Directors

Steve has been involved with EuCAN since 2008 and has worked in conservation with groups of people in recovery from mental illness for Butterfly Conservation and Rethink. He led our visit to the Picos in 2011 and is responsible for our website.

Nigel taught environmental studies in a Dorset Middle School for 14 years before setting up and running The Kingcombe Centre from 1987 until 2004. He is closely involved with the management of the Butterfly Conservation reserves in Dorset and is responsible for the education section of Butterfly Conservation’s website. In 2007 Nigel established EuCAN through The Kingcombe Trust with three consecutive tranches of EU Leonardo da Vinci funding.

Karen works for Natural England as a Land Management adviser on the 3 moors team, covering Exmoor, Dartmoor and Bodmin. She has worked in the uplands for 12 years predominately working with local commoners associations to agree agri-environment schemes on common land. Her interests include the use of native ponies in conservation grazing, especially on wet pastures, and she manages a pony herd owned by Natural England which are used on a National Nature Reserve. Karen has worked closely with Butterfly Conservation and sits on the steering group for the very successful 2 Moors Threatened Butterfly Project – a landscape scale project working on sites for High Brown, Marsh and Heath Fritillary on Exmoor and Dartmoor.

Joe is a conservation land management specialist, naturalist and ecologist.  UK based – currently working as Site Manager for The Woodland Trust managing 35 woodlands across the South West of the UK.  He studies and teaches wildlife ecology, specialising in butterflies and woodlands, and runs wildlife engagement activities at UK events and festivals. His voluntary roles include – Director for EUCAN, and Independent Advisor on the committee of the Bristol Nature Network.  He joined EUCAN in 2010 on a trip to Hungary and has been involved with us ever since.