Biohabitats' Keith Bowers Appointed to Board of Wildlands Project

Keith Bowers, a recognized leader in green design, was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Wildlands Project. Bowers is the founder and president of Biohabitats, one of the nation's leading ecological restoration, conservation planning and regenerative design firms. The Wildlands Project creates large scale, science-based conservation plans that include core wild areas, wildlife linkages and stewardship lands.

Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) November 10, 2008 -- Keith Bowers, president of Baltimore-based Biohabitats, Inc., a leading ecological restoration, conservation planning and regenerative design firm, was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Wildlands Project. In this position, Mr. Bowers will help guide the Wildlands Project in its efforts to protect and preserve North America's irreplaceable biodiversity through the expansion and connection of protected natural areas.

"Long-term preservation of biodiversity is critical to the survival of all living things, including humans," said Keith Bowers, president and founder of Biohabitats. "I am honored to serve on the Board of an organization that is actively safeguarding biodiversity through continental scale conservation and restoration."

The Wildlands Project creates large scale, science-based conservation plans that include core wild areas, wildlife linkages and stewardship lands. The plans are used by conservation groups, state and federal agencies, local governments, land trusts, private landowners, and others to inform land use decisions.

"The land that connects our wild areas is often in need of restoration," said Margo McKnight, Executive Director of the Wildlands Project. "Keith Bowers brings to our Board not only his passion and personal commitment to the environment, but his savvy as someone who has achieved remarkable success in the business of ecological restoration."

Founded in 1982, Biohabitats, Inc. is an ecological restoration, conservation planning and regenerative design firm headquartered in it Chesapeake/Delaware Bay Bioregional office in Baltimore, MD. The company also has offices serving the Bioregions of the Great Lakes, Ohio River, Southeast, San Francisco Bay and Southern Rocky Mountains. The Wildlands Project is a privately funded and independently operated 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Richmond, VT.

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