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Considering stickleback fish in ecosystem restoration

Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) graduate Bonnie May '23 of Oceanside, California, asks us to consider the three-spined stickleback fish when restoring ecosystems.

Considering stickleback fish in ecosystem restoration

 

Bonnie May

Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) graduate Bonnie May '23 of Oceanside, California, asks us to consider the three-spined stickleback fish when restoring ecosystems. In her article, which appears in the Current Conservation Magazine, she writes: "...watershed management ought to consider the genetic diversity and evolutionary patterns of resident species, such as the three-spined stickleback, before causing physical alterations ... or reintroducing native predators to an environment."

May lives in Oceanside, CA and works as a strategist and grant writer for a clean energy consulting firm. With a lifelong passion for coastal conservation, Bonnie volunteered and interned with nature centers, beach cleanup organizations, and river parks throughout her academic career