Jeremy French, Director of Restoration & Stewardship
Jeremy French serves as the Director of Ecological Restoration and Stewardship for the Southeastern Grasslands Institute. Jeremy is based out of Clarksville, TN and serves as the SGI lead for the NPS IRA and BIL projects. In addition to these projects, Jeremy and his team spearhead grassland conservation projects across SGI's 24-state focal region, encompassing grassland research, restoration, and reconstruction. Prior to his role as the Director of Ecological Restoration and Stewardship, Jeremy served as the Interior Low Plateaus Ecoregion coordinator and successfully led a multi-state and multimillion dollar project geared towards restoring grasslands on private lands, which impacted thousands of acres. Jeremy's love for grasslands stems from his time researching the effects of Bison grazing on herpetofauna communities in tall grass prairie remnants and natural community response to oak savanna restoration.