Barry R. Truitt

Barry R. Truitt was born on October 8, 1948, in Norfolk, VA. He received the B.S. degree in biology from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, in 1971. He is currently Chief Conservation Scientist, responsible for the design and implementation of site conservation plans, research, and biological monitoring. He has been with The Nature Conservancy since 1976 at the Virginia Coast Reserve. His main professional interests include island biogeography, landscape ecology, conservation science, and marine and migratory bird conservation. He conducts and coordinates with other partners a 28-year-long colonial waterbird and shorebird monitoring program on the seaside. He is also involved in efforts to restore eelgrass and oyster reefs in the coastal bays. His interest in landscape ecology and barrier island history led to the publication, with Miles Barnes, of Seashore Chronicles: Three Centuries of the Virginia Barrier Islands (Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press: 1999).