Josh earned a B.S. in Biology and Environmental Studies from Brandeis University, a M.Sc. in Zoology while a Fulbright Scholar at James Cook University in Australia, and a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University. Prior to his current position at Archbold, Josh helped reestablish scientific capacity in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique following the country's devastating civil war, while researching how war affects wildlife Africa-wide. He was also a biologist in the US Fish and Wildlife Service headquarters leading Species Status Assessments under the Endangered Species Act. 

-Lead the scientific arm of the statewide campaign to conserve the Florida Wildlife Corridor.

-Oversee invasive species and fire management on Archbold Biological Station and Reserve.

-Coordinate Archbold collaboration with regional conservation cooperatives including the Avon Park Air Force Range Sentinel Landscape and Lake Wales Ridge Ecosystem Working Group.

-Represent of conservation interests to county and regional community groups.

-Build capacity and strategy to deploy and track impacts of Archbold science for conservation.

-Research in landscape ecology and conservation science.


Josh is the Director of Conservation at Archbold where his overarching focus is to build the use of science in conservation of biodiversity and large landscapes. He leads develop and implementation of Archbold’s conservation strategy, collaborations with agencies, landowners, NGOs, and researchers from the immediate Archbold neighborhood to the statewide Florida Wildlife Corridor and beyond, and oversees land management on the Station and Reserve. 

Joshua Daskin, Ph.D.

Director of Conservation

Rural areas including Florida ranches are compatible with military activities and biodiversity conservation. Archbold joins land trusts, government agencies, non-profits, and landowners to achieve conservation within the 1.7 million-acre Avon Park Air Force Range Sentinel Landscape. The area recognized by the Department of Defense as key to buffering active military training areas and to wildlife conservation and connectivity. 

Climate resilience planning, conservation priority setting, conservation finance, population and habitat monitoring and management

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Avon Park Air Force Range, Headwaters of the Everglades Watershed

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Development of regional land use recommendations sensitive to military, economic, and environmental goals, ongoing climate change resilience planning for defense, biodiversity, agriculture, and communities, continuing recovery of Florida Scrub Jay, Red Cockaded Woodpecker, and Florida Grasshopper Sparrow populations.

Defending ecosystems

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