GreenWays Center for Environment and Community is a consortium of environmental scientists and professionals, community members, volunteers and students who are together providing services to enhance and inspire ecological stewardship and restoration of land in the Mid Coast region of Maine. We assist land owners to develop their knowledge and choose environmentally healthy courses of action.
GreenWays Consultants/Advisors
Aleta McKeage, M.S., is an ecologist and project manager who has completed work for municipalities, land trusts, state and federal governments. Aleta specializes in ecological land stewardship and restoration integrated with outreach and community building, and is an expert in invasive plant ecology and control as well as in native plant communities. Her research interests are dynamics of degraded and restored plant communities in New England, longitudinal dynamics of managed ecosystems and the human dimensions of ecological restoration. Aleta is currently the Executive Director of GreenWays Center for Environment and Community, and coordinates the GreenWays Consulting Group.
Lisa Cowan, PLA, Principal, Studioverde, is a Maine licensed Landscape Architect practicing sustainable and ecological design in Maine for over 25 years. Her work exemplifies a lifelong interest in the restoration of natural systems and community engagement in the natural world. Lisa’s extensive background in ecology-based planning, design, implementation and maintenance informs her work with clients who are committed to a more sustainable approach for their properties, campuses and communities. Lisa is one of the first landscape architects in the nation with expertise in the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) model for land development and management and is currently co-chairing the American Society of Landscape Architect’s Sustainable Design group dedicated to the development of state of the art, economically viable, sustainable
development practices.
Denis Wang, Ph. D.: Denis' research interests include: habitat ecology, behavioral ecology, invertebrate zoology, interspecific competition, territoriality. Denis has taught at the University of Rhode Island, Roger Williams University, Johnson State College (Vt), Kildonan School, Windsor School, Alexander Dawson School, and was Science Dept. Chair at the Tilton School for 30 years, teaching courses in Ecology, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Anatomy and Physiology, and Forensic Science.
Don Phillips, CSS, has been an active member of the Maine Association of Wetland Scientists since 1989, serving as President in 2000. He has been an outspoken proponent of licensing wetland scientists who practice in the State of Maine, serving as the Chair of the MAWS Wetland Certification Subcommittee in 2006 and 2007. Don has been an active member of the Maine Association of Professional Soil Scientists since 1995. As the MAPSS Education Chair from 1998 to 2006, Don led a sub-committee that raised more than $10,800 — more than any other New England state — on behalf of the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of Natural History's upcoming "Dig It! The Secrets of Soils" exhibit that opened in July of 2008.
As former Chair of the Town of Monroe Planning Board and still the "go to" person to get things done for the Town's Conservation Commission, Don provides environmental expertise for his home town. From 1998 on, Don has participated in the joint UMO/MAS "Maine Amphibian Monitoring Program" and, since 2002, as the Monroe Sector Leader of the "Christmas Bird Count" centered in North Penobscot Bay. As a member of the Landmark Heritage Trust's Board of Directors, Don has conducted Biological Assessments on several of its holdings, coordinated Invasive Species workshops on behalf of the LHT, served as Co-Secretary for several years, and is currently a member of its Stewardship Committee. Most recently, Don has co-led birding tours for the Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition, and conducted pro-bono fieldwork to develop a botanical census of vegetation along the three-mile long Little River Trail in Belfast.
Cloe Chunn, M.S., M.A. is a naturalist, outdoor educator, former high school and college teacher, and Registered Maine Guide. She is a founding member and faculty in the Maine Master Naturalist Program. www.mainemasternaturalist.org. Author of Fifty Hikes in the Maine Mountains (W.W. Norton), Cloe has hiked the entire Appalachian Trail, and has explored wild country as far afield as Antarctica, where she did geological research during graduate school. Cloe’s aim is to highlight and preserve Earth’s natural systems, and to help humans recognize, restore, and celebrate their connections within these systems. Her love affair with the Maine landscape began when she moved here, a native of Florida, in 1974. It has grown from love-at-first-sight into a deep connection and spiritual dependence on living with the seasons, exploring wild landscapes, and being among people who love to talk about the land. She is especially fond of birding, kayaking, cross-country skiing, and Sphagnum bogs.
Todd F. Miller, M.S. Todd has 40 years of experience in environmental education, land management, and ecological research. He has worked as an interpretive park ranger at Acadia National Park for eight years, as a naturalist and conservation biologist with New York City, New York State, Wisconsin, and Missouri Parks, taught K-12 school teachers how to conduct research with their students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum (arguably, the birthplace of ecological restoration), and collaborated with the National Park Service of Ecuador, where he was a Peace Corps Volunteer.
Todd has a B.S. in environmental and forest biology from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry at Syracuse, and an M.S. in forest ecology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has published articles in Ecological Monographs, Ecological Restoration, and Science and Children.
