Contact & Team

Grace has a degree in Environmental Science and has held various conservation-related roles around the world including many avian research projects and roles with nonprofits committed to conservation via organic gardening education or protecting and restoring public recreational spaces. She most enjoys roles that include work with volunteers, facilitating volunteers' roles in contributing to ecological research and that include plenty of time outdoors. 

Ellen is primarily interested in understanding the extent that hunter derived food sources, such as hunter bait piles or hunter provided offal, influence the scavenger community. Her interest in wildlife stems from her childhood exploring the mountains and river of Idaho. She received a BS degree in Wildlife Ecology and Management from Michigan Technological University.  

Amy received a BA in Elementary Education from the College of St. Scholastica and a MEd in Environmental Leadership and Learning from the University of MN. She has worked for cooperative extension for 28 years in various positions, but has always tied her work to the environment. She is currently the state program director for the Minnesota Master Naturalist Program. 

Bump studies how wildlife interactions affect ecosystem processes and biodiversity. Research in Bump's lab bridges wildlife research at the scale of biology, community, and population with landscape-scale ecosystem science. Bump’s curiosity in the natural world began with a childhood spent mucking around the Hudson River in upstate New York. Commercial salmon fishing off Kodiak Island, Alaska between undergraduate studies and work at the University of Michigan’s Biological Station confirmed his interest in wildlife ecology and conservation biology.