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Robin Kobaly

robin kobaly
Botanist, Wildlife Biologist, Environmental Educator
Executive Director, The SummerTree Institute


Professional Recognition and Experience

(Thirty years’ experience)

  • Recipient of Best Environmental Education Site award, U.S. Dept. of Interior for Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
  • Green Award 2010 for environmental education contributions and programs
  • Award of Excellence from Basin Wide Foundation for environmental contributions
  • Certificate of Excellence from Alliance for Water Awareness and Conservation for exceptional contributions to promote water-wise landscaping
  • Certificate of Recognition for land conservation from Friends of the Desert Mountains
  • California Desert District Botanist, U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
  • Preserve Manager, Big Morongo Canyon Preserve, U.S. BLM
  • Developed Junior Ranger Program and Docent Naturalist Training Program at Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
  • Independent Science Advisory Panel for Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan
  • Cofounder of The Wildlands Conservancy
  • Cofounder of The Power of Plants
  • Cofounder of DolphinWorks
  • Curator of Botany at Riverside Municipal Museum
  • Chief of Public Affairs-Acting, California Desert District, U.S. BLM
  • Creator of “Discovering The Ancients” on-going high school field research program for Joshua Tree National Park
  • Creator of “Saving The Ancients” on-going public environmental education program
  • Team lead for riparian restoration of The SummerTree Preserve
  • Presenter of annual training seminars in ethnobotany for Joshua Tree National Park staff
  • Aerial photo interpretation specialist, U.S. Dept of Interior & NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab

Professional Affiliations

  • California Native Plant Society
  • Southern California Botanists
  • Desert Horticultural Society

Environmental and Civic Involvements

  • Friends of Big Morongo Canyon Preserve, Board of Directors
  • Advisor, Native Plant Ordinances, Town of Yucca Valley
  • Mojave Desert Land Trust, Founding Member – Mojave Desert Seed Bank

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