Peter Warshall, Ph.D., currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Tropical Research/Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA, and Science Coordinator for the Northern Jaguar Project, is a world-renowned water steward, biodiversity and wildlife specialist, research scientist, conservationist, and environmental activist. His multi-faceted areas of expertise include natural history, natural resource management, conservation biology, environmental impact analysis, conflict resolution, and consensus-building between divergent interest groups. Peter’s rich life has included a stint as a Fulbright Scholar studying in Paris with Claude Lévi-Strauss, working for the U.N., USAID and other organizations in eleven African nations, working with the Tohono O’odham and Apache people of Arizona, and advising corporations and municipal governments. He also edited the legendary, highly influential publication Whole Earth, from 1996 till it ceased publication, and is the Co-Project Director of Bioneers’ Dreaming New Mexico initiative.