Ben Williamson

Research Associate

Ben Williamson is Project Manager at Mountains and Plains Thriving Communities Collaborative. He has conducted whitebark pine research in Yellowstone National Park, directed an environmental education center with The Glacier Institute, worked on reducing predator-livestock conflicts in northwest Montana, and facilitated a land use dialogue in western and northern Ghana. Originally from Colorado, Ben received a Master of Environmental Management at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and a B.S. in Ecology from the University of Montana. Ben served as NRCC’s Executive Director from 2019-2014.