Conservation Activities
- Worked with students to write multiple grants resulting in over $200,000 for conservation projects
- Partnered with colleagues in Biology and the Great River Greening on a $15,000 oak forest restoration project.
- Former member of the Minnesota Nature Conservancy Board of Trustees
- Consultant for groups including the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, the Great Plains Restoration Council and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Student Research and Student Grants
- Faculty sponsor for $25,000+ of student research funding. Young Scholars Grants, McNair Scholar Award, Excel! Grant, Collaborative Inquiry Grants and Community Based Research Scholars award.
- Projects from my classes have resulted in more than 120 student conference presentations
Paul has overseen 140+ student conference presentations and has written grants with students that have funded more than $150,000 in conservation projects