John Hartig is an award-winning Great Lakes scientist. He was a 2017–18 Fulbright Scholar at Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Ontario, and currently serves as the Great Lakes Science-Policy Advisor of the International Association for Great Lakes Research. Hartig’s book Bringing Conservation to Cities: Lessons from Building the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge won a gold medal from the Nonfiction Authors Association in the “Sustainable Living” category and a bronze medal from the Living Now Book Awards in the “Green Living” category.
