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Frank Lowenstein, The Nature Conservancy's depute lead for global invasives and known as "the Conservancy's guru on forest bugs and blights", photographed for the Spring 2009 issue of Nature Conservancy magazine at Sheffield, Massachusetts. © Annie Griffiths Belt

Frank Lowenstein

Climate Adaptation Strategy Leader for The Global Climate Change Team

Frank Lowenstein is Climate Adaptation Strategy Leader for The Nature Conservancy’s Global Climate Change Team. In this role he heads up the organization’s work on how natural systems can contribute to helping people adapt to climate change.

Previously he was Director of Forest Health for the Conservancy's North America Conservation Region. In this role he heads the organization’s collaborative work with many partners to protect America’s forests from non-native insects and diseases.

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Frank in the News

Snow. Flickr user clickclique via Creative Commons.

Enjoying Snow, While We Still Have It

Frank tells the New York Times that disappearing snow pack could have an impact on the availability of our water.

Coastal restoration in action. Photo credit: Flickr user eustatic via Creative Commons

Fund NOAA’s Coastal Restoration Program

In this letter to the editor of the Miami Herald, Frank urges support for coastal restoration.

It's getting hot in here. Photo via Climate Progress

The Heat Is On, and It’s Time To Prepare

Frank and colleague Evan Girvetz recently guest-blogged for Climate Progress.

It's even hotter in here. Photo credit: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources via Flickr/Creative Commons

Addressing Our Looming Climate Bankruptcy

Frank and colleague Evan Girvetz write about climate change and "bankruptcy" in Care2.

The Arkansas Oak Ecosystem Restoration Team has more than 300,000 acres of restoration sites, where ecological thinning are used to restore forests. (C) McRee Anderson/TNC

Experts Say Forests Need to Be Thinned to Be Saved

We've set a trap for ourselves by not acting on climate change, Frank tells the Aspen Times.

Ramps for sale. Credit: Flickr user SummerTomato (via Creative Commons license)

Cult of Ramps Begins Worship Season Early

While 2012's early warm weather has made for something of a ramp windfall, it also suggests future problems, Frank tells The Atlantic Wire.

The Branford Harbor in Branford, CT. The image on the left is a 2020 conservative scenario without any storm surge; the image on the right is 2080 with a category 3 Hurricane. (The Nature Conservancy Coastal Resilience project)

Adapting to our Warming Planet

Frank tells the Living on Earth audience what we can expect from the changing climate-- and what we can do to reduce the impact.

American pika Credit: Flickr user GlacierNPS via a Creative Commons license

Species Climbing Higher, Migrating North, Study Says

In the Christian Science Monitor, Frank offers commentary on a new study about the effects of climate change.

The free-flowing St. John River in the North Woods is a river of many personalities: frozen and white in winter, serene and quiet in summer, swollen and rushing in spring. Photograph used for the ?Design for Living World? exhibit book. © Ami Vitale

Real vs. Fake Christmas Trees

Frank appears on MSNBC to weigh in on the environmental merits of choosing a real tree for Christmas.

Shocked by electrodes hanging from the front of a research vessel, the highly invasive asian carp (a generic term for several type of carp imported from asia) leap from the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois. These fish are thought to be highly detrimental to the environment in the USA where they are established. Because of these concerns, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service convened stakeholders to develop a national plan for the management and control of invasive Asian carps. The Nature Conservancy works to protect the Mississippi River and its watershed through the Great Rivers Partnership which is a collaboration between a wide array of partners dedicated to the conservation of the world's great river systems for the benefit of the people and the species that depend upon them for life. © Mark Godfrey

Asian Carp in the Great Lakes? This Means War!

Time magazine turns to Frank for analysis on the threat of invasive Asian carp to the Great Lakes.

Frank Lowenstein: Gardeners Can Defend Against Invasive Insects © USDA

Gardeners Can Defend Against Invasive Insects

Frank talks to The Washington Post about how the public can help spot and stop the spread of invasive insects.

Frank Lowenstein: The Emerald Ash Borer and Baseball © Flickr user jclucier

The Emerald Ash Borer and Baseballs

Frank tells Men’s Journal that in a matter of years, the emerald ash borer could spell the end for baseball’s favorite bat.

Articles by Frank

Frank Lowenstein visits a Christmas tree farm to talk about the importance of going au naturel during the holidays. TNC

Cut a Tree, Save the Planet

Frank shares his 5 reasons why cutting down a Christmas tree is better for the planet.

Winter snow fall in the woods of the Saint John River watershed. Logging has been an important part of the local economy since the 18th century, and the timber industry continues to provide jobs for local communities today. © Ami Vitale

Top Ten Reason Why Forests Matter

Frank and fellow forest expert Jay Fiedler weigh in on the top ten reasons why forests matter to the world.

July 2008 - Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, NC. Albemarle peninsula, located at sea level, will be affected by the rising sea levels of the sounds that surround it. © Erika Nortemann

Adapting to Climate Change: A New US Priority

Frank discusses why planning for climate change and its effects on people and nature must be a priority for US policymakers.

Frank Lowenstein: Preserving Highways and Farms Through Oyster Restoration © Frank Lowenstein

Preserving Highways and Farms with Oysters

In the face of climate change, baby oysters spell hope for the future of North Carolina’s Albemarle Sound.

Using Nature’s Infrastructure to Protect Us

Jen McKnight and Frank Lowenstein of the Conservancy’s Climate Change Adaptation team offer insight into how we can weather climate change impacts.

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Read Frank Lowenstein's Full Biography

Frank Lowenstein

Climate Adaptation Strategy Leader for The Global Climate Change Team

Read Frank Lowenstein's Full Biography

Frank Lowenstein

Climate Adaptation Strategy Leader for The Global Climate Change Team

Read Frank Lowenstein's Full Biography

During his nearly 17 years with The Nature Conservancy Frank has worked to conserve forests and wetlands in many diverse habitats, including the Selva Maya of Mexico, the Tumbesian dry forests of Ecuador, pine forests of the Bahamas and the deciduous forests of the Northeastern U.S.

Outside of work, Frank is a coauthor of two popular books, Bugs: Insects, Spiders, Centipedes, Millipedes and Other Closely Related Arthropods and Voices of Protest: Documents of Courage and Dissent, as well as numerous scientific journal, magazine and newspaper articles. He is an avid outdoorsman and gardener, and an occasional banjo player. Together with his wife Sheryl, he is raising three sons.