Dr. Tringali is a conservation biologist and behavioral ecologist. She earned a Bachelors of Science degree from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and a PhD in Conservation Biology from the University of Central Florida. Her research emphasizes the conservation of Threatened and Endangered species, with a special focus on working landscapes.

Angela Tringali, Ph.D.

Director of Conservation Science of Military Landscapes, Assistant Research Biologist

Liz earned a Bachelor's of Science from the University of Delaware and a Master's of Science from Youngstown State University. She spent several years banding avian migrants with Powdermill Avian Research Center before moving to Hawai'i to work with endangered forest birds. In 2021 she joined Archbold Biological Station and is the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow Biologist at Avon Park Air Force Range.

Elizabeth Abraham, M.S.

Research Assistant IV

Greg grew up in central Florida and fell in love with the ecosystems of the region. He attended the University of Central Florida and majored in Environmental Studies. He started working for Archbold at  the Avon Park Air Force Range in 2013. He has worked extensively with the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow project, and now leads Red-cockaded Woodpecker monitoring and management at the range. In his free time, he enjoys exploring Florida’s natural areas and learning to identify species from other taxonomic groups.

Greg Thompson, B.S.

Mary is from St. Cloud and has loved central Florida's wildlife for as long as she can remember. She moved to the mountains of North Carolina for undergrad, where she attended Lees-McRae college. While there, she double majored in Psychology and Wildlife Biology with a concentration in Wildlife Rehabilitation, and minored in Art and Design.  Mary worked for a season with Florida Grasshopper Sparrows as a technician at Three Lakes WMA and absolutely fell in love with the sparrows. She moved to Kansas to attend Pittsburg State University for a master's in biology, before returning to Florida, where she is back with the sparrows as site leader at Deluca Preserve. When she isn't at DeLuca, you can usually find Mary out birding with her husband, working on creative projects, or curled up with a book and her cat. 

Mary Marine, M.S.

Archbold scientists have monitored and managed the imperiled Florida Grasshopper Sparrow (FGSP) on working landscapes  since 2003. Working with partners, we are researching the FGSP and enacting a recovery plan that includes demographic monitoring, nest protection, habitat management, and releasing captive bred individuals into the population. The FGSP population is seeing its first substantial increases in over a decade.

Territory size, habitat structure, population data, behavioral observations, nesting data and pedigree information

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Avon Park Air Force Range, DeLuca Preserve

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This work is protecting FGSP on the ground and helping us to understand their habitat needs.

Saving Florida’s Sparrow

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