Bird City Wisconsin has announced the hiring of Dr. Bryan Lenz as director of its program to recognize communities who work with their residents to make their neighborhoods a better place for people, birds and other wildlife.

A Milwaukee area native, the 36 year old Lenz is returning home after spending a decade in New Orleans while completing his Ph.D. at Tulane University. For his dissertation research he spent 16 months living in the Amazon where he examined the impacts of tropical forest cattle ranching on the mammal community, especially primates, while also recording raptor sightings and data on the tree community.

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