About the Authors

• Author: Rebecca L. Kihslinger/James M. Mcelfish Jr.
• Pages: 7-7

About the Authors

Rebecca L. Kihslinger is a Science and Policy Analyst at

the Environmental Law Institute (ELI). She is the lead editor of

ELI’s 2007 publication, Lasting Landscapes: Ref‌lections on the

Role of Conservation Science in Land Use Planning and the lead

author of a chapter on “biodiversity corridors” in Sustainable

Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature (John Wiley & Sons,Inc.

2008). Kihslinger has also been a contributing author of ELI

research reports related to wetland buffers and habitat banking and has devel-

oped a wetlands mitigation training course for land trusts. In 2006, she earned

a Ph.D. in animal behavior from the University of California at Davis, where

she studied the effects of hatchery rearing practices on salmon development.

James M. McElfish Jr., directs the Sustainable Use of Land

Program at ELI. He is the author of ELI’s 2004 book, Nature-

Friendly Ordinances, several books about mining regulation,

book chapters on state and local environmental laws,and approx-

imately 60 ELI research reports and scholarly articles, mostly

relating to water,wetlands, land use, and habitat. McElf‌ish served

on the American Planning Association’s Directorate for its Grow-

ing Smarter Legislative Guidebook. He is a graduate of Yale Law School (1979)

and Dickinson College (1976).

Contributors Dan Perlmanand Bruce Stein are Ph.D. scientists and lead-

ers in biodiversity conservation and education. Dr. Perlman is Associate

Professor of Biology and Chair of Environmental Studies at Brandeis Univer-

sity. He is coauthor of three textbooks on conservation biology and ecology.

Dr. Stein, formerly Vice President and Chief Scientist for NatureServe, is the

National Wildlife Foundation’s Associate Director of Wildlife Conservation and

Global Warming. He was lead editor of Previous Heritage: The Status of Bio-

diversity in the United States (Oxford University Press, 2000).

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