Hugh Irwin
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| State | North Carolina |
| Title/Position | Landscape Conservationist |
| Department | The Wilderness Society |
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Hugh is Landscape Conservation Planner and joined the southern Appalachian office of The Wilderness Society in November 2011 after a fifteen year run as Conservation Planner for the Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition. He is the primary author of Return the Great Forest: A Conversation Vision for the Southern Appalachian Region, the result of years of analysis and documentation of the region's conservation values and prioritites. Hugh has a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Vanderbilt University, and a Master of Science in Forest Ecology from the University of Tennessee.
Expertise
Terrestrial Plants - Rare or endemic Geospatial (GIS) Remote sensing (LiDAR) Energy development (natural gas) Adaptation (management response and facilitation) MitigationDocument Actions
