Reed F. Noss is one of the founders of modern conservation biology and has been a leading advocate for regional conservation planning and connected landscapes. He is currently part-time Conservation Science Coordinator for the Center for Landscape Conservation Planning at University of Florida. He was formerly Provost’s Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Central Florida. Reed served as Editor-in-Chief of Conservation Biology and President of the Society for Conservation Biology. He is an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has an M.S. in ecology from the University of Tennessee and a Ph.D. in wildlife ecology from University of Florida. Among nearly 400 publications, his recent books include Forgotten Grasslands of the South: Natural History and Conservation (2012), Fire Ecology of Florida and the Southeastern Coastal Plain (2018), and Regional Landscape Conservation Planning: Wildlife, Connectivity, and the Florida Model (2026).