From Projects to Landscapes - Workshop 2015: Robert Bonnie will address the Idaho Collaborators at noon on Thursday, February 19th. Mr. Bonnie is the Under Secretary
for Natural Resources and the Environment, U.S. Department of Agriculture. At USDA, Bonnie oversees the Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service on a variety of natural resource issues, working closely with the Farm Service Agency.
He also served as Senior Advisor to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for
environment and climate change. Prior to joining USDA, Mr. Bonnie was vice president for land conservation for the Environmental Defense Fund where he focused on developing incentives to reward farmers, ranchers and forest owners for stewardship activities on private lands. Mr. Bonnie has master degrees in forestry and resource economics from Duke University. He grew up on a farm in Kentucky and now lives in Virginia.