© Tejon Ranch Conservancy 2018
Ellery Mayence, Senior Ecologist
Ellery combines a passion for ecological restoration with expertise in arid land natural
resource ecology and management, wetland plant ecology, mine site rehabilitation, and
applied conservation science. He holds a B.A. in Geography from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, a M.E.M. in Resource Ecology from Duke University, and a Ph.D.
in Conservation Biology from the University of New Orleans. Throughout his professional
career which has included holding positions as a freelance ecologist, ecological
consultant and research scientist, Ellery has consistently employed a creative and
practical skill set to increase scientific capacity and deliver sound, science-based
solutions to environmental problems. He has been involved with numerous wetland
and riparian habitat restoration projects along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast, in and
around the San Francisco Bay area, and at a Ramsar site in southeastern Australia. He
also helped draft a habitat restoration and monitoring plan for a high profile rangeland of
central California, developed a how-to manual for rehabilitating coastal desert shrubland
in a World Heritage Area of Western Australia, and investigated means for restoring
iconic shrub and woodland habitat in central Saudi Arabia. In his current position he is
helping identify, protect, sustainably manage and rehabilitate the unique flora and fauna
of Tejon Ranch. Ellery joined the Tejon Ranch Conservancy as its Senior Ecologist in
the Winter of 2016.