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Pete founded Conservation Works with Terry Blunt in 2005. In addition to his work for Conservation Works, Pete is a frequent adjunct professor of ecology at Hampshire College, a contractor for the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, and formerly long-time Conservation Director for the Town of Amherst. He serves on the Mass Board of the Conservation Law Foundation, the Hitchcock Center for the Environment, and the Whately Land Preservation. He is a co-founder of Valley Land Fund and the Massachusetts Society of Municipal Conservation Professionals, and was a long-time advisor to the Kestrel Land Trust.
Pete has a B.S. from Oberlin College and M.S. from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He has taught forest management at Antioch Graduate School, is the author of Managing Conservation Land, and is co-editor of Bird Finding Guide to Western Massachusetts and the recent Harvesting History, a history of farming in Amherst. He is also a marathon runner and a recipient of numerous awards for conservation work in the Pioneer Valley.