Nancy Olmstead
Conservation Ecologist, Maine
Nancy Olmstead Nancy is the Conservation Ecologist at The nature Conservancy in Maine. © Nancy Olmstead
Areas of Expertise
Ecology, land management, invasive species
Biography
Nancy assists the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program (MNRCP), an In Lieu Fee /mitigation program administered by TNC to restore, enhance, and conserve wetlands and other protected aquatic habitats. She also assists TNC Maine’s Land Management team, helping to steward TNC’s preserves in Maine through ecological monitoring, management of invasive species, prescribed fire, and other projects.
Nancy has previously worked as an educator and a field scientist. Most recently, she led the state of Maine’s terrestrial and wetland invasive plant program at the Maine Natural Areas Program. She also taught ecology and environmental science labs at Bowdoin College, did marine science on the Chesapeake Bay, led youngsters in the outdoors at Maine Audubon, and helped volunteers monitor lake watersheds with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Nancy was trained in ecology at Cornell University and later received her MS from the Field Naturalist Program at the University of Vermont.
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- Publications
- Maine Stories
Morelli, T.M., Brown-Lima, C.J., Allen, J.A., Beaury, E.M, Fusco, E.J., Barker-Plotkin, A., Laginhas, B.B., Quirion, B.R., Griffin, B., McLaughlin, B., Munro, L., Olmstead, N., Richburg, J., and B.A. Bradley. 2021. Translational invasion ecology: bridging research and practice to address one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. Biological Invasions 23: 3323–3335.
Bradley, B.A., Beaury, E.M., Fusco, E.J., Munro, L., Brown-Lima, C., Coville, W., Kesler, B., Olmstead, N., and J. Parker. 2022. Breaking down barriers to consistent, climate-smart regulation of invasive plants - a case study of US Northeast states. Ecosphere 13 (5): e4014.
N. Olmstead and M. Yurlina. 2019. Maine Invasive Plants Field Guide. Maine Natural Areas Program, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Augusta, Maine.
Seitz, R.D., Lipcius, R.N., Olmstead, N.H., Seebo, M.S., and D.M. Lambert. 2006. Influence of shallow-water habitats and shoreline development upon abundance, biomass, and diversity of Chesapeake Bay benthos and their predators. Marine Ecology Progress Series 326: 11-26.