Peter Hujik is Executive Director of the Otsego Land Trust, located in eastern New York State, where he has led significant expansion of the trust's holdings. A Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth and a Master of Science Degree in Land Resources Management have provided Peter with the basic tools of his trade. His positions of increasing responsibility at the California Chapter of the Nature Conservancy as Restoration Manager, Grasslands Manager and Program Manager along with his ability to publish original research and garner significant grants have led to his current responsibilities and accomplishments.
In his current position, Peter has:
- Overseen the stewardship of over 5,000 acres of conservation easements.
- Completed a Conservation Blueprint for the 1,000,000-acre Upper Susquehanna River Basin in 2008.
- Established a conservation fellowship program with Cornell University in 2008.
- Worked with a conservation attorney to update the organization’s conservation easement template in 2007.
- Partnered with landowners to develop conservation easements on over 1,000 acres in 2007.
- Been selected to serve on the Land Trust Alliance New York Advisory Board in 2008.
Selected Grants & Awards
New York State Conservation Partnership Grants 2008. Professional Development for a Land Protection Specialist ($50,546).
New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets Farmland Protection Implementation Grant 2007. Purchase of Development Rights from the 316-acre Ringwood Farm ($650,025).
New York State Conservation Partnership Grants 2007. Capacity & Excellence Grant for Conservation Blueprint for the Leatherstocking Region ($9,000) and Transaction Grant ($14,000).
Bureau of Land Management Community Assistance and Tehama County Resource Advisory Committee Grants 2005. Fire management planning for 500,000 acres in the Lassen Foothills ($80,000).
U.S. Forest Service/The Nature Conservancy Fire Learning Network 2002-2003. Collaborative fire management in the Lassen Foothills ($22,065).
California Department of Forestry 2002-2003. Lassen Foothills fire management and Vina Plains Grassbank development ($181,000).
California Department of Food & Agriculture 2001-2003. Integrated weed control at four ranches in the Lassen Foothills ($33,804).
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Central Valley Project Improvement Act Grant 1997-1999. Riparian restoration and fencing along Mill Creek ($26,000).
Publications
Hujik, P.H. 1999. Low-tech Seeding Technique for Perennial Bunchgrasses Yields Promising Results in the Lassen Foothills (California). Ecological Restoration 16(1):75-76.
Hujik, P.H. and F.T. Griggs. 1995. Cutting size, horticultural treatments affect survival and growth of riparian species (California). Restoration & Management Notes 13(2):219-220.
Hujik, P.M. and F.T. Griggs. 1995. Field-seeded riparian trees and shrubs thrive in non-irrigated plots (California). Restoration & Management Notes 13(2):220-221.
Hujik, P.M. 1993. Lowland oak savannas: understory composition and distribution in relation to light and soil moisture. In Proceeding of the First Midwest Oak Savanna Conference. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Hujik, P.M. 1993. Ground-layer composition and species distribution in lowland oak savannas (Wisconsin). Restoration & Management Notes 11(2):163.
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