About Us
Ecoculture is a community of reforestation practitioners whose objectives are to conserve biodiversity and strengthen human connections to nature through community stewardship in large scale projects. There is a growing global consciousness that tree planting can improve global futures, but far too few restorationists have the ability to efficiently plant millions of trees. Our community is composed of over 20 organizations with a proven track-record of restoration success.

Kevin Grady
I have been helping to build what has now become the Ecoculture Reforestation Group since 2011 and working on ecological restoration ....

Chris Updike
My work revolves around trouble-shooting large-scale reforestation projects in southwestern US and Puerto Rico...

James Marshment-Howell
I work on post-disturbance reforestation and riparian restoration across the Southwest. My role at Ecoculture is to manage the planning, logistics...

Jacob Draper
I co-lead the Lower Salt River Restoration Project and Green Drone AZ. For the Salt River, I manage large-scale exotic...

Justin Eddinger
I co-manage two of our projects, one in Phoenix, AZ, the Lower Salt River Restoration Project and the Green Drone...

Wade Gibson
I am the Southwest team botanist and work on various projects in Arizona. I manage research projects in the Upper Verde River study area...

Jacob Cowan
I am a former PhD student of Kevin Grady's and have been working with Ecoculture since then. My previous work focused on plant-microbe symbioses...

Saffron Coons
I am a full-charge bookkeeper and accountant with 18+ years of experience. I specialize in creating order from chaos while working with entrepreneurs...

Marie Saul
I joined Ecoculture after many years of working at the county, state and federal level in business management. Over my 40 year career I have worked...

Karen Haubensak
I am a Research Ecologist with a thematic focus on developing plant materials best-suited to future climates, and improving native plant...

Kerry Grimm
I am a social scientist interested in exploring how people interact with the environment, as well as how people interact with each....

Petter Axelsson
I hail from Sweden and collaborate from SLU, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. When I am not looking at...

Alejandro Cubina
I am President and owner of Reforesta, Inc. in San Juan Puerto Rico. I have a graduate Degree from University of Puerto Rico...

Adair Patterson
I am the greenhouse manager at Northern Arizona University and my work interacts with Ecoculture quite often...

Katrina Urrea
I am a restoration science intern working on my bachelor’s degree in Biology at Northern Arizona University. I provide assistance...

Mario Garcia
I worked for many years around Tortuguero National Park and Corcovado in Costa Rica as a botanist and project coordinator for Caño Palma biological station...