Joshua Cohen has worked for the past 24 years as an ecologist with Michigan Natural Features Inventory. His primary duties involve refining and revising the natural community classification through ecological inventory and sampling, literature research, and data analysis. He is responsible for classifying conservation targets and prioritizing areas for conservation and restoration; creating and delivering biodiversity and ecosystem management trainings; and designing and conducting vegetative sampling, ecological mapping and modeling, monitoring, and surveys for natural communities and rare species. Cohen is the lead author of A Field Guide to the Natural Communities of Michigan and recent articles in Diversity and Ecological Modelling entitled “Assessing the Ecological Need for Prescribed Fire in Michigan Using GIS-Based Multicriteria Decision Analysis: Igniting Fire Gaps” and “Using GIS-based multicriteria decision analysis to prioritize invasive plant treatment: A creative solution for a pernicious problem”, respectively. He is inspired by the words of Baba Dioum: “In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.” He enjoys time with his family and stays in “ecologist shape” biking, cross-country skiing, and hiking.
TSN Conference 2025:
- January 23rd, 2025 (Thursday) // 3:05 pm – 4:05 pm // Red Cedar // “Setting the Straits on Fire”