Background
Jennings, Michael Dunn was born on December 5, 1951 in Bremerhaven, Federal Republic of Germany. Son of George Riley and Geraldine (Dunn) Jennings. came to the United States, 1970.
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Michael Dunn Jennings, American Environmental planner. Achievements include description of political application of ecological theories needed for managing privately owned environmentally sensitive areas, utility of Holdridge Life Zone System for ecological science a unified classification for North American leading the National Gap Analysis program and conceptual development of the National Biological Survey.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, Evergreen State College, 1974; Master in Regional Planning, Washington State University, 1988.
Career
Biologist, environmentalist, Washington State Department Wildlife, Olympia, 1974-1977;
farmer, rancher, Jennings Farms Company, Centerville, Washington, 1976-1984;
biologist, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Cascade Locks, Oregon, 1981-1983;
biologist, Oregon Department Fish and Wildlife, Corvallis, 1984;
researcher, Nature Conservancy, Portland, Oregon, 1985;
research associate, Washington State University, Pullman, 1986-1988;
environmental planner, United States National Pk. Svc., Philadelphia, 1989-1992;
research biologist United States Fish and Wildlife Svc., U. Idaho, Moscow, 1992-1996;
ecologist, United States Geological Survey, since 1996;
faculty, U. Idaho, since 1997. Researcher Centro Cientifico Tropical, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1973.
Environmental planner City of Portland Bureau Planning, 1986. Lecturer United States Information Agency, Washington, 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Member International Association for Landscape Ecology, Ecological Society American, National Association Environmental Professionals, Natural Areas Association, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Karen Jean Lucas, August 20, 1988.
