Conservancy Staff

Christy Fischer
Executive Director

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Christina Fischer is a native of California's Central Coast with over 25 years of conservation and natural lands restoration experience. Before coming to the Santa Lucia Conservancy in September 2011, Christy spent eleven years with The Nature Conservancy in policy and land conservation. For the past seven years, she served as Central Coast Project Director and was responsible for all of TNC's land protection and partnership efforts in the Monterey Bay region. In that position, she recently received state and national awards for leading collaborative conservation efforts with private landowners to permanently protect over 23,000 acres of land and 10 miles of rivers and streams, and working with Salinas Valley farming interests to ensure new federal agricultural policies protect biodiversity. She holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is an alumna of the California Agricultural Leadership Program, a two-year fellowship

Christopher Hauser
Plant Ecologist

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Christopher Hauser is a plant biologist, specializing in land management, habitat restoration, invasive weed management, and prescribed fire. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and Master of Science degrees in Biochemistry and Plant Ecology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Chris has over 10 years of experience in plant ecology and land management with various organizations in Illinois and California. He was previously the restoration ecologist for the Forest Preserve District in Kane County, Illinois, where he implemented restoration and management on about 8000 acres of savannas, wetlands and tallgrass prairies. He enjoys hiking, camping and gardening with his family.

Christopher Wilson Wildlife Conservation Biologist

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Chris Wilson is a conservation planner and field biologist specializing in non-game wildlife, particularly birds, amphibians, and reptiles. He has over 12 years of experience working as a consulting- and staff biologist for land trusts across the country. He was previously the Director of Stewardship and Science for the Sweet Water Trust, a grant making philanthropy working to protect wildlands across Northern New England, and also served as the Conservation Biologist for the North American Land Trust where he conducted biological inventories and stewarded conservation easements throughout the southeastern states. He holds a B.S. and B.A in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Biology from the Evergreen State College and an M.S. in Biology from Appalachian State University. His professional interests include the application of conservation science to the protection of biodiversity on private lands, and making such information useful and accessible to land trusts. He is the author of "Documenting and Protecting Biodiversity on Land Trust Projects: an introduction and practical guide" recently published by the Land Trust Alliance. He enjoys fly-fishing, telemark skiing, mountain biking, and brewing beer.