ASC Staff
Founder/Executive Director, Gregg Treinish, who is both an adventurer and a scientist formulated the idea for the ASC in late 2010. He believes firmly that it is the responsibility of those who recreate in natural areas to protect those same areas. Gregg has worked as a wildlife biologist, a backcountry guide, and a supervisor in wilderness therapy programs in Colorado and Montana. He has traveled to five continents and continues to explore our world. In 2004 he hiked the 2,174-mile Appalachian Trail, and in 2008 he completed the first ever trek of the Andes Mountain Range, which took more than 22 months and covered 7,800 miles. Gregg was awarded the National Geographic Adventurer of the Year award in November of 2008 for this accomplishment. Gregg was recently named to the Christian Science Monitor's 30 under 30 list in January of 2012. Gregg has degrees in Sociology as well as Ecology and Evolution. He lives and plays in Bozeman, MT.
To book Gregg for a presentation please email presentation@adventureandscience.org or call 406.579.9702
Research Director Brendan Weiner is passionate about exploring and understanding landscapes and finding ways to connect people to the landscapes they love. He believes that maintaining healthy ecosystems is essential to creating healthy and sustainable economies and communities. Brendan arrives at ASC after several years of exploring the forests, wetlands and wildlands of Vermont as a conservation forester and consulting ecologist. After developing stewardship plans for a wide variety of landowners, Brendan has learned the importance of incorporating sound science into the land planning process. Brendan has a Master’s degree in Ecological Planning from the University of Vermont where he also coordinated a conservation education program at UVM Research Forest. Brendan’s professional experience also includes work as a wildland firefighter, ecosystem restoration technician, ski patroller and adventure travel guide. Brendan has spent many days exploring, skiing and climbing in the mountains of Montana, California, Vermont and New Zealand. These days he is most likely found park-hopping in Bozeman with his two daughters (ages 4 and 2) and his wife Rachel.
Research Assistant Isabel Beavers is a recent graduate from the University of Vermont with a B.S. in Natural Resource Management. She is passionate about conservation and is inspired to find innovate ways to incorporate human needs and systems within the conservation sphere, while protecting and improving upon the integrity of earth’s ecosystems. Her passions have taken her from faraway New Zealand to the jungles of Costa Rica, and many places in between. During her free time, she can be found in the mountains, on a horse, behind her easel or on her yoga mat.
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