Projects

This suburban Detroit park agency has made a substantial investment in nature education. After operating programs and facilities for nearly 40 years, they felt it was time to reassess and...

Sometimes an organization, though it is operating from a reasonable long-term strategic plan, chooses to revisit the constantly evolving challenges and opportunities it faces, just to make sure it is...

Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center has operated a successful residential environmental education program since 1978. The leaders were interested in examining the possibility of expanding their day-use activities, especially since...

For-Mar Nature Preserve & Arboretum, just outside Flint, includes the flagship nature center of Genesee County Parks. In 2022, the agency sought to develop a new master plan for the...

My work on behalf of the Wesselman Nature Society began in late 2021, when I was invited to lead a strategic planning process for the organization, which operates two sites...

The Montgomery County, Maryland, Department of Parks operates five nature education facilities. In 2019, they sought outside help to evaluate their network to determine “where new nature centers or renovations...

Pickering Creek Audubon Center on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay had a fairly recent master site plan that called for developing new buildings and other site features. During my...

This nonprofit nature center outside of Syracuse had a long history of success and sought to build on it through a new strategic plan. My role was to gather essential...

The Bloomfield Hills School District had a unique challenge. It is the only school district in the U.S. to operate both an educational farm and a nature center. The Charles...

Awarded a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to develop new exhibits, the Buffalo Audubon Society (which operates Beaver Meadow) wanted to identify a theme and sub-themes...

"Our nature center needed an interpretive plan and we hired David Catlin to work with us. His extensive experience in all aspects of the nature center business made a difference...

The Natural Start Alliance, a project of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), is a coalition of educators, parents, organizations, and others who want to help young children...

Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center had been open for eight years. The Center’s leadership determined it was time to revisit the original business plan, checking its assumptions, evaluating its achievements,...

The Pascagoula River Audubon Center was faced with a significant challenge. In the midst of planning a new nature center building, they lost their property lease and were faced with...

Grass River Natural Area Inc. is a non-profit conservation and education organization that relies on a close working partnership with county government, which owns the 1,443-acre site and the nature...

Jane Morgan Nature Preschool at Blueberry Hill (Kennebunkport, Maine), completed a resource assessment and “Summary of Findings” report preparatory to a business plan for a new nature-based preschool Cibolo Nature...