Audubon Welcomes New Leadership to Everglades Policy and Science Teams

In December, McKee Grey joined Audubon Florida as our new senior supervisor of Everglades coverage. Grey brings almost a decade of expertise in environmental regulation, with deep experience in coastal and wetland useful resource administration. Most just lately, she served as a division chief II at Miami-Dade County’s Division of Environmental Useful resource Administration, overseeing the Coastal Sources, Wetlands Sources, Tree and Forest Sources, and Water Management sections. She has additionally represented the county on the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Job Pressure since spring 2024 and on the Biscayne Bay and Southeastern Everglades Ecosystem Restoration venture supply crew since 2020. 

Grey earned her two undergraduate levels on the College of Georgia and holds an M.S. in marine affairs and coverage from the College of Miami, the place she developed a robust curiosity within the intersection of science and coverage to assist South Florida’s ecosystems. She lives in Key Largo and is an avid backcountry angler who loves spending time on the water. 

“Over the previous six months, I’ve had the privilege of working alongside legislators, company leaders, and our conservation companions to advance essential Everglades restoration and conservation priorities. Via productive conferences at each the state and federal ranges and powerful collaboration with NGO companions, Audubon continues constructing momentum for insurance policies that assist a more healthy Everglades ecosystem and a extra sustainable future for Florida.”

– McKee Grey, Senior Supervisor of Everglades Coverage

Bryant Dossman, PhD, joins Audubon as the brand new director and principal scientist of the Audubon Everglades Analysis Station (AERS) in Tavernier. As a behavioral and inhabitants ecologist, Dossman focuses on understanding the mechanisms driving migratory species responses to international change from a full annual cycle perspective, with an emphasis on animal motion as a essential hyperlink between particular person habits and inhabitants processes. His analysis combines cutting-edge monitoring applied sciences, longterm discipline research, experimental designs, and progressive quantitative approaches to analyze the causes and penalties of particular person motion and habits. 

He holds a Ph.D. from Cornell College, an M.Sc. from The Ohio State College, and a B.A. from Bowdoin Faculty, coming to AERS from a postdoctoral place at Georgetown College and a analysis affiliate appointment on the Smithsonian Migratory Chicken Heart. Now stationed within the Florida Keys, Dossman is keen to construct on the station’s wealthy analysis legacy to advance the science and conservation of South Florida’s iconic resident chook communities in addition to the migratory populations that join this area to the broader hemisphere.  

“I am excited and honored to guide the long-term science at AERS throughout such a defining second for Everglades restoration. Constructing on this station’s extraordinary analysis legacy, I am dedicated to making sure that science drives the choice making that permits this globally vital panorama to thrive for future generations.” 

– Bryant Dossman, Director and Principal Scientist of the Audubon Everglades Analysis Station