Michael W. Klemens, Ph.D. Ridgefield, CT Dr. Klemens received his bachelors in education and masters in zoology from the University of Connecticut at Storrs and his doctorate in conservation biology and ecology from the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. As senior conservationist and director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Metropolitan Conservation Alliance, he is a national leader in bridging the gulf between land use practices and the conservation of wildlife and wetlands. Dr. Klemens heads a program in partnership with the Connecticut DEP to deliver conservation land-use training workshops to municipal land-use decision makers around the State. Dr. Klemens receives support from a wide variety of sources in his efforts to promote stewardship of natural resources in a world adversely impacted by dispersed development (i.e., sprawl). These include the MacArthur Foundation, the Dodge Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Trust. He holds academic appointments at Columbia University and the University of Maine and is the author of numerous scientific papers and books including his soon-to-be-released book, Biodiversity, Smart Growth, and Sprawl (Columbia University Press).