From the moment he captured his first loon on Michigan’s Seney National Wildlife Refuge, David Evers has been a champion of wildlife, incorporating innovative approaches to traditional research methods.

As the founder, executive director, and chief scientist of BRI, Dr. Evers has made great strides in bringing critical ecological issues to the forefront of our nation’s and the world’s consciousness.

BRI’s mission is to assess emerging threats to wildlife and ecosystems through collaborative research and to use scientific findings to advance environmental awareness and inform decision-makers.

At BRI, we understand that science is not just about data collection—it is about connection. As long time field biologist and author Jeff Fair so eloquently expresses:

“What’s so different, so enticing about the backcountry experience to me? I like the solitude, the silence, the quiet joy of equal-minded camaraderie among a very small society in a wild expanse, and when I get out of earshot, that primeval white-noise soundtrack of wind and river and wilderness. I like the musical inspiration of that voice that narrates my life when I’m in a place where it feels like the dawn of creation. A good biologist—a studier and recorder of life—has clearer insight and does much better at observing and mindfulness when they are working, participating, in the landscape they love. And I like the existential magic that can occur out there when I escape the busy, clattering, and cluttered downtown world. Yes, magic.”