When he is not enthusiastically appreciating everything in nature, Todd is either trying to create a healthy and peaceful planet, or playing guitar and singing.
GreenWays Consultants/Advisors
Aleta McKeage, M.S., is an ecologist and project manager who has completed work for municipalities, land trusts, state and federal governments. Aleta specializes in ecological land stewardship and restoration integrated with outreach and community building, and is an expert in invasive plant ecology and control as well as in native plant communities. Her research interests are dynamics of degraded and restored plant communities in New England, longitudinal dynamics of managed ecosystems and the human dimensions of ecological restoration. Aleta is currently the Executive Director of GreenWays Center for Environment and Community, and coordinates the GreenWays Consulting Group.
Lisa Cowan, PLA, Principal, Studioverde, is a Maine licensed Landscape Architect practicing sustainable and ecological design in Maine for over 25 years. Her work exemplifies a lifelong interest in the restoration of natural systems and community engagement in the natural world. Lisa’s extensive background in ecology-based planning, design, implementation and maintenance informs her work with clients who are committed to a more sustainable approach for their properties, campuses and communities. Lisa is one of the first landscape architects in the nation with expertise in the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) model for land development and management and is currently co-chairing the American Society of Landscape Architect’s Sustainable Design group dedicated to the development of state of the art, economically viable, sustainable
development practices.
Denis Wang, Ph. D.: Denis' research interests include: habitat ecology, behavioral ecology, invertebrate zoology, interspecific competition, territoriality. Denis has taught at the University of Rhode Island, Roger Williams University, Johnson State College (Vt), Kildonan School, Windsor School, Alexander Dawson School, and was Science Dept. Chair at the Tilton School for 30 years, teaching courses in Ecology, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Anatomy and Physiology, and Forensic Science.
Don Phillips, CSS, has been an active member of the Maine Association of Wetland Scientists since 1989, serving as President in 2000. He has been an outspoken proponent of licensing wetland scientists who practice in the State of Maine, serving as the Chair of the MAWS Wetland Certification Subcommittee in 2006 and 2007. Don has been an active member of the Maine Association of Professional Soil Scientists since 1995. As the MAPSS Education Chair from 1998 to 2006, Don led a sub-committee that raised more than $10,800 — more than any other New England state — on behalf of the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of Natural History's upcoming "Dig It! The Secrets of Soils" exhibit that opened in July of 2008.
As former Chair of the Town of Monroe Planning Board and still the "go to" person to get things done for the Town's Conservation Commission, Don provides environmental expertise for his home town. From 1998 on, Don has participated in the joint UMO/MAS "Maine Amphibian Monitoring Program" and, since 2002, as the Monroe Sector Leader of the "Christmas Bird Count" centered in North Penobscot Bay. As a member of the Landmark Heritage Trust's Board of Directors, Don has conducted Biological Assessments on several of its holdings, coordinated Invasive Species workshops on behalf of the LHT, served as Co-Secretary for several years, and is currently a member of its Stewardship Committee. Most recently, Don has co-led birding tours for the Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition, and conducted pro-bono fieldwork to develop a botanical census of vegetation along the three-mile long Little River Trail in Belfast.
Cloe Chunn, M.S., M.A. is a naturalist, outdoor educator, former high school and college teacher, and Registered Maine Guide. She is a founding member and faculty in the Maine Master Naturalist Program. www.mainemasternaturalist.org. Author of Fifty Hikes in the Maine Mountains (W.W. Norton), Cloe has hiked the entire Appalachian Trail, and has explored wild country as far afield as Antarctica, where she did geological research during graduate school. Cloe’s aim is to highlight and preserve Earth’s natural systems, and to help humans recognize, restore, and celebrate their connections within these systems. Her love affair with the Maine landscape began when she moved here, a native of Florida, in 1974. It has grown from love-at-first-sight into a deep connection and spiritual dependence on living with the seasons, exploring wild landscapes, and being among people who love to talk about the land. She is especially fond of birding, kayaking, cross-country skiing, and Sphagnum bogs.
Todd F. Miller, M.S. Todd has 40 years of experience in environmental education, land management, and ecological research. He has worked as an interpretive park ranger at Acadia National Park for eight years, as a naturalist and conservation biologist with New York City, New York State, Wisconsin, and Missouri Parks, taught K-12 school teachers how to conduct research with their students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum (arguably, the birthplace of ecological restoration), and collaborated with the National Park Service of Ecuador, where he was a Peace Corps Volunteer.
Todd has a B.S. in environmental and forest biology from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry at Syracuse, and an M.S. in forest ecology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has published articles in Ecological Monographs, Ecological Restoration, and Science and Children.
When he is not enthusiastically appreciating everything in nature, Todd is either trying to create a healthy and peaceful planet, or playing guitar and singing.
