John Hartig

INTRODUCTION

ABOUT JOHN

Dr. John Hartig is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Wiindsor. The focus of his multi-disciplinary research is cleanup of the most polluted areas of Great Lakes. John also serves as the Great Lakes Science-Policy Adviser for the International Association for Great Lakes Research and on the Board of Directors of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy.

Biography

John Hartig serves as a Visiting Scholar at University of Windsor’s Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research and on the Board of Directors of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy. For 14 years he served as Refuge Manager for the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. John has received numerous awards for his work, including a 2018 Honor Award for Meritorious Service from U.S. Department of Interior, the 2017 Community Peacemaker Award from Wayne State University’s Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, the 2016 Edward G. Voss Conservation Science Award from Michigan Nature Association, and the 2015 Conservationist of the Year Award from the John Muir Association. He has authored or co-authored over 100 publications on the environment, including five books: Waterfront Porch; Bringing Conservation to Cities; Burning Rivers; Honoring Our Detroit River, Caring for Our Home; and Under RAPs: Toward Grassroots Ecological Democracy in the Great Lakes Basin. John’s recent book titled Waterfront Porch won a 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Award in the “nature/environment” category.

SPEAKING

EVENTS

Opening the conversation on bringing conservation to cities, ecosystem-based management, and accelerating the sustainability transition.

Dr. Hartig is trained as a limnologist with 30 years of experience in ecosystem-based management and conservation. His particular interest is linking science with policy/management. He is currently leading a Canada-U.S. project on evaluating what has been achieved and learned from 35 years of restoring the most polluted areas of the Great Lakes - Areas of Concern.