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Caddo County Prairie Landscape

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Amy with the rare Royal Catchfly
Amy Buthod

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Heritage Botanist

Amy surveys the state for rare and invasive plants.  She conducts floristic inventorys across Oklahoma including Registered Natural Areas, The Nature Conservancy preserves, State Wildlife Management Areas, and National Forests.  She is also the Collections Manager in the Bebb Herbarium.

Email: amybuthod@ou.edu

Priscilla on top of a mountain.
Priscilla Crawford

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Heritage Program Coordinator
Conservation Biologist

Priscilla manages the Oklahoma Natural Areas Registry and works with landowners to protect biodiversity on their property.  She is currently studying native plant restoration and pollinator habitat improvements.

Email: prill@ou.edu

Priscilla's Webpage

Owen with a headlamp holding a frog.
Owen Edwards

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Heritage Zoologist

Owen is a herpetologist, with a focus on frogs and turtles.   

Email: OwenEdwards@ou.edu

James in the field
James Hung

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Assistant Professor and Heritage Zoologist

James is a community ecologist studying pollinator diversity and conservation, with a focus on bees. He also studies pollination biology and climate change. 

Email: KLJHung@ou.edu

James' Webpage

Headshot of Jeremy
Jeremy Ross

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Assistant Professor & Heritage Zoologist

Area of Study: Winter grassland bird movement ecology and conservation. Creating sustainable landscapes. Severe weather ecology

Email: rossjd@ou.edu

Jeremy's Webpage

Liz headshot with pink flowers in the background
Elizabeth Bergey

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Professor and Heritage Biologist
retired January 2024

Liz's research interests are in the ecology and conservation biology of land snails, freshwater macroinvertebrates and algae. 

Email: lbergey@ou.edu