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Gary Tabor, regional conservation figurehead and founder and CEO of the Center for Large Landscape Conservation, announced his retirement in a July 1 press release. Since founding CLLC in 2007, Tabor has helped craft national legislation on wildlife corridors and crossings, co-authored the first-ever international guidelines on ecological connectivity and created tools for measuring and combating habitat fragmentation—all critical foundations to the work CLLC continues to do to this day.
CLLC, a global nonprofit organization based in Bozeman, advances ecological connectivity for climate resilience worldwide through science, policy, practice and collaboration, according to the release. Current projects in the region include ongoing efforts to reduce vehicle-wildlife collisions on U.S. Highway 191.“It has been the joy of my professional life to have founded CLLC, to have worked with such inspiring colleagues and to have built together the field of connectivity science,” Tabor stated in the release. “Starting with only two employees, CLLC currently employs around 25 dedicated conservation professionals and operates 10 networks of experts and institutions supporting more than 2,000 conservation practitioners around the world to connect habitat and protect species and ecological systems. CLLC is well positioned to continue to extend its influence and impact in the years ahead.”
Following Tabor’s departure, CLLC will work alongside executive search firm DSG Koya to lead an international search for a new CEO and ensure a smooth transition to new leadership.
“All of us at CLLC are grateful to Gary for his leadership, drive and service,” stated Mary Pearl, chair of the CLLC board of directors.. “The board will now begin the task of identifying his successor while we celebrate Gary’s contribution to our collective goals in large landscape conservation and ecological connectivity.”
