The team of UIC professionals leading the Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group are passionate about promoting pollinator habitats and healthy ecosystems along rights-of-way and other energy and transportation lands. Learn more about us below.
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Dan Salas
Dan leads the Working Group and the University’s Sustainable Landscapes program, which explores integrating biodiversity and infrastructure.
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Iris Caldwell
Iris began the Working Group in 2015 and now serves in a strategic advisory capacity.
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Caroline Hernandez
Caroline keeps the Working Group running smoothly and manages several research and outreach projects to improve habitat on working lands.
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Megan Petraitis
Megan manages the Monarch CCAA administration and application review process, and supports other Working Group research activities.
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Tegha Obire
Tegha leads the gROWing Chicago Habitat network and geospatial habitat database, while supporting other Working Group activities.
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Catherine O’Reilly
Catherine supports the conservation agreement programs and coordinates partner outreach and engagement.
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Alison Little
Alison supports the conservation agreement programs, partner outreach, and other Working Group research activities.
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Klaudia Kuklinska
Klaudia supports the Illinois Monarch Project, Monarch CCAA, Pollinator Scorecard, and both in-person and virtual meeting facilitation.
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Rachit Patel
Rachit supports various aspects of the Working Group including website management and data input.
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Daytonna Anderson
Daytonna performs data management for the conservation agreement programs and supports the Geospatial Habitat Database.