Gary holds a doctorate in Environmental Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1993) with a specialty in Restoration Ecology, having conducted his dissertation research on St. John dry forests. His Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees are in Botany from U. Montana and the U. of Maryland. Gary has coordinated rare plant conservation in Hawai’i, and he taught ten courses in the biological sciences at the U. of the Virgin Islands over a span of about nine years. He is presently creating a native plant nursery business based in St. John with the intention of protecting native forests by helping islanders better understand its components. As a plant ecologist, Gary advises the SJLC on the conservation value of its land interests
