Stacy Small-Lorenz

Work

Stacy Small-Lorenz holds a doctorate in Biological Sciences from University of Missouri-Columbia's Avian Ecology Lab. She is a Research Associate with the Smithsonian Institution’s Migratory Bird Research Center and sits on the Board of the American Wind and Wildlife Institute. She has received awards from PRBO Conservation Science, Cooper Ornithological Society, and the Association of Field Ornithologists.

Her fifteen years of conservation work has emphasized wildlife population response to habitat restoration efforts, with a particular emphasis on riparian and wetland systems. She has worked in all aspects of habitat conservation, including research, habitat management, project design & implementation, and environmental advocacy. Her field work has spanned from the Pacific Northwest as far south as Argentina, with a major focus on the Central Valley of California.

Dr. Small-Lorenz currently leads EDF’s work on wildlife vulnerability to climate change in agricultural landscapes. She is also a documentary photographer and plays violin with the NIH Philharmonia, which raises funds for The Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health. She currently resides in Silver Spring, Maryland with her husband Eric and infant son, Avery. In her free time, she enjoys yoga, cross-country skiing in remote places, paddling large rivers while birding, and camping on river islands.