Instructor: John Butler

John Butler
John Butler earned a bachelor's degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology from the University of Vermont in 2013, and in 2021 a masters degree in Geographic Information Sciences at CUNY Lehman College. Currently the Program Director of Restoration & Stewardship at the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance, John develops goals for forest restoration and management across the park's 640 acres of forested land, all while engaging community members in this important work.

He is a Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner through the Society for Ecological Restoration and a lover of salamanders.

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