about William Bentley

William Bentley has worked in field botany, ecological restoration, and rare species monitoring in the southern Mississippi and northeastern regions for more than seven years. Restoration of degraded plant ecosystems, including salt marsh, coastal prairie, sandplain grassland, and coastal heathland, is his area of expertise. William had previously worked as a field ecologist in southern New England, where he had identified rare plant and reptile communities in utility rights-of-way and various construction areas. He also became proficient in observing how tidal creek salt marshes and sandplain grasslands respond to restoration. William participated in a rangeland management restoration project for coastal prairie remnants at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries prior to working in the Northeast, where he collected and analyzed data on vegetation.

William is particularly well-versed in uncommon, endangered, and threatened species, such as the Mountain Chorus Frog, Leatherback Seaturtle, North American Porcupine, and Loggerhead Seaturtle, in addition to many rare plant species. His degree from Washington State University is a bachelor's in natural resource ecology and management.