Accomplished Great Lakes scientist turned nonfiction author who has written eight books and writes a monthly column called a Great Lakes Moment for Detroit Public Television's Great Lakes Now

JOHN HARTIG

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INTRODUCTION

ABOUT JOHN

Dr. John Hartig is an accomplished Great Lakes scientist turned nonfiction author who has written eight books and writes a monthly column called a Great Lakes Moment for Detroit Public Television's Great Lakes Now. Questioning how science fits into public decision-making for the Great Lakes and questioning how he can personally make a difference in helping restore and protect the Great Lakes, his life journey has led him to become an award-winning, nonfiction writer whose goal is to inspire a stewardship ethic in urban areas because that is where 80% of all U.S. and Canadian citizens now live.

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 2022 Michigan Notable Leader in Sustainability from Carin's Detroit Business, 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, and the 2015 Conservationist of the Year Award from the John Muir Association. He has authored or co-authored more than 150 publications on the environment, including eight books. John’s recent book titled Waterfront Porch won a 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Award in the “nature/environment” category.

WORKS

PUBLICATIONS

John has authored and co-authored over 150 publications on the environment.

In addition to scientific publications, John has published eight books: Great Lakes Champions; Rouge River Revived; Ecosystem-Based Management of Laurentian Great Lakes Areas of Concern; 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.

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Dr. Hartig is trained as a limnologist with more than 30 years of experience in ecosystem-based management and conservation. His academic interest is serving as a boundary spanner working to strengthen science-policy-management linkages in the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem. His life journey has led him to become an award-winning nonfiction author working to inspire the next generation of conservationists, environmentalists, and sustainability entrepreneurs in urban areas because that is where most of the people on our planet live.