Rebecca L. Kihslinger

Dr. Rebecca Kihslinger, Science and Policy Analyst and Director of the Wetlands Program, has worked at ELI since 2006. Rebecca directs ELI’s work on climate adaptation and community resilience, naturally green planning, and wetlands issues. She has led projects and written on opportunities for wildlife conservation in natural hazard areas, nature-friendly land use planning, the ecological success of wetland compensatory mitigation, and local and state wetland protection programs. She is currently working with partners in the Upper Mississippi River Basin to bring together hazard mitigation planners, emergency managers, and wetland and wildlife managers to identify opportunities to collaborate on projects that yield both flood hazard mitigation and habitat conservation benefits. Rebecca is also a key member of the ELI’s Ocean Program team working on aquaculture, and has written on aquaculture certification programs and the federal regulation of offshore aquaculture.