Karen
C. Hill
Technical Writer/Editor
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Karen
Karen Hill specializes
in technical editing, conservation writing, and public
education
and outreach content. Her 9 years of professional experience reflects
her interest in communicating important
conservation
messages
to a variety
of audiences. Karen specializes in
translating technical information into an understandable format
for the general public, and working with environmental professionals
to
create
conservation plans and strategies for protection and restoration
of wildlife and natural resources.
 Karen
has edited numerous documents at Pandion including management
plans, natural
resource inventories, scientific reports, professional papers,
NEPA related documentation, technical manuals, program surveys,
curriculum
activities, and public education and outreach materials.
Recently, Karen worked with the Florida
Springs Task Force to update the report entitled, Florida's
Springs: Strategies for Protection and Restoration. The report
documents progress since 2000 and recommends future strategies
and action
steps.
For
the Santa Fe Springs Basin Working Group, Karen wrote a series
of educational newspaper articles on springs protection. Topics
included why springs are important to us, water quality, water
use and
quantity, effects of different land uses, and public
involvement in water management.
Karen
also wrote a comprehensive history of land uses
in Polk County for the Polk County Environmental Education Curriculum.
It tells the story of how the county was established, the factors
that affected its growth, how it was developed for various land
uses, and how the environmental lands program was established
to protect Polk County’s remaining natural areas.
In addition to her work with
Pandion, Karen has written for the National Wildlife Federation,
Defenders of Wildlife, local newspapers, and the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service. She recently wrote a summary paper on the Human
Dimensions of Rare Carnivore Recovery based
on scientific findings presented at a session of the Carnivores
2004 Conference.
She also wrote content for an
educational website and materials on the Florida panther for Defenders
of Wildlife.
While serving in a leadership role
(President and Vice President) for The Florida Panther Society,
Inc., Karen was on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s
Florida Panther Recovery Team that recently completed a revision
of the Florida Panther Recovery Plan. She was a major contributor
to writing the education and outreach portions of the Recovery
Action Outline, Recovery Strategy, and Conservation Efforts sections
of the plan.
For two years Karen was a Nature Writer
for the Alachua County Today Newspaper. Her series titled “Discovering
the Sunshine State’s Backyard” won a first place state-level
award for Environmental/Conservation Writing in the Florida Press
Association’s 2002 Better Weekly Newspaper Awards.
Karen’s other interests include
hiking and camping on Florida’s public lands, creative art-play,
weaving, and other handcrafts.
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