate=2016-12-06}}

Noss has testified three times before U.S. congressional committees, most recently to the House Committee on Natural Resources Oversight Hearing on “Defining Species Conservation Success: Tribal, State and Local Stewardship vs. Federal Courtroom Battles and Sue-and-Settle Practices,” on June 4, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://docs.house.gov/meetings/II/II00/20130604/100956/HHRG-113-II00-Wstate-NossR-20130604.pdf |title=Testimony of Dr. Reed F. Noss to House Committee on Natural Resources Oversight Hearing |year=2013}}

Books written or edited by Noss:{{cite web|url=https://biology.cos.ucf.edu/files/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Noss-CV-September-2015.pdf |title=Curriculum Vitae |publisher=University of Central Florida |year=2015}}

• Fire Ecology of Florida and the Southeastern Coastal Plain. (2018) {{ISBN|9780813056715}}
• [https://books.google.com/books/about/Forgotten_Grasslands_of_the_South.html?id=9ZOaZZbukBwCForgotten Grasslands of the South: Natural History and Conservation] (2012) {{ISBN|9781597264884}}{{cite journal|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/544350|title=Review of Forgotten Grasslands of the South: Natural History and Conservation by Reed F. Noss|author=Robertson, Kevin M.|journal=Ecological Restoration|volume=32|number=2|date=June 2014|pages=213–214|doi=10.3368/er.32.2.213|s2cid=88364961}}
• Land of Fire and Water: The Florida Dry Prairie Ecosystem. Proceedings of the Florida Dry Prairie Conference Editor.(2006) HOLLIS Number: 012197682
• Large Mammal Restoration: Ecological and Sociological Challenges for the 21st Century Editor. (2001) {{ISBN|1597262757}}{{cite journal|title=Review of Large Mammal Restoration: Ecological and Sociological Challenges for the 21st Century by D. S. Maehr, R. F. Noss, and J. L. Larkin.|author=Woodroffe, Rosie|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|volume=84|issue=1|date=28 February 2003|pages=331–333|doi=10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0331:R>2.0.CO;2|s2cid=198969190 |doi-access=}}
• [https://books.google.com/books/about/The_redwood_forest.html?id=FTy0qcu5d0YC The Redwood Forest: History, Ecology, and Conservation of the Coast Redwoods] Editor. (2000) {{ISBN|9781559637268}} {{cite book|title=1999 edition|postscript=; pbk|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6T3PeH_EbbYC|isbn=9781610913386|last1=Noss|first1=Reed F.|date=1999-10-01|publisher=Island Press }}
• Ecological Integrity: Integrating Environment, Conservation, and Health Editor. (2000) {{ISBN|1559638079}}
• [https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Science_of_Conservation_Planning.html?id=dZ7irSc6EKoC The Science of Conservation Planning: Habitat Conservation under the Endangered Species Act] (1997) {{ISBN|1559635673}}
• [https://books.google.com/books/about/Saving_Nature_s_Legacy.html?id=xLTbJbyctMUC Saving Nature's Legacy: Protecting and Restoring Biodiversity] (1994) {{ISBN|1559632488}}

List of awards, elections, and special recognitions:

• Herbert W. Kale, II Award. The Wildlife Society, Florida Chapter (2020)
• George B. Fell Award, Natural Areas Association (2019)
• Keiser Distinguished Lecturer, Ohio Northern University (2014){{cite web|url=http://www.onu.edu/arts_sciences/biological_allied_health_sciences/opportunities_resources/keiser_distinguished_lectureship_in_life_sciences |title=Keiser Distinguished Lectureship in Life Sciences | Ohio Northern University |publisher=Onu.edu |date= 2008-02-05|accessdate=2016-12-06}}
• Pegasus Professor, University of Central Florida (2014)
• Benton H. Box Award of the George B. Hartzog, Jr. Environmental Awards Program (2012){{cite web|url=http://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/ucf-professor-reed-noss-receives-benton-h-box-award-at-hartzog-ceremony-at-clemson-university/ |title=UCF professor Reed Noss receives Benton H. Box Award at Hartzog ceremony at Clemson University | Clemson University News and Stories, South Carolina |publisher=Newsstand.clemson.edu |date=2012-11-01 |accessdate=2016-12-06}}
• Conservation Leadership Award, Wilburforce Foundation (2010){{cite web|url=http://www.wilburforce.org/grants/conservation-leadership-awards/ |title=Conservation Leadership Awards - Wilburforce Foundation |publisher=Wilburforce.org |date= |accessdate=2016-12-06}}
• (Thomson Scientific) Top 500 most highly cited authors in all fields, 1993-2003 review decade (recognized in 2006)
• Wildlife Publications Award, Outstanding Edited Book Category, The Wildlife Society (2002){{cite web|url=http://wildlife.org/wildlife-publication-awards/ |title=Wildlife Publication Awards | THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY |publisher=Wildlife.org |date= |accessdate=2016-12-06}}
• Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2001–present)
• Elected Scientific Fellow, Wildlife Conservation Society (1999–present)
• Edward T. LaRoe III Memorial Award, Society for Conservation Biology (1995)
• Environmental Publication Award, National Wildlife Federation (1988)

Noss has been publishing on conservation biology since the early 1980s, shortly after the first texts that used the name appeared. He is especially well known for his work developing concepts and approaches for regional and continental-scale conservation planning and reserve network design. By the late 1990s, he was collaborating with conservation biologist, Michael E. Soulé to refine the conservation idea of rewilding. According to their paper "Rewilding and Biodiversity: Complementary Goals for Continental Conservation" Soulé and Noss identified the driving factors of rewilding as "cores, corridors, and carnivores".{{cite web|url=http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/MES/rewilding.pdf |title=Rewilding and Biodiversity: Complementary Goals for Continental Conservation |last1=Soulé and Noss|year=1998}}

In more recent decades, Noss has spoken about the decline of educational opportunities in natural history, and the diminishing exposure that students have to it.{{cite web|url=https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/natural-history-is-dying-and-we-are-all-the-losers/ |title=Natural History is Dying, and We Are All the Losers - Scientific American Blog Network |publisher=Blogs.scientificamerican.com |date=2014-06-20 |accessdate=2016-12-06}}

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