We are a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team of ecologists and social scientists at several universities and the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, and partnered with the City of Boston, the Urban Ecology Institute and other organizations.

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - Amherst, MA
Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning

Dr. Paige S. Warren, Principal Investigator
Dr. Robert L. Ryan, Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Craig R. Nicolson, Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Michael W. Strohbach
Dr. Timothy O. Randhir
Dr. Jack Ahern
Dr. David Bloniarz
Dr. Brian Kane
Dr. David King (USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station)

Graduate Research Assistants: Rachel Danford, Chingwen Cheng, Susannah Lerman, Kate Tooke, Alex Sherman

URBAN ECOLOGY INSTITUTE (UEI), Cambridge, MA
The Urban Ecology Institute is a non-profit organization based in Boston, Massachusetts dedicated to improving the health of urban ecosystems through research, education and community action.

CLARK UNIVERSITY, Worcester, MA
School of Geography
Dr. Colin Polsky, Co-Principal Investigator

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, Los Angeles, CA
Biology Department
Dr. Eric Strauss, Co-Principal Investigator

ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY, Bristol, RI
Department of Biology and Marine Biology
Dr. Loren Byrne

BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Boston, MA
School of Public Health
Dr. John Levy

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, Boston, MA
Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Dr. Russ Lopez

UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Durham, NH
Water Systems Analysis Group
Dr. Wil Wolheim

ARNOLD ARBORETUM, Boston, MA
http://arboretum.harvard.edu/

FRANKLIN PARK COALITION, Boston, MA
http://www.franklinparkcoalition.org/