The Conservation Field Research Program

Jameson Chace is a professor of biology and is chair of the interdisciplinary majors in the Department of Cultural, Environmental, and Global Studies. He is an active participant in professional Ornithological societies including serving as President of the Wilson Ornithological Society. Dr. Chace’s research is based on creating opportunities for undergraduates to gain experiences in field ecology and environmental sciences. To that end, he has been awarded two National Science Foundation RI-EPSCoR grants related to marine response to climate change. Dr. Chace is the author of 25 peer-reviewed papers and have given nine papers at national conferences in the past 10 years. He spends a significant amount of time in the field, locally in the forests and wetlands of Aquidneck Island studying bird behavior, along the coastline of Narragansett Bay studying sea ducks and osprey, measuring water quality in ponds, streams and the coastal environment, and on field trips to New Hampshire, Cape Cod, Belize and Brazil.

Joye oversees the eight different gardens on the main campus of the Norman Bird Sanctuary as well as the organization’s educational programming related to wellness, nutrition, beekeeping, and demonstrational gardening practices. She works with staff and volunteers on the design, development, maintenance, and productivity of the gardens. She also helps lead the properties team in fulfilling its land stewardship responsibilities.

Joye has a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of New Hampshire, a certificate in Horticulture Therapy from the New York Botanical Gardens, and is a certified Master Gardener through the University of Rhode Island.

As the TerraCorps Land Stewardship Coordinator, Kathleen focuses on natural resources management including land conservation, land stewardship, community engagement, and sustainable agriculture.

Prior to the Norman Bird Sanctuary, Kathleen was an NSF-funded research assistant at Hawaii Pacific University studying coral skeletons in relation to ocean acidification. As an undergrad she interned for Texas Parks and Wildlife, the Port of Corpus Christi Authority, and was an undergrad researcher for the Center of Water Supply Studies. She also participated in two study abroad programs called S.E.A Semester (aboard the SSV Robert C. Seamans) and Belize: Ridges to Reefs Program.

She has a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science (Concentration in Marine and Coastal Resources) from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

As the TerraCorps Land Stewardship Coordinator, Isabella focuses on natural resources management including land conservation, wildlife management, and community engagement.
Isabella has a Bachelor of Science in Fisheries and Wildlife from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Prior to the Norman Bird Sanctuary, Isabella received the Dr. L. David Mech Fellowship through the International Wolf Center to work in New Mexico on the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program. In this position she worked with the wild wolf population doing radio telemetry, tracking, trapping, camera trapping, and more to help remove the species from the Endangered Species List.

Before that, she was part of the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program through the University of Washington. This program allowed her to expand her knowledge of biocultural conservation centered around equity and justice in an effort to respond to the needs of all members of a community, both humans and non-human. She was also the project lead for the Lincoln Flying Squirrel Squad in Lincoln, NE. In this project they educated the public on urban wildlife conservation and how the community could get involved.