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\"Hinkle<\/a>Economic development advances throughout the world at an alarming rate, putting formerly vast, open lands on the \u201cendangered\u201d list. Through the conservation efforts of UCF Conservation Biologist Ross Hinkle and the Selection and Management Committee, endangered land in Central Florida is receiving protection vital to its continued survival<\/p>\n

The Selection and Management Committee, along with the Brevard County voter-approved EELs program, works to protect endangered land by searching for areas in immediate need of \u00a0purchasing and security in order to be preserved . EELs has such strong support that residents voted to up-tax to $55 million, as well as voting for an additional fund allotment referendum for the program in 2004.<\/p>\n

Ross Hinkle\u2019s dedication and involvement in the Selection and Management Committee and EELs sweeps through all aspects of his career. Hinkle\u2019s proactive attitude catapults him into the center of preservation advocacy. He maintains a presence in many of the areas he’s dedicated to preserving. Hinkle reports to spacecoastdaily.com, \u201cYou can do research and publish about conservation, but if you can participate in a way that helps preserve those natural areas, that\u2019s really something.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hinkle\u2019s extensive experience in the field of conservation reaches further than the Selection and Management Committee. When he\u2019s not striving to save the environment as vice chair of the committee, Hinkle spends his time as vice provost and dean of the college of graduate studies, mentoring students in the focus of conservation biology, while stressing the importance of comprehensive academic education involving in-field experience. He considers in-field experience important because of the knowledge he gained doing his own hands-on work.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think UCF and specifically the biology program help deliver the message that you can\u2019t do research in a vacuum,\u201d Hinkle relays to spacecoastdaily.com. \u201cYou have to apply it and often that application has more meaning if it helps your community. I feel lucky to be able to do that for UCF and for Brevard County. There\u2019s nothing more satisfying.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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