As our society takes greater responsibility for the
environmental damage it has caused, land planners and designers
are being called upon to heal the earth. Ecological restoration
projects use the latest science to restore ecosystems to optimal
functioning and value. This is a rapidly changing field as our
understanding of the complexity of managing ecosystems evolves
and techniques for carrying out restoration projects improve.
Students interested in this work often have a background in
conservation biology, ecology or similar field. They go on to
work in private practice, or for non-governmental and
governmental agencies. Recent projects include: Doverbrook
Condominum Landscape Master Plan A former military base was
converted to housing for over 1000 residents. The condominium
complex’s Board of Director asked the Conway School for an
ecologically appropriate landscape plan that could replace the
site’s energy-intensive and habitat-poor traditional
“lawnscape.” Exploring and identifying different zones of u